The phrase "automobile prototype" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a preliminary model of a vehicle that is being tested or developed before mass production.
Example: "The engineers unveiled the latest automobile prototype at the auto show, showcasing innovative features and design."
Alternatives: "car prototype" or "vehicle prototype".
A later investigation disclosed the true facts, but the stigma remained, and in order to erase it, Fuller put his whole inheritance from his mother's estate into the production of two more automobile prototypes.
Electric automobile prototypes reappeared in the 1960s when major U.S. manufacturers, faced with ultimate exhaustion of petroleum-based fuels and with immediate rising fuel costs from the domination of Arab petroleum producers, once again began to develop electrics.
And governments have shown willingness in the past to bend automobile construction regulations, allowing lighter glass for instance, in flying car prototypes seeking certification.
Vibrational measurements performed on a prototype automobile seat with a vertically moving backrest show that, compared with a standard seat with fixed backrest, the differential motion is strongly reduced.
Except for the prototype automobiles, the place could be mistaken for an office in Silicon Valley.
WHAT HAPPENED As Terry B. Dunham and Lawrence R. Gustin reported in "The Buick: A Complete History" (Automobile Quarterly, 2002), prototypes went through the requisite testing, covering hundred of miles over the roughest surfaces, their trunks filled with sandbags, and there were no problems.
A shining, sparkling valentine to a company and an industry, it features treasures like the groundbreaking turbo engine unveiled at the 1977 Frankfurt automobile show, and the prototype of the very first Saab car, from 1947 — Ur-Saab, its license plate says proudly.
After years of talk and prototypes, some automobile makers believe the electric vehicle is about to become more than just a science experiment.
Fuller's Dymaxion three-wheeled automobile, of which three prototypes were built between 1933 and 1935, could turn in its own length; it could also develop a speed of a hundred and twenty miles per hour using a standard ninety-horsepower Ford engine.
After years of talk and prototypes, some automobile manufacturers say they believe they have reached the moment when the electric vehicle is poised to become more than just a science experiment.
