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The Cars That Built the World
The Cars That Built the World

The Cars That Built the World

—The development of the internal combustion engine and the car impacted the world as few others have.
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4 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Fueling Invention
    Create a Market, Build an Empire
    Motorize the Masses
    Winning the World Over
  • Fueling Invention

    Frustrated by the limitations of personal transportation, rival engineers Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler set out to liberate humanity from their dependence on the horse by harnessing the power of the internal combustion engine.
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  • Create a Market, Build an Empire

    As the car becomes more than a curiosity, early carmakers gain traction with their inventions. The outbreak of World War One catapults the industry into a new era of competition, paving the way for a new generation of engineers.
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  • Motorize the Masses

    As the roaring twenties bring cars to the masses in America, Europe lags far behind, and Japan struggles to modernize. The car could be the answer to the problems of both nations - until World War II changes everything.
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  • Winning the World Over

    As America enters a golden age of car design, German and Japanese carmakers struggle to recover from the devastation of World War II.
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Season 12 of 4 Episodes

  • As the car becomes more than a curiosity, early carmakers gain traction with their inventions. The outbreak of World War One catapults the industry into a new era of competition, paving the way for a new generation of engineers.

  • As America enters a golden age of car design, German and Japanese carmakers struggle to recover from the devastation of World War II.
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The development of the internal combustion engine and the car impacted the world as few others have.

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Kieran O'Brien

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