Season 1

1. Fueling Invention

2020-11-28 · 60m

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. Create a Market, Build an Empire

2020-12-05

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. Motorise the Masses

2020-12-12

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. Winning the World Over

2020-12-19

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.