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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.

Photo by Charles O’Rear.

Santa Monica beach (1982)

1990s FOLK ART Handmade Wooden Dog

1985

Munich, BMW’s hometown, hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, and to mark the occasion, the city’s car maker created a concept car to showcase the company’s expertise. Designed by Paul Bracq, the BMW Turbo featured futuristic gullwing doors and a rudimentary radar-based distance warning system. Powered by the 4 cylinder 2.0 litre turbocharged engine from the 2002 Turbo, only two prototypes were ever built.

The Lotus Etna concept of 1984 was an Italdesign proposal for a V8-engined successor to the Esprit, also the work of Giugiaro. It used an expanded Esprit platform but the precarious financial position of Lotus meant the project was put on hold. When General Motors took a controlling stake in Lotus in 1986, the Etna was cancelled.

Lamborghini Jalpa in Rocky IV (1985)

Scanned from a 1992 issue of Designer's West Magazine

Hollywood Blvd. and Vine Street (1983)

kermit the frog in 'the muppets take manhattan' (1984)

Beyond The Kitchen: A Dreamer’s Guide, 1985

Nicole Kidman