Season 1

James May visits Russia, Japan and Europe to discover how motoring came to the masses.

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   1. Episode 1

   2014-08-10 · 60m

   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.

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   2. Episode 2

   2014-08-17 · 60m

   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.

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   3. Episode 3

   2014-08-24 · 60m

   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.