concept car

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounconcept car (plural concept cars)

plural concept cars

  1. automotiveAn 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.

    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
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    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

Translations

Spanish carro conceptual
  • carro conceptualprototype
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “concept car,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concept%20car.

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