One unused but operational concept car that languished for years in the North Hollywood, California shop of car customizer George Barris, Ford Motor Company's "Lincoln Futura" from 1954, received a new lease on life as the Batmobile in the Batman series that debuted in 1966 on the ABC Television Network.
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A concept vehicle or show vehicle is a car made to showcase new styling and/or new technology.
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The BYD Qin concept car was unveiled at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, and the car is named after China's first empire, the Qin Dynasty.
Corvette Stingray (concept car), a concept car that preceded the second generation of the Chevrolet Corvette
The Chrysler Chronos has a similarity in design to the 1953 Chrysler D'Elegance concept car as well as a similarity to the production model Chrysler 300C.
The convertible body was designed by Tom Tjaarda, who used his earlier designs of Chevrolet Corvette “Rondine” and Ferrari 275 GTS.
The Ford Gyron was a futuristic two-wheeled gyrocar first shown to the world in 1961 at the Detroit Motor Show as a concept car designed by Syd Mead.
While at the Volkswagen Design Center in Simi Valley, California, he collaborated with fellow Art Center graduate J Mays on the design of the Volkswagen Concept 1 concept car, a modern re-interpretation of the original Volkswagen Beetle.
The development stages of the 110 began in the early 1990s, with a prototype coupé called the Katran 1.6i produced that was first demonstrated at the AvtoVAZ Togliatti factory in 1991.
The Minissima is a small concept city car that was designed by William Towns (as the Townscar) as his idea for a replacement for the Mini in 1972 and displayed by BLMC on their stand at the 1973 London Motor Show after buying the prototype from Towns.
Although an uncommon drive layout, it has been used in the past, by Buckminster Fuller in his concept Dymaxion car, which was able to turn within its wheelbase due to rear-wheel steering.
The Rover CCV is a concept car shown by the British car company Austin Rover Group at the Turin Motor Show 1986 under the Rover marque.
The Wagonaire roof design was inspired by Stevens' 1959 Scimitar concept car built in Stuttgart Germany by Ruetter for the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation.
The Zagato Raptor, sometimes referred to as the Lamborghini Raptor, is a concept car design created in 1996 by Zagato in partnership with Alain Wicki for Lamborghini.
For the official photograph of the Board of Directors, the members posed with the second version of the concept car, this time with its hood and roof painted black.
Peugeot BB1, an electric concept car introduced at Frankfurt Motor Show in 2009
The Citroën Lacoste is a concept car designed by Citroën and Lacoste for the 2010 Paris Motor Show.
In March 1997, the mid-sized Leganza followed, also designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, borrowing some styling cues from the existing 1990 Jaguar Kensington concept car.
The design was again signed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and based on his 1992 "Lucciola" concept car, which was initially imagined as a replacement for the Fiat Cinquecento.
:This article is about the aircraft; for the concept car see EcoJet concept car.
Mercedes-Benz F200, a 1996 concept car unveiled at the Paris Motor Show
Another concept car, built by Holden and called the Torana TT36, was rumored to have started as a Kappa-based car with a twin-turbocharged V6, but the modifications necessary to accommodate the engine, transmission, and general vehicle size made it necessary to refer to the platform as "based on architecture similar to the Kappa and the Corvette."
Codenamed HND-3, it was the third concept car styled at Hyundai's Design and Technical Center at Namyang.
BMW i8, an upcoming BMW hybrid based on the BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics concept car
The Greenpeace SmILE concept car uses a Hyprex pressure wave supercharger developed by the Swiss company Wenko AG.
The first vehicle to feature scissor doors was the 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo concept car, designed by Bertone's Marcello Gandini.
Daihatsu Tanto, a concept car based on the Daihatsu Move kei car