A development mule or a test mule in the automotive industry is a vehicle equipped with experimental or prototype
Prototype
A prototype is an original type, form, or instance of something serving as a typical example, basis, or standard for other things of the same category.... components for testing. Automaker
Automaker
The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's motor vehicles. In 2007, more than 73 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide.... s evaluate aspects of vehicles before a full pre-production car
Pre-production car
Pre-production cars are vehicles that allow the automaker to find problems before a new model goes on sale to the public. Pre-production cars come after prototypes, or development mules which themselves are preceded by concept cars.... is built to find problems. Mule cars are drivable and may come after concept car
Concept car
A concept vehicle or show vehicle is a Automobile prototype made to showcase a concept, new styling, technology and more. They are often shown at Auto show to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced.... s that sometimes lack critical mechanical components.
Mules are often heavily altered and the exteriors may be disguised as current production
Mass production
Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines. The concepts of mass production are applied to various kinds of products, from fluids and particulates handled in bulk to discrete solid parts to assemblies of such parts .... vehicles or as completely different models.
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A development mule or a test mule in the automotive industry is a vehicle equipped with experimental or prototype
Prototype
A prototype is an original type, form, or instance of something serving as a typical example, basis, or standard for other things of the same category.... components for testing. Automaker
Automaker
The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's motor vehicles. In 2007, more than 73 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide.... s evaluate aspects of vehicles before a full pre-production car
Pre-production car
Pre-production cars are vehicles that allow the automaker to find problems before a new model goes on sale to the public. Pre-production cars come after prototypes, or development mules which themselves are preceded by concept cars.... is built to find problems. Mule cars are drivable and may come after concept car
Concept car
A concept vehicle or show vehicle is a Automobile prototype made to showcase a concept, new styling, technology and more. They are often shown at Auto show to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced.... s that sometimes lack critical mechanical components.
Mules are often heavily altered and the exteriors may be disguised as current production
Mass production
Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines. The concepts of mass production are applied to various kinds of products, from fluids and particulates handled in bulk to discrete solid parts to assemblies of such parts .... vehicles or as completely different models. They are most often used very heavily during testing and are scrap
Scrap
File:Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp Scrap Piles.jpgScrap is a term used to describe recyclable materials left over from every manner of product consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials.... ped.
Automotive design is the profession involved in the development of the appearance, and to some extent the ergonomics, of motor vehicles or more specifically road vehicles....
