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Originally Posted by Ibiza
It's true, BMW manufacturers over 100 pre-production vehicles for a upcoming new model and all go to the scrap yard after testing/private viewings/ad shoots. For example the F90 used to set the drift record went to the 2018 CES show after PC filming and then was destroyed.
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Having worked for Jaguar Land Rover's Innovation Lab, I can tell you that not all are destroyed. Other divisions of the vehicle manufacture may buy up the pre-production models to test innovation before introducing them to future models.
For instance, JLR will buy back pre-pro models for as little as $1 once they are no longer needed. Then new innovation is wired up to the vehicle to test and work out bugs before applying the technology to new vehicles.
The above generally applies when a vehicle manufacture is partnering with a new tech start-up, experimenting with future innovations or out-sourcing their technologies to third-party manufacturers.