Season 1
Season 1 • 2014
0James May visits Russia, Japan and Europe to discover how motoring came to the masses.
Episodes
1. Episode 1
A look at European cars: the VW Beetle, the Trabant, the Wartburg 353, the Fiat 500, the Fiat 124 and the Lada which was based on the Fiat 124.
2014-08-10 • 60 min
2. Episode 2
A look at two extremes: the massive American gas-guzzling "automotive palaces" with their excess of chrome and fins, and the low-powered three-wheeler microcars which could be driven without a driving licence or on a motorbike licence.
2014-08-17 • 60 min
3. Episode 3
James continues to take a look at the examination of the social significance of cars by taking a look at how aspiration and new wealth were behind the development of some of the greatest cars ever built.
2014-08-24 • 60 min
