James May's Cars of the People

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James May’s new mini series. Really looking forward to this. Sun 10 Aug 2014 at 21:00 BBC Two

Episode 1 of 3

In his quest to discover how we the people got our wheels, James travels to Germany, Italy and Russia to reveal the extraordinary story of how dictators kickstarted the mobilisation of the masses.

It is a tale of design brilliance, abject failure, war, fraud and double dealing featuring some of the best (and worse) cars and characters of the 20th century. James discovers how the British motor industry blew a gift-wrapped chance to rule the world and he gets his own back with a stunt that means bad news for one of the planet's most hated cars.

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petrolsniffer said:

I look foward to the 3rd installment I spied a 205 gti in the teaser footage

Yes, and a 1.9GTI like I had for 10 years. Mine was black and I loved that car. There should be a bit about the Lamborghini Countach as well, although it probably won't get a good review.

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JonRB said:

When Clarkson reviewed it as a young Top Gear presenter he observed that "Bo Derek could be sunbathing topless on the rear deck and I wouldn't know"

Daryl Hannah in one review.