The 1989 Volkswagen Futura was part of Integrated Research Volkswagen, or the IRVW programme, presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show. A highly advanced monobox concept, it was intended to showcase the type of cars VW would be making in the year 2000 and beyond. Some features, like radar-assisted lane-keeping and digital navigation, made it into production, but others, like 4-wheel steering that allowed the car to crawl sideways into parking spaces, didn’t.























