The document discusses emerging automotive technologies that could become mainstream in the next 1-2 years. It begins with an introduction noting that innovative features often start as options on high-end cars before trickling down. The document then provides a brief history of automobiles and lists 9 technologies: automatic manual transmission, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, biometric vehicle access, active window displays, remote vehicle shutdown, reconfigurable body panels, four-cylinder supercars, pre-collision technology, and autonomous vehicles. Each technology is given a short 1-2 sentence description.