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The Cars That Made the World

(upbeat music) - in 1949, u.S. Car makers crank out over 5 million new cars, competing...

(upbeat music) - [narrator] in 1949, u.S. Car makers crank out over 5 million new cars, competing with america's big three, isn't easy, but ferry porsche has broken through with his beetle inspired sports car

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- [narrator] in 1949,
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u.S. Car makers crank out over 5 million new cars,
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competing with america's big three, isn't easy,
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but ferry porsche has broken through
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with his beetle inspired sports car.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:52
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 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,
S01 • E04 It's hard to explain just how limiting this was. - The Cars That Made the World 00:05
It's hard to explain just how limiting this was.
S01 • E03 He had to go back to school, - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
He had to go back to school,
S01 • E04 - [narrator] to build his new sports car brand, - The Cars That Made the World 00:05
- [narrator] to build his new sports car brand,
S01 • E03 - [narrator] but his future rival kiichiro toyoda, - The Cars That Made the World 00:12
- [narrator] but his future rival kiichiro toyoda,
S01 • E04 - [narrator] he finds one - The Cars That Made the World 00:09
- [narrator] he finds one
S01 • E04 - We'll share the patent of the volkswagen with you, - The Cars That Made the World 00:08
- We'll share the patent of the volkswagen with you,
S01 • E03 If he doesn't start to compete soon, - The Cars That Made the World 00:20
If he doesn't start to compete soon,
S01 • E04 - [narrator] the deal would give porsche access - The Cars That Made the World 00:11
- [narrator] the deal would give porsche access
S01 • E04 They could produce huge quantities - The Cars That Made the World 00:05
They could produce huge quantities
S01 • E04 And porsche had engineering and design chops, - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
And porsche had engineering and design chops,
S01 • E03 - Japan was known as this hermit kingdom, - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
- Japan was known as this hermit kingdom,
S01 • E03 And so for the first time, american leaders, - The Cars That Made the World 00:06
And so for the first time, american leaders,
S01 • E04 - Porsche became like the think tank of volkswagen - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
- Porsche became like the think tank of volkswagen
S01 • E03 - [narrator] central to hirohito's strategy, - The Cars That Made the World 00:07
- [narrator] central to hirohito's strategy,
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