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A production vehicle is one that is put into mass 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 ....
, as a model produced in large numbers and offered for sale to the public. It is the vehicle you can actually go out and buy .

Production vehicle was begun in the 1800s by Karl Benz
Karl Benz

Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled as Carl, was a Germany engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile and pioneering founder of the automobile manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz....
 when he built twenty-five Benz Patent Motorwagen
Benz Patent Motorwagen

The Karl Benz Patent Motorwagen , built in 1885, is widely regarded as the first automobile, that is, a vehicle designed to be propelled by a motor....
s during the period between 1886 and 1893.

When used in motorsports the term is quite exact and a certain number of a model must be produced in order to qualify for the term.






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A production vehicle is one that is put into mass 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 ....
, as a model produced in large numbers and offered for sale to the public. It is the vehicle you can actually go out and buy .

Production vehicle was begun in the 1800s by Karl Benz
Karl Benz

Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled as Carl, was a Germany engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile and pioneering founder of the automobile manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz....
 when he built twenty-five Benz Patent Motorwagen
Benz Patent Motorwagen

The Karl Benz Patent Motorwagen , built in 1885, is widely regarded as the first automobile, that is, a vehicle designed to be propelled by a motor....
s during the period between 1886 and 1893.

When used in motorsports the term is quite exact and a certain number of a model must be produced in order to qualify for the term. For example, Briggs Cunningham
Briggs Cunningham

Briggs Swift Cunningham II was an American sportsman who raced cars and yachts.He was a racing car constructor, driver and team owner; also a sports car manufacturer and automobile collector....
's business was classified as a hobby by the United States tax officials because he did not manufacture enough of each model for the Cunningham automobile to be considered a production vehicle, but rather they classified them as high-performance prototype automobiles built as racecars.

Motor vehicle production statistics are available for countries worldwide, by country, make, and model. Production statistics by country and by model, as far as announced, are available for each make as well.

From concept car to production model

Pre-production cars come after 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....
s or development mule
Development mule

A development mule or a test mule in the automotive industry is a vehicle equipped with experimental or prototype components for testing. Automakers evaluate aspects of vehicles before a full pre-production car is built to find problems....
s, which themselves are preceded by 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. Pre-production vehicles are followed by production vehicles in the mass 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 ....
 for distribution through car dealership
Car dealership

A car dealership or vehicle local distribution is a business that sells new Automobile and/or used cars at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or its sales subsidiary....
s.

See also

  • 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....
  • Development mule
    Development mule

    A development mule or a test mule in the automotive industry is a vehicle equipped with experimental or prototype components for testing. Automakers evaluate aspects of vehicles before a full pre-production car is built to find problems....
  • 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....
  • Product lifecycle management
    Product lifecycle management

    Product lifecycle management is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal....


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