ZOOM FREAKIN' ZOOM; Mazda's Detroit Furai concept conceals a racer.(News)

Byline: MARK VAUGHN

The words just got in the way, but they used them anyway.

"It was really about finding the visual representation of `Zoom Zoom,''' said Mazda designer Franz von Holzhausen.

"How nature describes emotion . . .''

"Looking into nature to find ways to describe emotion . . .''

You want ways to describe emotion? How about "Ya-freaking-hoo!'' a word that occurred to us as we lapped Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca in this three-rotor, 450-hp, 200-mph racing concept car. Granted, that occurred to us while we were stuffed like a canned ...

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