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[narrator] the problem with honda's prototype cars
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The Cars That Made the World

The problem with honda's prototype cars, lies with the engines

[narrator] the problem with honda's prototype cars, lies with the engines

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- [narrator] the problem with honda's prototype cars,
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lies with the engines.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:40
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E03 For the porsche's, moving on from the wartor] n devastated, postwar japan, - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
For the porsche's, moving on from the wartor] n d...
S01 • E04 - So what honda ended up building, - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
- So what honda ended up building,
S01 • E04 And they weren't really successful as automobiles. - The Cars That Made the World 00:05
And they weren't really successful as automobiles.
S01 • E03 With his piston ring factory destroyed, - The Cars That Made the World 00:12
With his piston ring factory destroyed,
S01 • E04 - The engines were extremely high revving, - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
- The engines were extremely high revving,
S01 • E04 - This wasn't what the japanese government was looking for - The Cars That Made the World 00:05
- This wasn't what the japanese government was lookin...
S01 • E03 The generators were surplus, so no one was using them. - The Cars That Made the World 00:04
The generators were surplus, so no one was using them.
S01 • E03 So with that, he was able to create - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
So with that, he was able to create
S01 • E04 (loud clanking) (tense music) - The Cars That Made the World 00:09
(loud clanking) (tense music)
S01 • E03 Led by general douglas macarthur, - The Cars That Made the World 00:10
Led by general douglas macarthur,
S01 • E04 - If we make a race car that wins, - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
- If we make a race car that wins,
S01 • E04 - [narrator] but he doesn't want to make just any race car, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
- [narrator] but he doesn't want to make just any race ...
S01 • E03 Elections are held and the new parliament is installed. - The Cars That Made the World 00:05
Elections are held and the new parliament is installed.
S01 • E04 - Entering formula one - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
- Entering formula one
S01 • E03 For macarthur, the goal - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
For macarthur, the goal
S01 • E04 - It's like if I were to decide, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
- It's like if I were to decide,
S01 • E04 Not going to happen, but you know, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
Not going to happen, but you know,
S01 • E03 - They decided very early on that japan needed to be rebuilt - The Cars That Made the World 00:08
- They decided very early on that japan needed to be rebuilt
S01 • E04 (upbeat music) - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
(upbeat music)
S01 • E03 The emerging cold war was an incentive - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
The emerging cold war was an incentive