concept car

noun

: a car built to test or show a new design

Examples of concept car in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Even further back, Renault’s Kwid concept car of 2014 also featured an integrated drone. Carlton Reid, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024 The concept car was shown as a high-riding pseudo-off-roader, but that could change as the Lanzador approaches production. Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023 Collectors who buy either watch will be able to obtain a Bulgari Aluminium VGT concept car that can be driven in Gran Turismo 7. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023 Quite often, a concept car represents just a blip on a timeline and a blast of buzzy excitement, later shelved in a museum for all of us to marvel at a company’s foresight or folly. Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023 Now this is what a concept car is supposed to look like: sleek, seductive, maybe even a little villainous, but in a good way. Verge Staff, The Verge, 12 Jan. 2024 Although much like a concept car being watered down to make it to production, the 2024 Ballie lost much of the prototype's cute appeal. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2024 First shown as a two-seat concept car at the Turin Motor Show in November of 1966, the sleek fastback GT was penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro, then under the employ of Carrozzeria Ghia. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023 The product was intended to be the software equivalent of a concept car. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2023

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“Concept car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concept%20car. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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