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concept car

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.

concept car: an automobile which is not available for retail sale and which is usually only a mock-up having...
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Noun

concept car (plural concept cars)

  1. 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

Forms of concept car

pluralconcept cars

Questions about concept car

What does concept car mean?
Concept car means 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.
What part of speech is concept car?
Concept car is a noun.
What is the plural of concept car?
The plural of concept car is concept cars.

Words near concept car in the dictionary

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  2. concept album
  3. concept albums
  4. concept art
  5. concept artist
  6. concept car
  7. concept cars
  8. concept drift
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  10. concept map
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