The Cars That Made the World

Season 1

2020 · 4 episodes · 1h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 

   1. Fueling Invention

   28 Nov 2020 · 60 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. 

   2. Create a Market, Build an Empire

   5 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. 

   3. Motorise 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.

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   4. Winning the World Over

   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.