The film takes place in 2019.
One of a cycle of "Mad Max"-type films which were labeled as rip-offs of "Mad Max 2" a.k.a. Mad Max 2 : Le Défi (1981). These "Mad Max"-like films, many of them coming from Italy, included "Endgame" (Le Gladiateur du futur (1983)), Stryker (1983), "Warlords of the 21st Century" a.k.a. Le camion de la mort (1982), "1990: Bronx Warriors" (Les Guerriers du Bronx (1982)), "Escape from the Bronx" a.k.a. "Bronx Warriors 2" (Les Guerriers du Bronx 2 (1983)), "2020 Texas Gladiators" (2020 Texas Gladiators (1983)), Le dernier combattant (1987), "Exterminators of the Year 3000" (Les Exterminateurs de l'an 3000 (1983)), and America 3000 (1986).
Riffed by the guys from "Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)," Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy for RiffTrax.
Scorpions car appears to be a 1967 Pontiac Firebird.
In the public domain on various VHS and DVD transfer releases.