← The Cars That Made the World

Season 1

4 episodes · 2020

  1. 1Fueling Invention

    28 Nov 2020 · 1 hr 0 min

    Frustrated by the limitations of transport, rival engineers Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler set out to liberate humanity from their dependence on the horse.

  2. 2Create a Market, Build an Empire

    05 Dec 2020

    As early car-makers gained traction with their inventions, the outbreak of the First World War One catapulted the industry into a new era of competition.

  3. 3Motorise the Masses

    12 Dec 2020

    As the roaring twenties brought cars to the masses in America, Europe lagged far behind, and Japan struggled to modernise. Changes came with the Second World War.

  4. 4Winning the World Overfinale

    19 Dec 2020

    In the 1950s America entered a golden age of car design, while German and Japanese car makers struggled to recover from the Second World War.