The 8 most high-tech cars ever... That arrived too early!

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We know that more often than not, car manufacturers don’t want to take too many risks. Given the sky-high costs that go into designing a new car, through to testing and finally manufacturing, it’s no surprise they often stick to a tried & tested design.

But that’s not to say manufacturers have always played it safe, and we’re here to reveal the top cars that were well ahead of their time! From Lamborghini’s first SUV from the 1980s through to the first four-wheel-drive supercar, Mat’s here to reveal the top cars that manufacturers truly took some risks on when it came to trying to bring new technology to the automotive industry!

But what do you think - is this the definitive list of cars that were ahead of their time? Or have we missed any? Let us know in the comments!
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[carwow]

If you could drive one of these cars in 2020, which would it be?!

[jamesthomas]

I want a drag race between mat and yanni but both of them run

[panosntak]

Add a handling test to the drag races. Then you will be one of the most complete channels for car performance testing

[autonewstv]

*I think the porshe 911 is so beautiful & Carwow's intro is keep getting bigger like BMW's grill* 💪😆

[johnkellett]

Get an A2 mine has done over 220, 000 miles I’ve owned it for 16 years and has cost very little to run. Servicing is every 30, 000 miles and the trip computer proves than on a daily commute of over 10 miles never drops below 50mpg. The handling is sublime :-)

[wildcat]

Glad to see you included the Citroen DS, it was the car that sprang to mind when I saw the title of this video. It was also the first car to have headlights that steered around corners.

[Mekanik.b]

2:14 A lot of companies were actually somewhat sabotaging the success of the EV market in order for the success of oil.

[liammyerow]

I've been fortunate enough to see and interact with 3 Tuckers. Here are a couple interesting facts I can remember off the top of my head:

The Tucker actually DID go into production. They made 58 cars. However, Tucker himself died before they could make any more.

The prototype name for the Tucker was the Torpedo, which is badass.

The company was prosecuted heavily by Ford, even so far as them sabotaging their press releases, simply because Ford was scared Tucker would take business.

This rivalry was so serious that after producing 35 cars, the two auto manufacturers entered a lengthy legal battle that Tucker won. In the time they were shut down the company produced 23 more cars, and shortly after the debate Tucker passed away.

The Tucker concept was one of the first to have 3-point seatbelts, if not the first. I don't think the production version had seatbelts though.

The Tucker was a pretty interesting car, a pioneer in automobile safety and was way ahead of its time.

[MarkJT]

My wife had a Streetwise and it was a really comfortable car with sports seats front and rear . The black plastic bumpers and trim suffered a number of bumps and scrapes from car park clashes etc and earned its name as the Urban Onroader. Any other car would have cost a fortune in bodywork repairs but in the Streetwise they cost nothing, just a bit of black trim polish.

[dominicrusho]

In 100 years time every car will look like the Ssangyong Rodius - massively ahead of its time

[frankbenoit]

For anyone interested in the Tucker 48, which was amazing. There's a movie about Preston Tucker and what happened that prevented him making it into the car industry that is amazing. It's called: Tucker: The Man and His Dream. I highly recommend

[oswainvenzen]

The Porsche 959 was also the first to have the tire sensors, if I remember correctly.

[erikgranqvist]

I saw rhe 959 before it was released. Grew up in Swedish Lappland in the 80's, and just about every new car passed the community we lived in on their way to Arjeplog for winter testing. We kids, and every car enthusiast living there, allways kept a lookout for new cool things when the season was on. Almost every German car passed our eyes at least a year before the reviel on some big motor show.

[demioxdtouring]

Honorable mention: Buick Reatta

It had a touchscreen before it was an idea, did i mention the screens still work?

[kslv]

I had an Audi A2 1.4 for nearly 3 years, bought it for 700€, never put money in it only for gas and oil changes and sold in in January for 2700€ with about 20000km more. Was an amazing car. Buy one Mat!

[thelastone]

My grandfather had the original Citroen DS and my dad always told me how incredibly comfortable it was!

[almehgub]

Dear Mat,
Please do buy an Audi A2. I'd love to see you make some good old car content with it on your channel mate.

[wass]

Your should get the A2 it's a classic I had one and the drive was brilliant

[LilaKuhJunge]

Had the Audi A2 1.2TDI (the 90mpg car). Very frugal, lots of space inside and actually quite beautiful inside as well.

[qoodles]

Drag race idea: a 911 Turbo S vs Tesla model S

Except for that the 911 has already done 50 launches