My Favorite "Brief Appearances"
Do you remember any vehicle that showed up in one moment and was gone before we knew it? Of course not!
Do you remember any vehicle that showed up in one moment and was gone before we knew it? Of course not!
Sadly, this is a business lesson that often used as examples of failures. But, should we consider them failures? Perhaps another lesson from the music industry would be apt here – if you had a one-hit wonder and continues to have airplay and downloads, you are not a failure.
There was a time when the future of the automobile was exhibited to the public as a "concept." A concept vehicle was truly a vision of the future for which a few components would be present in new models within a few years later. Others were just straight out of science fiction with none of the concept's ideas brought to market at all.