Action Car: July 2011

Friday, July 29, 2011

mazda furai gt5

mazda furai

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Nissan Frontier is the name for the D22 and D40 generations of Nissan pickup trucks in North, Central and South America and the Philippines. The line was started in 1998, and its immediate predecessor is the D21 Nissan Hardbody truck. As of 2002, the D22 series Nissan Truck is no longer sold in Japan, with the primary market having been relocated to North America, built at the Smyrna, Tennessee Nissan factory.

Nissan was the pioneer of the "Hardbody" or "Nissan Navara" since 1986. The first was the D21, considered to be a small pick up. After more than 10 years with the D21, the second generation Navara was manufactured from 1998 and went until 2005 which was classed as a compact sized pick up. It was replaced with the bigger, taller, longer D40, which Nissan now considers to be a mid-size pick up truck.

Driving Interior Nissan Navara

Nissan Navara Hatchback

Elegant Blue Nissan Navara

Silver Nissan Navara Concept

Nissan Navara Passenger Interior

Black Nissan Navara Fast Car

Mazda Furai Concept

The car nuts over at Inside Line have released a full set of images and more details about the latest concept car from Mazda ahead of its international debut at the Detroit Motor Show in January.

The Furai (Japanese for 'sound of wind') concept is based on the 2005 Courage C65 chassis, an LMP2-class entry in the American Le Mans Series.

Mazda Furai Concept

This is what Inside Line had to say after one lucky staff member had the opportunity to jump into the cockpit for a couple of hot laps around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca piloted by ALMS ace Jamie Bach.

Mazda Furai Concep

Powered by a mid-mounted, three-rotor Mazda 20B rotary engine fueled by E100 ethanol, the Furai generates around 450 horsepower. As expected, it's rapid. Even without its aerodynamic front splitter (a measure to prevent damage to this one-off showcar), the cornering grip is substantial, while even earplugs can't control the crescendo of sound from the rotary engine. Bach kept things tidy and clean in the corners, as the Furai we're sharing is the same one that will occupy the stage at the Detroit auto show.

Mazda Furai Concep

The Furai sounds sensational at full cry. As we exited Turn 11 onto the main straight with the sound of the rotary exhaust reverberating off the concrete pit wall, the effect was not of a lone car, but instead an entire field of endurance racers. With the Furai, Mazda is suggesting that this aural deception will soon become a reality as it moves to join Acura and Porsche in an assault on the 24 Hours of Le Mans.