The Mazda Furai Concept is dead and Top Gear is to blame

"THOMAS5" (THOMAS5)
09/10/2013 at 15:03 • Filed to: Mazda Furai

Top gear magazine put this picture of the Mazda on topgear.com today. They were driving it for their 20th anniversary magazine when it caught on fire and burned to a crisp. I don't know what they were doing with it when it caught on fire or why the fire started. :(

"Forgive us, for we have sinned. Top Gear is responsible for the untimely demise of the quite remarkable Mazda Furai Concept, and we're very, very sorry. Find out how (if that picture hasn't clued you in...) in our bumper anniversary issue, and try not to hate us too much."-Top Gear magazine

EDIT: Top Gear has now taken the previous quote off its website, replacing it with this

"Top Gear was present for the untimely demise in 2008 of the quite remarkable Mazda Furai Concept. Find out how (if that picture hasn't clued you in...) in our bumper anniversary issue."-Top Gear magazine

Click !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for the original story on topgear.com

Photo: Top Gear

DISCUSSION (100)

MikeMeade > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:06

That's a tragedy. The Furai was one of the few concepts that really caught my imagination recently. Hopefully pieces of its design will live on in future projects.

Converse > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:06

The Furai is dead! Long live the Furai!

I'm assuming that crazy loud keg that produces massive heat may know what happened.

Sparf > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:07

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:11

Friction from them humping it with how beautiful it was...

Jagvar > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:11

The worst car fire...

...in the wooooorld.

Squid > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:12

Poor poor Furai. It shall be missed. I truly think there needs to be a memorial service for it.

Mikeado > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:16

I'm pretty sure they made 3 or 4 of them, so hopefully all is not lost.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:18

Oh, COCK!

Kinja'd!!!

You Killed FURAI, YOU BASTARDS!

Brian, The Life of > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:19

152

NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ...

Brian, The Life of > Brian, The Life of
09/10/2013 at 15:19

105

... OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ...

Gamecat235 > Brian, The Life of
09/10/2013 at 15:20

lonestranger > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:21

Bullshit.

Please tell me you're full of shit, and this is a 'shop. I can't find any such news anywhere, including topgear.com.

If this is true, I haz a sad.

PS9 > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:23

Kinja'd!!!

Good lord almighty. For Top Gear's sake, I hope this guy doesn't find out!

PoopThrower > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:28

Furai... Ferrari... coincidence? I think not.

Mikeado > Gamecat235
09/10/2013 at 15:30

Gamecat235 > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:30

The 20th anniversary collectors’ edition of BBC Top Gear magazine includes a round-up of the team’s most ambitious road trips ever, and reveals a host of until-now untold secrets – including the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of Mazda’s astonishing Furai concept (hint: it involves the East Anglia fire service) . The team also named and shamed the 13 worst cars of the past 20 years, with Chrysler’s PT Cruiser Cabrio emerging on top. Or perhaps bottom.

From: http://www.immediate.co.uk/news/brand/bug…

The_Beermonger > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:31

So sad. Such a beautiful design. It even makes a good-looking cinder. Alas.

Captain Hostile > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:32

POOWAAAHHH! The most on fire Mazda...IN THE WORLD!

legory > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:39

Nothing will ever be the same.

Vizzini > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:41

You think they would have known not to go through the car wash.

Pessimippopotamus > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:45

REBUILD!!! REBUILD!!! OR GIVE US FURAI 2!!!

TheBaron2112 > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:46

I never really liked the Furai anyway.

YellowDonuts > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:47

With a name like that, Mazda must've known it would've ended up Furai'd eventually.

Pessimippopotamus > Mikeado
09/10/2013 at 15:47

Unless Mazda had several Courage LMP chassis lying around, I doubt that it built more than one Furai.

DeMarcusStark > Brian, The Life of
09/10/2013 at 15:47

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Chewbakkah > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:48

Remember that engineer that killed himself when he lost an iPhone prototype?

Yeah, if I were the guy driving this when it caught on fire I'd put myself on suicide watch.

Loping Camshaft > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:48

Uhhh... Back to the studio!

GrauGeist > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:48

This is why we can't have nice things!

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:48

Wow. It's the Harvey Dent of prototypes..

Kinja'd!!!

Canuk > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:48

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Kinja'd!!!

Incognigro > DeMarcusStark
09/10/2013 at 15:48

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Dolemite > TheBaron2112
09/10/2013 at 15:49

I'm furaious at that comment.

Vlan1 > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:49

Sumbitch!

Kinja'd!!!

Pessimippopotamus > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:49

I guess it got...

furai'd

to a crisp.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > Brian, The Life of
09/10/2013 at 15:49

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lt5zr180 > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:49

mazda is now taking design ideas from ferrari?

CalzoneGolem > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:50

That's not gone well.

Run away!!

DeMarcusStark > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:50

What. The. Fuck
WHY GOD WHYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!

Fuck this shit, i'm done, i don't want to live in this world anymore
D':

blackonblack > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:51

Proof that there is no God...

Sunny > Brian, The Life of
09/10/2013 at 15:51

OOOOMMMMMMM

CalzoneGolem > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
09/10/2013 at 15:51

You just called me a bastard ... didn't you?

TheBaron2112 > Dolemite
09/10/2013 at 15:52

BOOO

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:52

WHERE IS THE SOURCE ON THIS?

Come on man.

ThatbastardKurtis > MikeMeade
09/10/2013 at 15:53

It was the ONLY Mazda worth living for. Not the RX7, not the RX8, not the bird poop converting into drinking water Concept car, damn sure not the Miata.

Only the Furai, made me furiously contemplate a campaign to have it built...And so, I weep with a heavy heart at the demise of the Furai. And. TopGear. Shall. Pay. For. This. This, I promise!
Vengeance is mine, said the God of Edsel, Enzo, and Colin.

Mach-inator > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:54

Mazda, pls respond

ZeFookus > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:55

I was just driving the Furai in Forza 4... I'm sad now.

X-cchannel-M > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:55

Jeremy, you idiot, that's not how they added the flame surfacing.

Kinja'd!!!

CaptAFR > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
09/10/2013 at 15:56

"Clarkson, you insufferable orangutang!"

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > CalzoneGolem
09/10/2013 at 15:56

No, not you...

Whomever killed the Mazda Furai.

I figure you are just reporting it, right?

NemoDesigns > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:56

Master of trolls trolls masterfully. I don't see anything about this anywhere else and I am pretty good at google internets.

Chairman Kaga > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:56

Kinja'd!!!

Gamecat235 > Gamecat235
09/10/2013 at 15:56

As an aside here, Immediate Media Co is the distributor of Top Gear Magazine. Which lends some credence to this. Ugh.

Jay_Hoff > Sunny
09/10/2013 at 15:56

Fuck.

Stigman Lupowsky > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:58

Ferrurai !

RazoE > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 15:59

Maybe the Furai thought it was a Ferrari and proceeded to do what they do best. See what I did there? Huh? Huh? No? Fuck it...

Jay_Hoff > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:00

Please tell me it caught it self on fire.

Kinja'd!!!

ptak appreciates old racecars > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
09/10/2013 at 16:00

This is the hero Jalopnik needs now.

SP23 > Pessimippopotamus
09/10/2013 at 16:01

Kinja'd!!!

YEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH.

Takuro Spirit > Brian, The Life of
09/10/2013 at 16:01

ARSENIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHALL

stevethecurse > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:01

Kinja'd!!!

CalzoneGolem > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
09/10/2013 at 16:01

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt075226…

Doug DeMuro > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:02

Haha. In fairness this happened quite a while ago and it wasn't really Top Gear's fault. This is a lesson in why concept cars are, ya know, concepts .

TimF101 > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:02

Maybe they parked it next to a Lamborghini.

hollatchaboy > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:03

Right?

Kinja'd!!!

Or... was it really the aliens?

lonestranger > Gamecat235
09/10/2013 at 16:03

Oh cock.

And here I was hoping that it wasn't true, since no-one else could find any evidence of it happening, and OP hasn't responded.

thatguy1 > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
09/10/2013 at 16:04

I believe in the Mazda Furai.

NoahthePorscheGuy > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:04

OMFG MY LIFE IS RUINED

Brian Tschiegg > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:04

The only explanation is that someone read the name wrong and assumed it was a Ferrari.

(I'll show myself out, thank you.)

Jid M > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
09/10/2013 at 16:04

that hurt my eyes.

Rows His Own > Brian, The Life of
09/10/2013 at 16:04

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......

NoahthePorscheGuy > Doug DeMuro
09/10/2013 at 16:05

how long ago was this? Where did you get the info the first time?

SP23 > Brian, The Life of
09/10/2013 at 16:05

Brian, The Life of > Takuro Spirit
09/10/2013 at 16:05

woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!!!

bimmerismyname > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:05

Way to go Clarkson. Way to go

Pessimippopotamus > Gamecat235
09/10/2013 at 16:06

On a side note, I don't agree with many of their top 10 most significant cars of the last two decades.

BrtStlnd > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:07

Kinja'd!!!

GTRB26 > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:07

didn't Matt Farah say that Top gear abuses their cars so much that all other journalists hate to get a press car after them? I guess this kind of proves that even though it was an accident. I feel bad for the press cars.

AccountKiller > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:07

Did they park it near the Walkie Talkie?

Denseflea > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:09

Believe in Mazda. They will rebuild it, with more fury.

Gamecat235 > lonestranger
09/10/2013 at 16:09

Yeah. I couldn't find much, but when I saw this... my heart sank.

Casper > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:09

So much sadness...

Mazarin > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:10

Kinja'd!!!

Not sure if Mazda Furai

or Fried Mazda

Gamecat235 > Pessimippopotamus
09/10/2013 at 16:10

Oh yes... that list... I saw that... 458? Sure. Veyron? Arguably. A lot of the rest? REALLY?

Keith Hanna > Mikeado
09/10/2013 at 16:12

Nope. The Furai is a one off.

There are however a few #55 787Bs running around several of which are replicas.

Gamecat235 > Doug DeMuro
09/10/2013 at 16:12

That's what I am discovering. And... why was this news soooooo slow to disseminate. I mean, it's hard to find anything more than anecdotal evidence of this.

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:13

As saddening as this is, am I really shocked?

NOPE! Anyone here ever owned a modded rotary? The things may sound like weedeaters, but one day they'd like to grow up to be a really nice flamethrower and it shows.

Plus anything that uses makeshift black magic like this must have its downfall.

TurtleFace > Brian, The Life of
09/10/2013 at 16:15

neverwander > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:18

Kinja'd!!!

Takuro Spirit > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:19

I will go home, pop in Forza 4, get in my Furai and take a lap around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for my homie.

Kinja'd!!!

Htch Tattoos dot com > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:22

And on that bombshell...its time to end. Thank you very much for coming

DarthDuster > Pessimippopotamus
09/10/2013 at 16:26

It Mazda been one hell of a fire.....

Sorry. So very sorry.

gator8 > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:26

Way to make a shittier day even more shitty. If there's a bright side, hopefully they will use all the molds and shelf parts and build a new one, then release it to the world for a Furai followup sequel that will make us all super happy and sad at the same time (because it's amazing and because it will never be reality).

crazysaturn > Brian, The Life of
09/10/2013 at 16:27

Just Joshin > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
09/10/2013 at 16:29

I want that shirt.

Sergio526 > SP23
09/10/2013 at 16:29

As bad-ass as that scene was, that was the last episode of Miami I ever watched. I didn't watch it religiously, but until that episode, if it was on I'd watch it. That particular scene was just so absurd.

SixSpeedandCaffeine > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:30

I guess they were running a hot lap.

Yeah

AmetDj > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:31

Was it the only one?

Blakkar > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:33

(Knee jerk reaction) Damn Brits don't know how to take care of anything that isn't theirs.

Kinja'd!!!

(More rational response) Why don't these companies make at least two of their concept cars and/or have the ability to make more if needed?

exizeo - still loving fourza > THOMAS5
09/10/2013 at 16:34

NO.

FUCK.

The Furai was a beautiful monster. It deserved to be placed on a beautiful podium in a museum, or if death was inevitable - it should be on a track.

KamikazePigeon > Rows His Own
09/10/2013 at 16:36