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His first big break, pitching his piston rings
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The Cars That Made the World

His first big break, pitching his piston rings to a large industrial company that's just...

His first big break, pitching his piston rings to a large industrial company that's just starting to make cars

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His first big break, pitching his piston rings
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to a large industrial company
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that's just starting to make cars.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:53
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Columbia Pictures

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Movie Summary

Inventions by their nature have an impact on the world, few more so than the development of the internal combustion engine and the car.
S01 • E04 What if we did this, - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
What if we did this,
S01 • E03 - Mr. Toyoda, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
- Mr. Toyoda,
S01 • E04 - He came up with this revolutionary new way - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
- He came up with this revolutionary new way
S01 • E03 - Toyoda was already one of the biggest companies in japan. - The Cars That Made the World 00:05
- Toyoda was already one of the biggest companies in japan.
S01 • E04 Instead of each assembly line worker, - The Cars That Made the World 00:11
Instead of each assembly line worker,
S01 • E03 For a nobody likes soichiro honda making piston rings, - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
For a nobody likes soichiro honda making piston rings,
S01 • E03 Considered a loom maker by the government, - The Cars That Made the World 00:10
Considered a loom maker by the government,
S01 • E04 - One person in the middle, eliminates two people. - The Cars That Made the World 00:04
- One person in the middle, eliminates two people.
S01 • E04 We can build our cars with one third the men. - The Cars That Made the World 00:04
We can build our cars with one third the men.
S01 • E04 - This made production more efficient, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
- This made production more efficient,
S01 • E04 - [narrator] eiji toyoda's five year plan aims - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
- [narrator] eiji toyoda's five year plan aims
S01 • E03 We can be in production soon, - The Cars That Made the World 00:04
We can be in production soon,
S01 • E04 - Efficiency, that's how we take them on. - The Cars That Made the World 00:04
- Efficiency, that's how we take them on.
S01 • E03 - This one - The Cars That Made the World 00:04
- This one
S01 • E04 (upbeat music) - The Cars That Made the World 00:17
(upbeat music)
S01 • E03 If you truly want to make piston rings, might I suggest, - The Cars That Made the World 00:09
If you truly want to make piston rings, might I suggest,
S01 • E03 - [narrator] on the brink - The Cars That Made the World 00:09
- [narrator] on the brink
S01 • E04 Still, getting the porsche 356 into mass production, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
Still, getting the porsche 356 into mass production,
S01 • E04 - 80% of the components in the porsche 356, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
- 80% of the components in the porsche 356,
S01 • E03 - This was a big blow to honda, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
- This was a big blow to honda,