The Secret Life of Machines - Season 2 Episode 1 The Secret Life of the Car
7.60 30 minutes Cars started to become popular in the 1890s. Their success was partly due to the bicycle, which had given people a taste for a personal means of transport. It was also due to Daimler's high speed engine, the first internal combustion engine to be small enough not to make a vehicle ridiculously cumbersome.
Episode Contents:
Models: A gutted modern body shell. A running car stripped down to the chassis. An exposed brake glows as it's applied.
Machines: A mini that drives away from itself!
Guests: A penny farthing and other antique bicycles. A 1902 Woolsey.
Films: The cartoon life Daimler und Benz. Some quaint english promo films for early cars and lots of assembly line footage. A late 40's ad for a "FUTURAMIC" oldsmobile. A 60's advert for an Austin mini. Citroen promo film showing the toughness of the bodyshell design.
Extro: Crushing defeat.
