How to Use concept car in a Sentence

concept car

noun
  • The product was intended to be the software equivalent of a concept car.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Infiniti is showing a new concept car called the QX Monograph.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In addition, the duo has designed a new concept car for Gran Turismo 7.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 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
  • Nissan has also teased a future electric pickup with a concept car called the Surf-Out that looks to be similar in size to the Frontier.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Shown here as a concept car, this variant has a sloping roofline and a sportier interior compared with the SUV model.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 6 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Buick’s Wildcat concept car previewed those features last year.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2023
  • The design of the new concept car draws inspiration from the original Neue Klasse, but with modern elements such as this backlit faux grille that pulses as if to show the car breathing.
    Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The concept car’s exterior is covered with e-paper panels that let the sedan change its look effortlessly.
    IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The production version looks quite similar to the concept car revealed earlier this year, and its interior is nifty.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 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
  • Probably nothing like the concept car images in this piece, which the company created as a drivable model for Sony's Gran Turismo.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
  • Even further back, Renault’s Kwid concept car of 2014 also featured an integrated drone.
    Carlton Reid, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Naturally, this being a concept car, door mirrors are replaced by cameras feeding live video to displays installed beneath the A-pillars.
    WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Additionally, inputs for the late Zaha Hadid, who actually did design a concept car, were based on her curvaceous, free-flowing forms.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Auto manufacturers routinely spend several million dollars hand-crafting a concept car that cannot be produced at scale.
    Kenneth K. Boyer, Fortune, 19 July 2024
  • Sat among televisions and virtual-reality headsets on Sony’s stand, the concept car obligingly featured Fortnite and Spider-Man gameplay imagery on a digital display above its front bumper.
    WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023

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