American Drive Week

Season 1
From Ford to Ferrari, take the ultimate road trip through history.
199919 episodes7+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Gangster Cars

    May 31, 2005
    44min
    TV-PG
    Smooth, sleek, and glamorous, they appeal to a certain kind of "businessman" - the kind with enemies. Ride along as we check out cars built to keep their owners from getting clipped.
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  2. S1 E2 - Dream Machines, The: Dream Cars

    April 5, 1996
    44min
    TV-G
    In the 1950s and '60s, automakers ordered hand-built prototype fantasy machines in an effort to lure the masses to staged traveling shows. Ride through the past and see how we thought the future would look.
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  3. S1 E3 - Cable Cars

    October 5, 2001
    22min
    TV-G
    At one time, more than 35 cities across the globe used cable cars. But today, they only run in San Francisco. Climb aboard as Ron Hazelton drives a cable car through the streets and history of the city.
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  4. S1 E4 - Surviving the Early Days of Nascar

    November 22, 2003
    21min
    TV-PG
    Roger Daltrey buckles up and heads to Georgia's dirt tracks and super-speedways for a road trip through the unlikely evolution of NASCAR, America's top spectator sport.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Great Plains, Trains and Automobiles

    May 9, 2011
    42min
    TV-PG
    The history of transportation is hidden in the lines of the map. From canals to trains and cars, how did getting around help draw the American map?
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  6. S1 E6 - The Alcan Highway

    February 10, 2003
    44min
    TV-PG
    The 1,522-mile long Alaska Highway took 11,000 soldiers only eight months to build. Travel back to 1942 as they bulldoze their way into history while connecting the Lower 48 to the Alaskan Territory.
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  7. S1 E7 - Extreme Trucks

    November 11, 2003
    48min
    TV-PG
    Hop into the cab for the ride of your life as we examine extreme trucks, including a 4-wheel-drive truck that can convert from mower to street sweeper to backhoe to snow blower in mere minutes.
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  8. S1 E8 - Limos

    December 3, 2002
    45min
    TV-PG
    Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride of your life as we review the history of chauffeured limousines, from weddings, proms, and funerals to the ultimate adult playpen and the President's "Cadillac One."
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  9. S1 E9 - Dream Machines, The: Harley-Davidson

    June 14, 1998
    43min
    TV-PG
    Examine an American success story that began in 1903 when four men - the Davidsons and William Harley - launched a motorcycle marketing wonder from a Milwaukee shed.
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  10. S1 E10 - Dream Machines, The: Hot Rods

    June 16, 1998
    44min
    TV-G
    Scream down the road in our hopped-up salute to those little deuce coupes that signified youth and horsepower
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  11. S1 E11 - Dream Machines, The: Italian Style (Ferrari & Alfa Romeo)

    January 13, 1996
    1 h 32 min
    TV-G
    Meet Enzo Ferrari, whose dream to be a race car driver led to some of the most formidable racing machines ever built; and Nicola Romeo, who took over a fledgling company and turned it into a sports car legend.
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  12. S1 E12 - Transportation/Automobiles

    May 20, 2002
    44min
    TV-G
    Legendary drivers lead us on a record-breaking race through a century-long search for sheer acceleration that began before World War One, when hot-rodders modified Model-T Fords to see how fast they could go.
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  13. S1 E13 - The Dream Machines: Sports Cars

    March 30, 1996
    45min
    TV-G
    Examine rides from Britain, Italy, Germany, Japan, and the U.S. to see how in a little over a hundred years, sports car design has evolved from crude to sublime.
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  14. S1 E14 - Corvettes

    December 17, 2004
    21min
    TV-G
    Inside GM's 1 million square-foot facility, the C6 Corvette travels 7.2 miles along the assembly line. Join host Ron Hazelton as he test-drives one of the first finished cars.
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  15. S1 E15 - The Great Race: The Ultimate Road Trip

    August 3, 2000
    46min
    TV-G
    Mix together 100 vintage automobiles, 300 die-hard enthusiasts, 14 summer days, and 3,900 miles of the most beautiful U.S. back-roads and you've got a roadside seat for a truly great automotive adventure.
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  16. S1 E17 - Bio: Harrison Ford

    August 2, 1998
    45min
    TV-G
    Discover the life of the carpenter who became one of the top box-office stars in Hollywood history and a career that includes greats from "American Graffiti" to "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
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  17. S1 E18 - Henry Ford: Tin Lizzie Tycoon

    December 4, 1996
    43min
    TV-G
    An American success story unfolds with newsreels and Ford family home movies, capturing the man who changed the world with the invention of the gas-driven buggy.
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  18. S1 E19 - Automotive

    July 4, 2007
    45min
    TV-PG
    Discover the unusual after-life of millions of autos sent to the boneyard every year due to old age, obsolescence, or lack of parts.
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  19. S1 E20 - Motorcycles

    November 14, 1999
    1 h 29 min
    TV-G
    They're fast, they're powerful, and for the last hundred years they've been tantalizing riders with their promise of unparalleled speed and endless adventure.
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