concept car
noun1
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles An automobile which is not available for retail sale and which is usually only a mock-up having limited functionality, but which may be displayed at auto shows to represent design ideas under consideration for future vehicles.
- On the auto show circuit, concept cars lend excitement to the more down-to-earth models on the platform next door, the ones actually available for purchase.1990 July 1, George Harrar, “Technology: The ‘Concept Car’ Pushes Change”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 May 2014:
- Introduced as a concept car in early 2007, the Volt is a next-generation hybrid, a plug-in.2007 October 11, Bryan Walsh, “The History of the Electric Car”, in Time, retrieved 01 May 2014:
- Hypernyms
- concept vehicle