James May's Cars of the People
James May's Cars of the People
| 10 August 2014 (USA)

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LastingAware

The greatest movie ever!

Inclubabu

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Salubfoto

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Kinley

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

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williewhyte

What were they thinking about when they destroyed 2 classic cars with firearms ? A citreon 2cv and a Renault 4. A pointless exercise just to prove both were useless for military use. We should be saving our classics. James May, you are a numpty......

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Prismark10

This series is in effect a spin off from Top Gear where James May looks at the concept of the 'peoples car' that is cars that the were made for the masses and popularised motoring.In the first series May travels the world from Germany, Italy, France, Japan, USA and the UK. The first episode looks at how dictatorships used policy to get motoring to the masses with Hitler's influence with the Beetle, the East Germans and the Trabant and Russia with the Fiat based Lada car.The second episode focused on the micro car concept something that was popular in Britain for a brief period in the late 1950s and early 1960s but very popular in Japan.The third episode looked into prestige cars, company cars and the concept that car badges could be used to display social status. Although I am not sure a Rolls Royce can really be classed as a 'People's Car.'Each episode usually contains several of the trademarked Top Gear style daft challenges such as micro cars racing to deliver noodles to a Honda executive, two sales reps racing popular company cars while shaving and using a trouser press. It is fun but does not add much to the programme and frankly looked like padding.James May who avoids the prattishness and faux controversy of Clarkson does come across as knowledgeable, amiable and enthusiastic in what was an enjoyable documentary series.

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