The Cars That Built the World: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Cars That Built The World tells the story of a group rival engineers who created a revolution in transportation and forever changed the world in the process. Driven by innovation and rivalry, their genius created the most transformative invention of the 20th century, spawning new industries and bringing about a freedom never imagined before the birth of the car. Exploring over a century of innovation and covering Honda, Toyota, Mercedes, Ford, Porsche, Rolls Royce and more, these are the dramatic stories behind the biggest names in the auto industry.

Series details

• Title: The Cars That Built the World
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2021-05-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-05-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: History
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 63 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 54795
• TVDB ID: 403359

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-05-23; final listed air date 2021-05-24; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Cars That Built the World on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.