system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why do car companies spend time and money developing concept cars that you see at auto shows, but never release them for the public to buy?
gpt
I highly doubt any of these companies are doing it just too look exclusive. Many of the features developed by the engineers and industrial designers of these concepts find their way into production vehicles. It's essentially letting their engineers push the limits as far as possible. The most functional and attainable features in those concept vehicles then start moving into standard production design. Same thing with the Televisions. You can't develop technology for larger screens and higher resolutions without iterating designs. 

TL;DR Not a trick - but investments in developing new technologies for production vehicles.