A single-person concept car (2004)
Noun
concept car (plural concept cars )
( automotive ) 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.
1990 July 1, George Harrar, “Technology: The ‘Concept Car ’ Pushes Change ”, in New York Times , retrieved 1 May 2014 :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.
2007 October 11, Bryan Walsh, “The History of the Electric Car ”, in Time , retrieved 1 May 2014 :Introduced as a concept car in early 2007, the Volt is a next-generation hybrid, a plug-in.