Can a person buy them? Do they give them to employees? Do they destroy them or put them in a museum? Concept cars are usually way cool and even cooler then the final production model. How can I get one?
2007-01-13 11:05:15 · 9 answers · asked by Dave K 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Other - Car Makes
A lot of the concept cars are fake, they are made of clay or they put a fiberglass body over an existing chassis. These are concept only models to judge public reaction to the looks of the new car. If the reactions are good, then they build a working model. If no one likes the idea, then they scrap it and go back to the drawing board.
Working models are toured around the country and are even taken to Europe and Japan for auto shows.
The working prototypes stick around for a long time. I've seen an old film where designers go to a warehouse and study old prototypes so they know what worked and what didn't work.
Some models wind up in auto museums, like the Chrysler Turbo car and the "bubble" car that Chuck Barris helped General Motors build.
Lee Iacoca kept the original Mustang prototype for a while before giving it back to the Ford museum in Dearborn.
No one knows what happened to all of the original Corvette prototypes, I heard they were accidently destroyed.
2007-01-13 18:26:22 · answer #1 · answered by MechBob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw it on Tv once ...Car manufacturers have a big secured warehouse where they store all their concept or prototype cars. Sometimes they have auctions but they usually let the rich people or dealers know about it. Sometimes they even sell the non functional clay models they made before they made the actual car. Even those cost a fortune.....Good luck
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2016-11-23 16:36:19 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely they are put in storage until a time when that style is gonna come out. They don't sell them considering how many bucks they put into them.
2007-01-13 12:16:24 · answer #4 · answered by ButwhatdoIno? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the concept cars are kept in a car vault,,and guarded real close,,because that is the most expensive one built,,is the concept car,,good luck,hope this help,.s.
2007-01-13 11:10:41 · answer #5 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes they end up being auctioned (Barrett Jackson)... most are kept by the manufacturer for many years before they auction them... or else they end up in the crusher !
2007-01-13 11:15:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes they store them, sometimes they put them in a museum, or they wind up crushing them.
2007-01-13 11:11:32 · answer #7 · answered by Fordman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some are sold for tons of money. You will have to be really rich to get one.
2007-01-13 11:09:50 · answer #8 · answered by mister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know..ask them!
2007-01-17 02:08:49 · answer #9 · answered by MINH H 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋