Roads & Motoring
Everything around driving. Motorways and traffic, road trips and Route 66, petrol stations, licensing and speed limits, and what owning a car actually looks like.
Part of Cars
26 moments in this segment.
- - Autobahn - First Section. August 6, 1932. First section of German Autobahn opens (Cologne-Bonn). Nazi government expands network dramatically 1933-39. Becomes the world's most-quoted unrestricted-speed highway by 2000s tourism.
- - Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. 1950 onward. First Pebble Beach Concours runs after the World War. By 2020s: most prestigious automotive concours in the world. "Best of Show" makes car value 5×.
- - US Interstate Highway System. June 29, 1956. Eisenhower signs the Federal-Aid Highway Act, $25B, 41K miles. Reshapes US geography + accelerates suburbanisation. The single most-consequential car-related infrastructure law in history.
- - Unsafe at Any Speed (Ralph Nader). November 30, 1965. Ralph Nader publishes "Unsafe at Any Speed." Targets Corvair handling; broader argument forces NHTSA (1966) + mandatory seat belts (1968). The book that gave us modern auto safety regulation.
- - SEMA Show (Las Vegas). 1967 onward. Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas. By 2020s: 150K+ attendees. The aftermarket-tuner Mecca. Where every modified-car-trend debuts.
- - Mini-Cooper Chase - The Italian Job (6/10) Movie CLIP (1969) HD. Paired YT embed for "Mini Cooper, Issigonis Meets Cooper". Query: Mini Cooper Italian Job chase
- - Le Mans (1971) - When Racing Was Cool. Paired YT embed for "Porsche 917". Query: Porsche 917 Le Mans Steve McQueen
- - CAFE Fuel-Economy Standards. 1975. US Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards take effect after 1973 oil crisis. 18 mpg by 1978, doubling expectations by 1985. Kills American muscle, forces Japanese-import small cars.
- - Jalpa and Countach LP500 S in: 'Rocky IV' (1985). Paired YT embed for "Lamborghini Jalpa". Query: Lamborghini Jalpa Rocky
- - Back to the Future | The Very First DeLorean Time Travel Scene. Paired YT embed for "DeLorean DMC-12". Query: DeLorean DMC-12 launch Back to the Future
- - Goodwood Festival of Speed. 1993 onward. Lord March creates Goodwood Festival of Speed, driveway-to-castle hillclimb on the family estate. By 2020s: 200K+ attendees, every important car ever assembled. Plus Goodwood Revival (1998).
- - The Fast and the Furious (2001). June 22, 2001. The Fast and the Furious ships. Cements JDM (Supra, Skyline, RX-7, S2000) as global aspirational-car category for a generation. Franchise grosses $7B+ over 11 films by 2024.
- - Cars and Coffee Culture. ~2006 onward. Cars and Coffee informal meet movement starts in Irvine, CA, spreads globally. By 2020s: ubiquitous Saturday-morning weekly ritual. Single biggest grass-roots-car-culture movement of the 2010s.
- - Cash for Clunkers (US). August 2009. US "Car Allowance Rebate System", $3B program crushes 700K trade-in vehicles for fuel-efficient replacements. Saved auto-industry during recession; killed used-car market for decade.
- - Jeremy Clarkson Feels Extreme G-Force! | Top Gear | BBC. Paired YT embed for "Ariel Atom, Skeletal Sports Car". Query: Ariel Atom Top Gear Clarkson G-force
- - RUSH (2013) | 1976 Japan GP full | Kinoman. Paired YT embed for "James Hunt vs Niki Lauda, 1976 F1". Query: James Hunt Niki Lauda 1976 F1 Rush
- - Top Gear Returns (Clarkson/Hammond/May). October 20, 2002. Top Gear relaunches with Clarkson, Hammond, May. Becomes most-watched factual TV show globally (BBC). Cocreated the "car-show-as-comedy-roadtrip" template that every car-content creator copies.
- - The Creation of America's Highway System | The Engineering that Built the World (Season 1) | History. Paired YT embed for "US Interstate Highway System". Query: US interstate highway history Eisenhower
- - Building a Modern Day (Fast and Furious) 1994 Toyota Supra Turbo in 28 minutes! [TRANSFORMATION]. Paired YT embed for "Toyota Supra Mk4 (A80)". Query: Toyota Supra Mk4 2JZ review Fast Furious
- - 2023 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance - Best of Show! Celebrating Automotive Excellence for 72 Years. Paired YT embed for "Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance". Query: Pebble Beach Concours Best of Show
- - Magnum P.I.'s 308 Ferrari. Paired YT embed for "Ferrari 308 GTB (Magnum P.I.)". Query: Ferrari 308 Magnum PI
- - Cash for Clunkers Crushed Your Dream Cars (FULL LIST). Paired YT embed for "Cash for Clunkers (US)". Query: Cash for Clunkers 2009
- - How Can I Go To The SEMA Show - 2024. Paired YT embed for "SEMA Show (Las Vegas)". Query: SEMA show Las Vegas tour
- - Best of Cars Leaving Cars & Coffee in 2024!! (Burnouts, Full Sends, Drifting etc). Paired YT embed for "Cars and Coffee Culture". Query: Cars and Coffee meet compilation
- - The Gas Crisis of 1973 - Waiting Hours in Line When America Ran Out of Gas. Paired YT embed for "1973 Oil Crisis Kills American Muscle". Query: 1973 oil crisis gas lines
- - The Untold History of Germany`s Autobahn. Paired YT embed for "Autobahn, First Section". Query: autobahn German history first
