The 2020 Apple Car prototype was a glass-roofed minivan dubbed "the Bread Loaf" — Volkswagen microbus inspired a rounded design, and inside it had a 'giant TV screen' and seats like a private plane

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A new report into the demise of the Apple Car has revealed the company tested a prototype in 2020 nicknamed “the Bread Loaf” that drew inspiration from the Volkswagen microbus.

The revelation into Apple’s failed automotive attempt comes from top insider Mark Gurman, who this week published an extensive Bloomberg report into the history of Apple Car. Most notably, the report reveals a swathe of previously unknown details about the nature of Apple Car, which has been a topic of hot speculation, concept creation, and wild imagination for over a decade.