They are often shown at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced.
GeneralMotors designer Harley Earl is generally credited with inventing the concept, or show, car, and definitely did much to popularize it through its traveling Motorama shows of the 1950s.
They can also be quite refined, such as GeneralMotors' Cadillac Sixteen Concept [1].
They are often shown at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced.
GeneralMotors designer Harley Earl is generally credited with inventing the concept, or show, car, and definitely did much to popularize it through its traveling Motorama shows of the 1950s.
GeneralMotorsUltralite a 1992 4 door 4 passenger 88 mpg ultra light