This film was created by Sokurov before or during his VGIK student years for the regional TV of Gorki. He does not consider it a part of his filmography. For its creators, it was just a TV program, and the people who worked on it most often were being given no distinction in the credits. This document of the very origins of Sokurov gives us a notion of his "pre-stylistic" period, where the personality of the future great filmmaker reveals itself in spite of means and circumstances.
Unfortunately the movie The Automobile Gains in Reliability is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Aleksandr Sokurov | Director |
| Editing | Aleksandr Sokurov | Editor |
| Writing | V. Skolotov | Writer |