A few weeks back we gave you a glimpse of what the new Mazda Furai concept looked like. Now that leaked photo has turned into a full blown image.

The Mazda Furai actually made a couple of hot laps around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca piloted by ALMS ace Jamie Bach, where this photo was taken.

The Furai is not a typical non-functional concept; it was designed to really perform. The basis of the car is a 2005 Courage C65 chassis, which is an LMP2-class entry in the American Le Mans Series.

The car is powered by a mid-mounted, three-rotor Mazda 20B rotary engine that gives around 450 hp thanks to E100 ethanol fuel. Mazda’s studio in Southern California led by North American design boss Franz Von Holzhausen was responsible for the design of the Furai, and further development was accomplished by the racecar specialists at Swift Engineering. As a result, the Furai is able to generate about 80 percent of the downforce of the original race-spec bodywork, which is phenomenal achievement given the fact that Furai has never seen a wind tunnel.

Zoom, Zoom. Look forward to seeing this one up close and personal in Detroit.