The film tells about the cars of the future, presenting the latest products from the world's leading automobile concerns. New technologies touch upon issues not only of design, speed and cost, but also functionality, efficiency, safety and environmental protection. Filming took place at three international motor shows in Japan, Germany and Belgium.
Intercut: cars in a parking lot, traffic control, crowds of people.
People going up the escalator.
Emblems of leading automobile concerns.
Crowds of people waiting in line at the exhibition.
Presentation of the Opel Calibra model.
Advertisement for a car with wing doors.
People walking to the exhibition.
Engines in the shop windows.
Presentation of the Subaru SVX model.
Engines for sports cars.
Subaru SVX. Reflection in the mirrors.
TV screens.
The Daihatsu Fellow-90 car.
The Fellow-90 engine.
The Daihatsu Snicker model.
Panorama of the exhibition hall.
Cars by Suzuki.
Alto.
Swift with an open hood.
Soviet Oka cars.
TV screens.
An exhibition model of the Suzuki Constellation.
The presenter with a microphone.
TV screens.
The Ford Thunderbird car.
People going up the escalator.
Emblem of the BMW concern.
Model "BMW 850i".
New type of car seats.
1989
Tokyo
Car showroom hall.
Demonstration of the design of a Toyota jeep.
A Daihatsu jeep.
TV screens.
A section of the jeep's interior.
A jeep with a set of camping gear.
A car with a tent from Suzuki, a girl at a camping table.
Alternation: a panorama of the hall, Toyota RAV4 jeeps.
Mitsubishi Space Wagons.
Nissan Prairie advertising on screens.
Three-row Chrysler Voyager station wagons.
Discovery advertising on screens.
Three-row Renault Espace Quadra station wagons.
Renault Espace Quadra transmission.
Features of the Renault Espace Quadra engine.
Mazda engines.
Evening lights of Tokyo.
Cars on a vertical stand, examples of colorization from Daihatsu.
Exhibition hall.
Alternation: Nissan Chapeau advertising on screens, a car at the exhibition.
Model "Daihatsu Dumbo".
Visitors to the exhibition.
Automobile "Citroen XM".
Demonstration of the wheel suspension system.
Features of the interior design.
1989
Tokyo
Model "Mersedes-Benz 420SEL".
Operation of the suspension system.
Dummies in the cabin, features of the seat design.
Convertible "Mersedes-Benz 500SL".
Experimental model "Renault Megane".
Transmission "Renault Megane" (computer modeling).
Transmission of the company "Mitsubishi".
Visitors to the motor show in Frankfurt, views of the showrooms.
Model "Volkswagen Futura".
Convertible "Audi Cabrio-Studie".
Visitors to the exhibition, rows of cars. "Audi Cabrio-Studie".
Transmission of the company "Audi".
Sectional view of the car, operation of the transmission.
Operation of the diesel engine.
Sectional view of the car, action of the safety system.
Airbags in the convertible.
Transportation of new cars.
Visitors to the motor show in Tokyo inspect Soviet "Lada-Niva" cars.
Cameramen.
Experimental car "NAMI-0288 Compact".
Engine compartment.
Interior design features.
People looking at the "Compact".
1989
Tokyo FRG (Federal Republic of Germany)
Experts near the Soviet exposition.
Automobile engine, developed by NAMI. Device for cleaning exhaust gases.
A man shows a catalytic converter.
A car drives under the installation.
Brussels Motor Show, general view of the hall.
Advertisement of the Soviet section.
Experts discuss cars by Skaldia-Volga.
Panorama of the hall.
Skaldia-Volga convertible.
Sports model Skaldia-Volga.
Luxury car based on the Lada model.
Panorama of the hall.
Presentation of the Volvo 460 Turbo model.
Volvo 440 Turbo model.
Advertisement of Volvo anti-corrosion materials.
Finishing of car interiors.
Car by Alfa-Romeo.
Suspension work.
Lotus Elan model.
Front-wheel drive.
Chassis on a backbone frame.
Lotus Elan model.
Advertisement of a Peugeot drive.
New Peugeot model.
Advertisement on screens.
Sports cups and a racing car.
Footage from the Paris-Dakar rally.
Soviet Lada that took part in the rally.
High-speed prototype Toyota 4500GT. Evening traffic (the image loses focus).
Convertible Mazda MX-5. Girl driving the car.
Variations of the Mazda 323 model.
1989
Tokyo Belgium
Tokyo Motor Show, a bus driving through the parking lot (view from the window).
View from the driver's cabin, moving towards the salon.
Electric car pavilion.
Battery-powered engines.
Interchange: visitors in the halls, samples of components.
Evening traffic.
Installation in front of the entrance to the exhibition.
Interchange: advertising on screens, a prototype of the Nissan company.
View of the hall.
Evening traffic.
Interchange: the Mitsubishi HSR model, advertising of the car on screens.
Panorama of the pavilion.
1989
Tokyo