The concept car is a term that the majority of car owners or drivers know nothing about. I always thought that a concept car is a clay model made for a new car style. That’s nowhere near close, because the concept car is a real car is actually built and ready to drive. A concept vehicle or show car prototypes intended to be driven around to show the concept, new style, technology, etc.

The concept vehicle is usually displayed at the show a big motor in the world. They appear to consumers to gauge their reaction to the radical design changes or concepts. The idea of the concept or show cars developed by GM designer Harley Earl. Auto concept of real cars, but never go into production directly. This must be changed for safety, practicality and cost to become a production vehicle is not just a concept vehicle.

The concept car has the engine extreme or radical, design, materials, layout, doors or things that are not found in automobile production. Most concept cars never get past scale models or computer images. A small number of concept vehicles that actually fully functional and some can not even move faster than 10 mph is safe. After a concept vehicle that is used, usually the cars were destroyed but some companies to survive in museums or in storage. Year 1954 Lincoln Futura concept car was at a custom car shop for years until it was used as the Batmobile in Batman TV series in 1966.

There are several well-known concept car for one reason or another. Buick Y-Job designed in 1930 by Harley Earl and is considered the first concept vehicle. General Motors Le Sabre was built in 1951 introduced a 12-volt electricity and aluminum 215 ci V8. The 1959 Cadillac Cyclone was one of the final design of Harley Earl. Chevrolet Volt is one of the first plug in hybrid electric vehicle concept.