Episode 2 | Building Cars: Secrets of the Assembly Line

Duration: 1'28'30''

Synopsis

James May, Kate Humble and Ant Anstead are back at one of the biggest and busiest car factories in Britain. Think you knew how a car was born? Think again.

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