NISSAN NRV II (1983) - Old Australian "Towards 2000" TV Show

NISSAN NRV II - Old Australian "Towards 2000" TV Show.
Recorded from an ancient VHS video from 1983. The NRV II features a number of technologies only just becoming available today on passenger cars. Really cool to see what the Japanese were working on way back then.

[@ollijokinen1571]

Wow.The car was so much ahead of it's time.

[@Bizmyurt]

Well it is only a research vehicle not commercial production. It is very strange that they could do that but still Nissan 20 30 years later went downwards. That is coward management and marketing people!

[@damshek]

Almost 40 years later and collision avoidance is still an optional extra... Imagine how many other safety features could have been done decades earlier, and save countless lives, but it wasn't cheap enough.

[@opiel16]

If you care about your safety so much you can always pay the extra to get the safety features. Or maybe you mean that the car producers should give up the additional revenue and pay for your safety for you?

[@kalypaniakos3068]

You misunderstood.He says that since technological solutions existed before their time,companies needed to focus on peoples safety and make them available to the open public.What we see here was productable and with the proper collaborations more companies could have incorporated such technology much earlier and save more lives,help people save fuel and become better drivers...But because everyone then and now is fueled by irrational pride and have their minds mostly to profit or selling more units with in fact old technologies presented as new inventions...Car companies rivalry and marketing executives led to this...Imagine if this was mass produced and installed on standard equipment,how faster youd reach your destination,spending less fuel,helping the environment,staying focused on the wheel with voice commands...How much more people would be alive and avoid crashes if abs was standard from back then...Not to mention airbags etc...Technology should be universal and oriented and standard for humane purposes,for saving lives...Not everything is marketing,not every techbological achievement should be considered richmans equipment...You want to stand out?Gold plate your car...But technological achievements that make life easier and save lives?Should always have been standard equipment...Before you comment,all the technology expertise should be ackknowledged and paid for future improvement.Goverments could have help and still can. Dont divide,unite and not everything should be marketing.With a little more money and funds,cars could have been safer and lives saved...Think about it...@@opiel16

[@Chris-mp8yz]

​@@opiel16capitalism fucker

[@Whitestorm2]

This is the most 80s thing I've ever seen and I want one!!

[@hal0eight]

Check out the JDM versions of - UZZ31 Toyota Soarer, Mazda Cosmo, Nissan Leopard and Honda Legend. Most of these have these features and more in a production car.

[@Whitestorm2]

Vintage Time Australia Oh man I totally forgot the Soarer existed! I'd take a Cosmo HB, 80s turbo rotary? Yes please! Don't forget the Mitsubishi Starion!

[@joejoe2974]

It's crazy how they were ahead of their time, i love to see these 80's and 90's new technologies for cars

[@ShaiyanHossain]

its amazing how this car has automated collision assist that feature is still only an add on option in many luxury cars 30 years later

[@hal0eight]

I know right? Just comes down to cost. Just like the Ford Pinto.

[@ichdissdich98]

@@hal0eight The Mercedes SLS AMG has Explosives on the doors so ICE they will remove themselve. The Pinto into Case of being rear ended removes itself being one big driving explosive Device it does that rather quickly

[@greekshadow1319]

Japanese always were ahead in technology. That's why I admire everything that is made in Japan, I believe that the Japanese build the highest quality products, the most reliable and they are cheap. All my friends drive German cars, even my father but I drive a Japanese one and it never breaks down, I also pay only a few bucks for maintenance.

[@dava_arvarabi]

*The lights switch on automatically when it's dark and switch off when it's bright* Sounds like GTA SA to me :o

[@russellhunter8378]

Auto sensing headlights and wipers, touch screen display and they still couldn't put electric windows in it.

[@wws2020]

it's still high tech in today

[@hal0eight]

Yeah that's it. Shows how many compromises are made for mass production.

[@holdshiftt2run308]

Not really, the infotainment systems we have today are of course more advance because they are newer.

[@smsshehr1237]

@DejaVoodooDoll Only dumb people die because of distractions. GPS, warning sytems and all that are all useful things. So are phones.

[@lundsweden]

My car in 2021 has some of these features, but not all, which is amazing!

[@theadamtron]

Wow, This would have been cutting edge for 1983. Who would have thought it would take nearly 30 years for GPS to become standard

[@hal0eight]

Yeah, the first production cars with GPS were the Mazda Cosmo (1990) and Toyota UZZ31 Soarer (Lexus SC400 in the US, 1991).

[@SvenQ45]

The Nissan Cima also had it as option in 1991. Also amazing were Hondas and Nissans non GPS navigations systems in 1981!

[@AaroMesa]

And it still doesn't work!

[@sjefoekel6058]

When japan looks to the west, they are looking 40 years in to the past.

[@ELMS]

We actually got “Towards 2000” and “Beyond 2000” in Canada. I wonder whatever happened to Dr. Caroline West? 🙂

[@hal0eight]

Still with ABC www.abc.net.au/catalyst/caroline-west/11275830

[@peroduakancil2858]

#jdm forever in my heart

[@mrabelable4221]

3:31 Wow it's that touchscreen from this car so cool then years

[@poqjaq]

Hebat teknologi Jepun ni. Tahun 83' dah cipta base model Nissan Sunny hebat camni.

[@whophd]

Japan 1983 waves hello to you, KZbinr.

[@XxLIVRAxX]

That was the shape of things to come, very foward thinking design and concept.

[@YtbUser99]

Back to the future.. Nissan was 40 years front of 80's...!

[@peroduakancil2858]

This car is better than nissan sunny 130y and the interior dashboard is very nice and i love it

[@tamambeabi]

soon = 30 years later :/

[@federicosagun8243]

I thought touch sensor was introduced early 2000.

[@hal0eight]

No, capacitive touch screens have been around since the early 1980s. Casio even had a touch screen watch in 1983. My Toyota soarer has a touch screen lcd control system and was made in 1991

[@pseudododo7558]

A touch sensitive CRT monitor is so alien

[@SANYUR]

The Knight Rider Car Had all that and More in 1983

[@g.m.5550]

Wait what, it has a touch sensitiv screen back then??

[@hal0eight]

Yeah, probably driven by IR sensors around the screen. I don't think they had resistive or capacitve touch screens at the time. I also remember as a kid using touch screens that had a micro button matrix in the glass, so that could be another way of making it work. My Soarer uses an IR matrix around the screen.

[@Davez621]

Too bad they couldn't make the outside of the car look like it wasn't from 1983.

[@hal0eight]

To be fair, it was pretty up to date style wise, at the time.

[@yotehagoverturealidad6129]

Vendamelo le doy oro por el 😍😍😍😍

[@user-pr5mb2hd6y]

Механические стеклоподъёмники!

[@MrMadvillan]

holy smokes, collision detection. touch screen and mapping 😐 … ooo and proto siri.

[@Ashwin-hs6po]

Its really high tech and is it rear wheel drive?

[@missingno3617]

nah, look the engine position

[@Ashwin-hs6po]

Felipe Valenzuela yeah but some car have engin side ways but still is awd and rear wheel drive

[@kylesoler4139]

FWD was considered modern back then.

[@Noname-fn2hj]

Nissan avanti di 50 anni

[@bennygaweseb]

Cathode-ray tube

[@hal0eight]

Yeah it is.

[@lilsaturn339]

Elon who ?

[@rogana5158able]

Japanese food is too spicy

[@David.Horne72]

Haha how car makers stifle innovation, how long before all this was standard?

[@peroduakancil2858]

Nissan sunny 130y Dashboard is boaring and ugly Tail light is ugly Engine 1.2cc Most popular car in asia but it still ugly car

[@Landie_Man]

Lovely car. My mate has a B11. He has it instead of new cars and we love it

[@mrblowhard2u]

I used to like watching thids show. Supprising how many of these 'new ideas' became reality.

[@jannowak9639]

3:14 What was that radio station at 810 kHz that been playing Judas Priest - You Got Another Thing Coming? 🤘