GM Experimental Urban Cars, 1969

[Panning shot of several vehicles on display in a crowded conference hall. Crowds of men in business suits gather around each vehicle, consulting clipboards and talking. Each vehicle is accompanied by a large whiteboard-style display panel. A sign on the back wall reads “EXPERIMENTAL URBAN CARS.”]

Another continuing stimulus to vehicle research is metropolitan traffic congestion. One approach taken is the development of special purpose vehicles.

[Crossfade to two men shaking hands in the open seats of a very small two-seater car with an aircraft-style windshield, parked in front of an office building. A crowd of men in suits wait at the curb, watching the car.]  

 These vehicles might use electric power, small gasoline engines, or a combination of gas and electric power. 

[Rapid series of cuts between the first small car, a second model lacking a windshield, and a man sitting alone in a third small car with a more conventional windshield. Crossfade to a panning shot of the three cars rounding a corner on a street lined with parked cars, with business-suited spectators in the background.

Some special-purpose vehicles under study are relatively low-speed performers that wouldn’t mix in freeway or boulevard traffic. 

[Cut to the third car from earlier, with two suited men sitting inside, visibly chatting as they drive along a road through a grassy field. Cut to a different man driving the aircraft-style car, and a final shot of two men talking as they drive the open-topped car past a lake.]

They would be handy for a run to the supermarket, school, or perhaps the golf club.