Originally Posted by
CGameProgrammerr
A non-running demo is precisely what car manufacturers use for demoing early pre-production cars. They have journalists, or the public at auto shows, sit in what appears to be a working car, possibly play with the infotainment system and some other things, check out the interior, do a walk around of the exterior, etc., but there's no engine or other necessary components. It's weird for you guys to pretend like it's some alien concept. Obviously we're all waiting impatiently for them to develop a working engine, hopefully followed by a flying prototype, but this is just one milestone.
Car manufacturers use the word "concept" not demo, nor prototype. There is no commitment it will ever drive, or if it will, that it is the following year.
It is this weak whataboutism that Hill uses to drift in and out of sales mode to secure more deposits.
No car manufacturer is showing you possible future product, and at the same time getting you to pay a deposit on one.
Nice try though.