| A car prototype can be considered to be the test | | | | car. These car prototypes are developed to |
| model of a new car design that is intended to be | | | | demonstrate the new qualities of their product to |
| produced in mass quantity. There is no company | | | | clients. By subjecting these car prototypes to |
| that goes out and starts mass production of a | | | | numerous tests, the car designer gets to see the |
| new car, without first creating a prototype of it. | | | | strengths, weaknesses, mistakes and limitations in |
| Before a car is actually built, it is designed, | | | | a new car project. Then, by gathering this |
| researched and developed into a car prototype. It | | | | information, the car designer proceeds to rework |
| is the researchers who conduct consumer | | | | the design through the car prototype until the car |
| surveys and analyze market trends to get an | | | | reaches the objectives of the designer. |
| idea of the type of car people want, and then, | | | | Sometimes, the participating cars in a race are |
| based on these findings, car designers design | | | | also called prototypes. The reason for this is that |
| drawings of car prototypes. These drawings help | | | | these cars are not mass-produced. These car |
| engineers adapt parts in existing cars to be | | | | prototypes are specialized machines that are |
| implemented in the new model. This is when they | | | | supposed to showcase new innovations and |
| proceed to produce the car prototype. The car | | | | designs that the car manufacturer carries. These |
| prototype will have all these new implementations | | | | car prototypes are the models for future |
| displayed in it. Most of the manufacturers usually | | | | mass-produced cars the manufacturer will be |
| start by building a few car prototypes before | | | | creating, based on the results of the tests on the |
| actually setting up a factory to build the new car. | | | | car prototype. |
| A car prototype can also be referred as a test | | | | |