Unfortunate ONES As we all know that there are so many supercars that have been developed by world-renowned manufacturers but over time many of them have disappeared caused by various reasons and made them are not known by the public today. For example, the Japanese supercar concept named the Mazda Furai has gone to ashes due to an unexpected fire accident when used on the track back in the 2013.
The Mazda Furai Concept supercar is inspired by streamers fluttering in the wind. (Picture from: id.Motor1)
Well, on this occasion we will discuss a little about the unfortunate concept car made by Mazda, one of Japan's leading automakers, and was first introduced to the public at the North American International Auto Show 2008 in Detroit, United States. Reportedly, the Mazda Furai supercar was built to celebrate 40th anniversary of Mazda's legendary rotary engine.
Front view of Mazda Furai Concept supercar with opened doors looks very stylish, unique and fierce as well. (Picture from: id.Motor1)
The mentioned above supercar was known as the fifth concept in Mazda's Nagare (flow) series, and designed by Franz von Holzhausen whose said it's supposed to look like streamers fluttering in the wind. So, the Furai name could be interpreted by the 'sound of the wind,' it might be reffered to the twisted lines like the wind are sculpted all over its body, or its engine' roar produces a sound like a strong wind blowing.
The Mazda Furai Concept supercar was known as the fifth concept in Mazda's Nagare (flow) series, and designed by Franz von Holzhausen. (Picture from: id.Motor1)
The exterior of this supercar looks very stylish, unique and fierce as well. It could been seen ranging from the headlights design with slanted design combined with somekind of blue light which surrounds free form lines on each side of the front and sides of the body, and at first glance made the Mazda's supercar looks came from future...
The Mazda Furai Concept supercar is built based on the LMP2 Courage C65 chassis, and powered by the R20B Renesis 3 rotary engine that can generate power of 450 hp (336 kW). (Picture from: MotorTrend)
This supercar had been built based on the LMP2 Courage C65 chassis, and powered by the R20B Renesis 3 rotary engine that can generate power of 450 hp (336 kW). Amazingly the mentioned engine above is specifically designed to use E100 ethanol fuel. Furthermore,
to be able to drive this supercar, those abundant engine powers is
channeled to all its wheels through the X-trac 6-speed semi-automatic
transmission system.
Currently this Furai supercar is not existed anymore, because it has been burned down to ashes in an unexpexted fire accident while used to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Top Gear, a motoring magazine based in the UK. It is not known exactly how's the fire could burn while the car at the photo shoot session. After the fire off, this supercar looks suffered severe damages. In other words, they’ve ruined it with no mercy.
The early seconds when the fire began to devour the body of the Mazda Furai Concept supercar. (Picture from: TopGear)
As reported by JapeneseNostalgicCar,
on Thursday, September 10, 2013 was wrote about the incident in Bentwaters Parks, England and
described it such a very sad incident. Many parties feel concerned about this incident, after its debut in 2007, the Furai had disappeared from public view and its whereabouts were unknown. And then in 2013, suddenly it appeared again and burned down into ashes. It's so tragic.
Remnant of the Mazda Furai Concept supercar shortly after burned down. (Picture from: TopGear)
As quoted of Top Gear, the remains of the Furai are gathered up and repatriated to Mazda's Advanced Design Studio in Irvine, California; where it now lies is anyone's guess. For now, as you can see this gorgeous supercar has been really gone with the wind.😢😢 *** [EKA [23122013] | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | JAPANESENOSTALGICCAR | TOP GEAR ]
The FourthRecently Ferrari on April 19. 2022 launched a new convertible sports car called the Ferrari 296 GTS which is the fourth plug-in hybrid model, amid efforts by the Maranello-based sports car maker to push for its product electrification strategy. The new sports car follows three of Ferrari's previous hybrid models that went into the company's production lines such the Ferrari SF 90 Stradale of the 2019, its convertible version called the Ferrari SF90 Spider in 2020, and the Ferrari 296 GTB last year.
Ferrari's new 296 GTS (on the right) and 296 GTS Assetto Fiorano (on the left) sport cars are
pictured in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on April 19,
2022. (Picture from: Reuters)
As quoted of Reuters, the Ferrari 296 GTS is the latest convertible sportscar equipped with a retractable hard top that could be stored in a special compartment in front of the engine. According to the official report, it's only takes about 1.4 seconds to go up or down its hard top. In raising and lowering the roof, the car does not need to stop because this system can work even though the car is traveling at a speed of 28 mph.
The new Ferrari 296 GTS sport car is built based on aluminum chassis and powered by a 819 hp (830 PS) hybrid-assisted 3.0-liter V6 engine. (Picture from: GoOto)
"Its top speed exceeds 330 kph," Ferrari wrote in a statement. This latest Prancing Horse logoed sports car is powered by a V6 turbo engine coupled with a 122 KW electric motor to produce a total power of 830 horsepower with 740 Nm of torque. All those power is sent to the rear wheels only through an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission, so it could made this hybrid car to accelerate from 0-100 kph only in 2.9 seconds.
The
new Ferrari 296 GTS sport car gets an eManettino switch alongside the traditional steering-wheel mounted Manettino control, with four selectable positions. (Picture from: Carscoops)
You may be wondering, so far Ferrari's road cars are usually powered by more powerful engines like a V8 or V12, but why is it that the V6 has been fitted to its newest sports car? It seems that the Italian premium automaker is trying to fulfill its commitment to reduce the share of cars equipped with V12 engines because they are considered highly polluting in its production.
The new Ferrari 296 GTS Assetto Fiorano sport car is described as the tough and track-oriented package similar to one available in the coupe version as well. (Picture from: GearRice)
The first shipments of this new model will start from Europe in early 2023 but the price has not been disclosed (estimated that it would be sold for €300 thousand or around Rp. 4.6 billion).
Another new model is planned for release in the coming months, the Ferrari's highly-anticipated SUV variants named Purosangue (means Thoroughbred). The vehicle will be Ferrari's first sport utility vehicle (SUV) and take the company into a lucrative segment where direct rivals such as VolkswagenLamborghini are already present.
A rendered image by @2NCS of the Ferrari's highly-anticipated SUV variants named Purosangue (means Thoroughbred) might be look. (Picture from: INFNews)
"I'm sure (Purosangue) will exceed our customers' expectations," the Ferrari's Chief Executive Officer, Benedetto Vigna said last week. Vigna is known as a veteran of the tech industry whose took over the CEO's chair at last year, with the task of bringing the brand synonymous with roaring combustion engines to a new era of quieter and cleaner electric mobility.
As part of this, Ferrari has promised its first full-electric model by 2025, while Vigna has said that the company will seek a technology partnership. Further details of Ferrari's electrification strategy will be presented by Vigna's first comprehensive business plan on June 16. Let's just wait. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS OSURCES | FERRARI | REUTERS | CARSCOOPS ]
The 1st All these years might be the South Korean automaker in the global automotive world known by us only Hyundai or KIA and several other companies such Daewoo, SsangYong, etc. But who would have thought if the South Korean also has a gorgeous supercar featured with gull-wings doors and claimed to be the first one made by those country.
The South Korean first supercar named de Macross Epique GT1. (Picture from: 4WheelsNews)
Back to 2012, there're the South Korean supercars took part in the Goodwood Festival of Speed at the time. This South Korean's first supercar named the de Macross Epique GT1, and built with carbon fiber material that makes the body becomes so
lightweight.
Front three quarter of de Macross Epique GT1.(Picture from: 4WheelsNews)
The blend of slick design of the supercar is the idea of
the South Korean oil tycoon and luxury car collector, Keyser J. Hur in an attempt to capture the sensuous lines of the late 60s and early 70s Le Mans race cars in a modern interpretation.
"Mr. Hur loves cars and he follows his dream to make himself a supercar and automotive companies," said the spokesman of de Macross Motor Corporation, Yongbin Choi, as reported by Autocar.
Interior view of de Macross Epique GT1.(Picture from: Caradisiac)
As mentioned above, the car in question is built based on the hybrid carbon fiber and aluminum monocoque tub structure engineered by Multimatic, a Toronto-based company. Then the Epique's suspension is used 4-way independently adjustable Dynamic Suspension Spool Valve (DSSV) dampers, which is also used by Red Bull Racing to win the 2010 F1 World Championship.
The de Macross Epique GT1 is powered by a supercharged 5.4-litre Ford V8 that Roush tweaked to produce more than 800bhp and 725lbft of torque. (Picture from: Caradisiac)
Furthermore, the supercar is powered by a supercharged in line 5.4-litre Ford V8 mid-mounted engine capable to burst out the power more than 800 bhp and 725 lb-ft of torque coupled with a Ricardo transaxle that an alloy rear subframe supports. Thanks
to this concoction, the 1,450 kg weighted car capable to accelerate
from 0 to 100 kph of 3.1 seconds and reaches a top speed of 230 mph or
370 kph.
Rear view of de Macross Epique GT1. (Picture from: TopSpeed)
The Epique GT1 itself was first introduced by de Macrossto the public at the Dubai Auto Show 2011 and is expected to continue to expand its wings in line with the ambitions of the company's founder and owner.Moreover, the automaker claims that many buyers from the Middle East and America are already interested in the car.
For
those of You who want to be the owner of this car, to be able to bring this Epique GT1 estimated that
You have to prepare funds of up to US $ 1.5 million or around Rp. 14.1
billion before contact the automaker, the price above does not
include taxes with a six-month waiting time quoted.
Ended in Vain The unique shaped airplane was not only the result of current technological developments, it turns out that some of them actually come from the past, such as the following unique amphibian aircraft developed by Soviet-era engineers starting in the 1960s. The unique seaplane in question is the Bartini-Beriev VVA-14 (VVA stand for Vertikaľno-Vzletayushchaya Amfibiya) which created by Soviet-era engineers as one of the military defence equiptments operated in the Red-Bear country's borders.
The Bartini-Beriev VVA-14 ground effect aircraft dreamt of dominating world for the Soviet Union. (Picture from: Autoevolution)
Robert Ludvigovich Bartini (1897 - 1974). (Picture from: Wikipedia)
The amphibian plane was projected as a submarine hunter with the ability to take off and land vertically from anywhere whether on land, water, sand or ice. Of course, you also know that the VVA-14 seaplane was part of the arms race during the Cold War era, with the implementation of extraordinary and ambitious design ideas. This aircraft is made to deal with threats from the depths of the sea and prevent the submarine's nuclear missile attacks.
The Bartini-Beriev VVA-14 ground effect aircraft in its hey day had made more than 107 tests with 103 flight hours in Taganrog Gulf waters, but never been produced and ceased for good in the 1976. (Picture from: WarHistoryOnline)
As quoted from the Warhistoryonline, the VVA-14 seaplane has main-task to detect, search and destroy US submarines if they approached the Soviet Union's borders. The plane was given the name Bartini Beriev VVA-14 in honor of its creator Robert Ludvigovich Bartini or Roberto Oros di Bartini (at least it was the name written on his tombstone), a famous Italian designer who lived and served for Soviet Union.
The Bartini-Beriev VVA-14 ground effect aircraft is built based on the design of Robert Ludvigovich Bartini in the 1960s to face the threat of missile attacks with the nuclear warheads launched of the US' submarines along the Soviet Union's coastlines. (Picture from: Autoevolution)
Robert Bartini is known to have long been fascinated by flyingboats and aircraft capable of landing on water, and had first built a prototype twin-engine seaplane intended for Arctic reconnaissance called DAR in 1934. However, in the 1962, he presented a designs called the MVA-62T Concept as a seaplane focusing on an ekranoplan (a plane that can fly very close to the surface of the water or land by utilizing a principle called the ground effect).
The Bartini-Beriev VVA-14 (in pictured was a scaled model) was an aircraft that could take off vertically, hover in mid air, land on any surface, cruise at high altitudes and harness the ground effect. (Picture from: Autoevolution)
On its way, the MVA-62T Concept managed to convince the Soviet's high ranks military generals because it is considered as one of the suitable solutions to deal with the threat of missile attacks with the nuclear warheads launched of the US' submarines along the country's coastlines and was later used as the basis to develop and build the VVA-14 seaplane with assumed that it would be used to handle the task of detecting enemy multi-purpose submarines and missiles, besides capable to be used also to carry out search and rescue operations at sea.
The
Bartini-Beriev VVA-14 (in pictured was a scaled model) is constructed with
an extra-wide body that includes two fuselage compartments that each
have their own empennage at the rear. (Picture from: Autoevolution)
The VVA-14
seaplane is manned by three personels and is powered by two bypass turbojet Soloviev D-30M engines
and 12 lift jets (each one generating about 10,000 lbs of thrust) allowing the aircraft to have a maximum speed of
760 kph with a flight coverage as far as of 2,450 km in the altitude of
8,000–10,000 meters. And as a military purpose aircraft with the main-task as the submarine hunter, of course it should has capability to carry anti-submarine weaponry systems consisting of naval torpedoes, mines, and depth charges (said it could load up to 2 tons of armament).
The Bartini-Beriev VVA-14 (in pictured was a scaled model) is powered by two Soloviev D-30M turbofan engines
and 12 lift turbofans allowing the aircraft to have a maximum speed of
760 kph with a flight coverage as far as of 2,450 km in the altitude of
8,000–10,000 meters. (Picture from: Autoevolution)
Reportedly, the VVA-14 was the only plane designed by Bartini that he could see flying in person, as the others he couldn't see because he was in prison most of the time (eyewitnesses said he had tears in his eyes at the time). Unfortunately during the first flight test, a number of flaws were revealed, such as there were a trouble for the installation of the plane's lifting machine for vertical take-off and inflatable pontoon which later fixed by him.😢 As the result, there was a design change in 1974, along with the installation of an inflatable pontoon, which then replaced by a rigid pontoon.
The remnant of the Bartini-Beriev VVA-14 without wings in front of the Central Museum of the Air Forces in Monino, east Moscow. (Picture from: WarHistoryOnline)
Meanwhile, the plane's lift engines to take off vertically was never shown to be installed. Nevertheless the VVA-14 amphibian aircraft prototype had made more than 107 tests with 103 flight hours in Taganrog Gulf waters, where the aircraft testing was also conducted in ekranoplan mode. Unfortunately on December 6, 1974, Robert Bartini died at the age of 77 and was buried in Vvedenskoye cemetery in Moscow. After Bartini's death, the project still run (much slower) for more two years till it's ceased permanently in the 1976.😭
In 1987, the Bartini-Beriev VVA-14 prototype was brought to the Central Museum of the Air Forces in Monino, east Moscow and remained there to this day, where it ended up in vain like a no-wings plane wreckage. At present, the ambitious project result of the genius aircraft designer became a sad spectacle. In 2013, there was a group of fans trying to restore the VVA-14 seaplane, but the effort was unsuccessful.🕊️ *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | WARHISTORYONLINE | AUTOEVOLUTION | WIKIPEDIA ]
One of The Oldest As we have known, that the first car to use the 'Prancing Horse' distinctive logo is the Ferrari 125 S made by the automake in 1947 However, the following classic car can also be said to be one of the oldest cars ever made by Ferrari.
And as you can see, the classic car came with the small body and tires, and does not look as the powerful sports cars like most sports cars today. But, this is one of the world's first Ferrari cars. Now, its price has reached $8 million (approx Rp.104 billion).
1947 Ferrari 166 CorsaSpyder is believed that this is the world's oldest Ferrari, which has been unveiled for the first time since being completely restored. (Picture from: Daily Mail)
This car was Ferrari 166 Corsa Spyder is regarded by many as one of the world's oldest Ferrari cars are still exists and in good shape. The mentioned car is built by Enzo Ferrari in 1947 shortly after World War II ended, and recently the car is came back after having completed the restoration. And reportedly, now the car used as an icon of fundraiser for troubled teens in New York.
Jim Glickenhaus, the current owner of the car say it takes up to $500,000, or approximately Rp.6.40 billion for the car's restoration. But after coming back to prime condition, the price of this car is expected to soar to the numbers of $8 million or around Rp.104 billion. When Jim Glickenhaus bought the car which ever won the Turin Grand Prix 1947 for $770 thousand or approximately Rp.9.99 billion in 2004.
The Ferrari 166 CorsaSpyder was built just after the Second World War in 1947 by Enzo Ferrari and has now been restored for £300,000 by Jim Glickenhaus. (Picture from: Daily Mail)
"I bought the car at an auction event in 2004 for around $770,000. As soon as my eyes saw it, there was love at first sight. There is no other car like this on the planet. Sitting in it was like back in time - and this car is a dream to drive," he said as quoted by the Daily Mail.
The Jim Glickenhaus-owned Ferrari 166 CorsaSpyder still has the original chassis, engine, gearbox and most of the mechanical pieces. (Picture from: Daily Mail)
This car has the chassis number 002 and first launched by Enzo Ferrari in December 1947 after the first car (chassis number 001) had destroyed in an accident while on test. However, the presence of this car is claimed to be the world's oldest Ferrari is not the first time has happened. Because in 2006 there was a Ferrari owner who has the car with chassis number 001C, had claimed as the world's oldest Ferrari car.
The Jim Glickenhaus-owned Ferrari 166 CorsaSpyder is believed now could fetch up to the price of US. $8 million or around Rp.104 billion.(Picture from: Daily Mail)
But Glickenhaus do not give a damn to the claim. It could be because his car with chassis number 2 with various components of number 1 which had an accident while on test and the spare components then used on his car. That's why people who claim to have the first Ferrari does not have a truly "original" Ferrari because a lot of component of parts and engines using another brands such Ford, not a Ferrari.
"(While) my Ferrari still have chassis, engine, gearbox and other original mechanical components," said Glickenhaus furthermore. "I came to the home of Ferrari in Maranello in northern Italy. There you will find a mechanical heritage of this machine. They had all the photographs, parts and knowledge for the authentic restoration," he said further. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | DAILY MAIL]
Maestro Works Many say the figure of maestro Luigi Colani is eccentric and unique, maybe that's true. How not, this is possible because he is an engineer in the field of aerodynamics and an artist and sculptor, and it is an invaluable combination for an automotive designer today where the element of aerodynamics is very important.
The Ford Colani GT80 concept car was the development of the 'grand style' Ford GT40 for Le Mans in Colani's C-Form. (Picture from: Uniquecardsandparts)
Since 1950 this German gentleman has been redesigning car aerodynamics for major world manufacturers such as Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Volkswagen, Ferrari, Lada, BMW and has also worked for aviation manufacturers such as Boeing or Rockwell sculpting polymorphic airplane concepts equipped with propellers. experimental.
A bare, unpainted aluminum body of the Ford Colani GT80 concept car's is made by the Marsh Development in the UK. (Picture from: Pinterest)
As we could be seen on many of Colani's work, made extensive use of his
signature style of sensual biomimicry in the guise of advanced
aerodynamics. Colani always intended the lack of straight lines in his
designs to reflect the human form which later became his typical style
known as Biodesign, at the end made the result seems unusual and quirky.
With such a unique physical form, the Ford Colani GT80 concept car claimed has a drag coefficient of less than 0.2, which is very slippery. (Picture from: Uniquecardsandparts)
Not only the European brands, there are also automotive brands from America which had also felt the touch of the maestro's magical hand. For example, Ford, previously this American brand has gone down in history when it brilliantly succeeded in overthrowing the hegemony of the Prancing Horse in the 24 Hours of Le Mans racing event in 1966 through the three of its Ford GT40 racing cars as the championship winners. This brilliance even lasted three consecutive years until 1969.
The possibility of Ford's success then inspired Colani to design a racing car concept called the Ford GT80 as the successor to the legendary racing car, in his typical Biodesign touches that really spoils the aerodynamic elements. The GT80 racing car concept's story begins in the mid-1980s when Colani has become one of the most famous designers in Europe and among other things a design consultant for BMW and Volkswagen.
Luigi Colani (on the right) during the design of the Ford Colani GT80 mock up C-Form wing car model. (Picture from: Uniquecardsandparts)
As an aerodynamics specialist, Colani always puts a very sturdy bodywork on every car made by him, by using his experience in the aircraft industry. No wonder if the GT80, finally came up with a design that is very thick with aerodynamic elements and is very similar to racing's wing cars. At first glance, the aerodynamic shape of the Colani's GT80 concept car is similar to a shark with a fully enclosed rear-end. Although many similar shapes find later, such as the Lotus 80 Formula One and the Chaparral 2K Indy cars. It shows, actually that the shapes have previewed by Luigi Colani in the 1970s, long before Colin Chapman and other designers did.
Luigi Colani posed along with the mock up C-Form wing car model of the Ford Colani GT80. (Picture from: BubbleMania.fr)
To realize this concept car, Colani conceived prototypes with the whole body designed as as a converted wing called the C-Form (Colani Form) principle which was patented in Munich by Deutsches Patentamt in November 25, 1967 and has also been published as an article in Stern magazine in the following year.
The Ford Colani GT80 chassis and frame before being enclosed with aluminium-made bodywork done by the Marsh Development in the UK. (Picture from: Uniquecardsandparts)
During the 1970s, Colani built several full-scale models and mock-up C-Form wing cars. The first 1 : 1 scaled model mock-up construction work was carried out in the Collani's studio at his Harkotten water-castle near Munster, Germany in 1973. Next two years later the final design layout is complete and the final mock-up model with a rolling chassis is built.
In 1978 a two-seater monocoque aluminium chassis was built (according to the Formula One standards) for Colani by Tiga Race Cars in England. The dramatically GT80' aluminum body is shaped by hand in the Marsh
Developments workshop. Then there's the black and flat glass with
one large wiper on the windshield and one on each side window.
Hand forged aluminum body (took almost 5 years) for the Ford GT80, but sadly this body has never been used. (Picture from: BubbleMania.fr)
Actually in 1979 this new showcar ready to be exhibited at the Frankfurt Motor Show, just in the following year the Colani GT80 was completely exhibited. So could be said that the GT80 prototype appeared at the Frankfurt Motor Show1980 was the result of the development and study of aerodynamics for years.
As for the GT80 prototype that appeared in Frankfurt was powered by a Ford Cosworth V6 engine, which was very successful in the Cologne Capris Racing which has also used in the Formula 5000 in the UK. It is a 24-valves engine of 3,400 cm3 which can spout power up to almost 400 hp at 10,500 rpm. And to deal with the noise level that arises from the roar of the engine inside the cabin, a thickness of 20 cm wall made of insulating material in between the engine and the seat is instaldas.
This such unique shaped of the Ford GT80 left one drawback, namely the absence of a rear window, but this can be overcome by placing a wide-angle video camera into the roof fairing. (Picture from: Uniquecardsandparts)
Uniquely the entire GT80 project was funded by Luigi Colani himself, with only the press material about the GT80 for the Frankfurt Motor Show provided by Ford of Europe. Besides equipped with the Formula One wheels and tires, the show car also has road brakes and suspensions meet the Formula One standards which are designed by Howden Ganley. In which the brakes were outboard, coupled with double wishbones at the front; lower wishbones and upper trailing link at the rear with twin radius rods. Reportedly, the such suspension section was originally designed for Howden Ganley' personal Formula One project.
The Ford Colani GT80 prototype under Castrol Formula RS racing livery was powered by a Ford Cosworth V6 24-valves engine capable to spout power up to almost 400 hp at 10,500 rpm. (Picture from: ReddIt)
After the first prototype, the improvement was carried out on the second GT80 prototype to further increase the air flow by pinning the inboard rocker type suspension. Then the gearbox is the ZF's five speed and of the same company also designed a very special steering rack for cars. Not only that ZF also helps design several electronic components for the GT80, such as automatic lower-style sensing devices to adjust the front wing section, which allows to reduce air barriers while driving at high speed and produces more downforce while cornering.
The Ford Colani GT80 prototype under Castrol Formula RS racing liveryhas a unique canopy doors style to access its cabin. (Picture from: iFunny)
Furthermore, the car's good aerodynamic shape is also said to reduce wind noise to a very low level. With such a unique physical form, Colani claims that the GT80 has a drag coefficient of less than 0.2, which is very slippery. This is because the car has a complete wing-shaped body with a sharp trailing edge like an airplane wing. Unfortunately, this such shape left one drawback to the GT80, namely the absence of a rear window, but this can be overcome by placing a wide-angle video camera into the roof fairing. Thus the entire rear view can be shown through a monitor attached to the spokeless steering wheel only by pressing a button. Not only that, there is also an airbag feature (that was not common in the 1980s) is also placed on the steering wheel.
The Ford Colani GT80 under Castrol Formula RS racing livery also equiped with several advance features such as automatic lower-style sensing devices to adjust the front wing section, which allows to reduce air barriers while driving at high speed and produces more downforce while cornering. (Picture from: Uniquecardsandparts)
After seeing the final result of the GT80, Luigi Colani said, "It's been a long way, but seeing the results, I really feel that it's all worth it." Unfortunately, even though it has a uniqe shape with good aerodynamic numbers and is also featured with various advanced features before its times, still the GT80 never get into the production line. However, the presence of the GT80 concept car later provided inspiration for the design of Luigi Colani two years later named the BMW Colani M2.
Instead of the Colani GT80 is a Le Mans type car for the road like its famous predecessor Ford GT40, presumed the use of the best material in every aspects caused its price more expensive than the Rolls-Royce model at the time. Indeed it's so sad though if this unique Colani' GT80 only added to the story like another failing successors of the legendary Ford GT40 such the previous Ford GT70, and the Ford GT90 later in the 1990s.😭 What do you think? *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | LUIGI COLANI DESIGN MUSEUM | UNIQUECARSANDPARTS | BUBBLEMANIA.FR | FACEBOOK | PRESSREADER | LESHARDIS | AUTOGARAGEM ]
Well, on this occasion we will discuss a little about the unfortunate concept car made by Mazda, one of Japan's leading automakers, and was first introduced to the public at the North American International Auto Show 2008 in Detroit, United States. Reportedly, the Mazda Furai supercar was built to celebrate 40th anniversary of Mazda's legendary rotary engine. 
As quoted of Top Gear, the remains of the Furai are gathered up and repatriated to Mazda's Advanced Design Studio in Irvine, California; where it now lies is anyone's guess. For now, as you can see this gorgeous supercar has been really gone with the wind.😢😢 *** [EKA [23122013] | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | JAPANESENOSTALGICCAR | TOP GEAR ]
