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Alfa Romeo
Long before Dustin Hoffman discovered it in the film, "The Graduate," a nascent, Neapolitan entrepreneur, Nicola Romeo had taken over this fledgling auto company and turned it into a racing and ...
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Ambulances
The story of the development of the ambulance is intertwined with warfare. From the days of the Roman legions to today's far-flung military there has been a pressing need to quickly move the wou...
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Aston Martin
James Bond made them famous. His bullet proof Aston Martin outfitted with oil slicks, retractable Browning 30 caliber machine guns, laser tire slashers, an ejection seat, missile launcher and mo...
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Avanti
The stylish and fast 1963 Avanti was the last ditch hope for Studebaker. The automaker was on the verge of bankruptcy. It needed a hot seller to remain in business. Studebaker's president called...
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Bentley
A long time ago, Bentleys were racing cars. In 1930, a Bentley won the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race for the fifth time, roaring along at 130 miles an hour and overtaking a Mercedes to claim victo...
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BMW
BMW started out as a builder of aircraft engines, then motorcycles and finally cars. Its aircraft engines set speed records in the '30s and its sports cars were stylish, elegant and fast.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Twice a year, the deserted Bonneville Salt Flats are transformed into the Valhalla of speed where land speed racers battle it out to claim a record. There's no prize money just the glory of saying ...
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Bugatti
There is no other car make that has created the mystique that Ettore Bugatti did with his race winning roadsters and his grand luxury autos. Growing up in a household of artists, his constant co...
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Buick
A wily salesman and carriage builder, Billy Durant, was asked to help David Buick's struggling company. He stepped in, saw the potential and leveraged its assets to create the world's largest co...
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Cadillac
Henry Ford's early investors fired Ford from the Detroit Automobile Co. and brought in Henry Leland. In turn, he renamed the company Cadillac, turning it into the maker of cars that came to symb...
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Classic Cars
It was a time when the finest automobiles in the world were built - the era of the custom-bodied, luxury car. Some feel that this 20 year period from about 1920 to roughly 1940 was an Olympian Age ...
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Cobra
Like a coiled snake, this car scared the world's racing elite and made its creator, Carroll Shelby, a household name. In 1959, Shelby was America's best competition driver but a heart condition for...
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Corvette
Returning from World War II, many soldiers told tales of the loves they'd left behind. For some, it was a mechanical sweetheart, the European sports car. So the nation was primed for the debut o...
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Dream Cars
These are the cars that set our hearts racing, our imaginations reeling and roped us in to car shows to get a glimpse of what we thought the future would look like.
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Driving the Future
There’s a bold new future coming down the road -- hybrids, fuel cells and electrics cars are just the beginning. They’ll be joined by cars that even run on recycled French fry grease. As gas prices...
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Duesenberg
The ultimate, the top, the crème de la crème -- the builders of the Duesenberg defied the odds and entered the Depression era with the most costly, powerful and daring auto ever built. If you we...
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Exotic Autos
Come with us as we drive through mansion gates, discover secret auto collections, roam exclusive auto gatherings, race high dollar classics and hobnob with the owners of the world's most exclusive ...
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Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari's greatest desire was to become a racecar driver, and he earned plenty of kudos during his apprenticeship at Alfa. Through sheer dint of character he left to form a company of his o...
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Fire Engines
This fast paced program documents the ancient search for a better way to fight fires. Through dramatic recreations, the audience will be transported back to the first colony in the United States...
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GT-40
In the 1960s a young Ford Motor Company executive, Lee Iaccoca decided that Ford needed to compete with the world's best companies like Ferrari, Aston Martin, Maserati, Porsche, Mercedes and Jag...
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