About this season
Cars began rolling off the assembly line over 100 years ago. Two billion vehicles later, we still can’t get enough. THE CARS THAT DROVE US takes viewers into Jeff Dunham’s garage — home to 130 legendary cars. Joined by his cast of characters, Dunham reveals the storied history of era-defining rides, from the Corvette Stingngray to the ill-fated Vector W8, as told by the engineers, artists, and socket slingers who built them.
Episodes (8)
1. Vector W8
Aired 31 March 2026 • 30 min
The 1980s supercar explosion sent next-level performers like the Lamborghini Countach, Porsche 959 and Lotus Esprit Turbo peeling out of Europe. Detroit designer Jerry Wiegert enters America into the race with his jet fighter on wheels -- the Vector W8.
2. The DeLorean
Aired 31 March 2026 • 30 min
While the DeLorean is best known as the time machine from Back to the Future, the true story behind the DMC-12 has more plot twists than any Hollywood movie; telling the tale of its inventor, John DeLorean, and his quest to create a new U.S. car company.
3. The Trans Am
Aired 7 April 2026 • 30 min
The Pontiac Trans Am isn't just part of the muscle car movement, it is a statement and a complete package on the track or the streets; a star of film, Smokey and the Bandit, and television, Knight Rider, the Trans Am pushes muscle cars to the limit.
4. The Corvette
Aired 7 April 2026 • 30 min
Before becoming America's Sports Car, the Chevrolet Corvette was the bane of General Motors' existence; when the automaker attempted to discontinue the line in 1983, a small team of self-funded true believers went rogue, sparking a civil war within GM.
5. The Batmobile
Aired 14 April 2026 • 30 min
Hollywood gives audiences plenty of hero cars they can drive home, Knight Rider, the DeLorean, even Herbie, but the Batmobile is always out of reach; of all its incarnations, no other machine redefined the movie car more than the 1989 Batmobile.
6. The Hummer
Aired 14 April 2026 • 30 min
As the American military outgrows the Jeep, it needs something strong, tough, more versatile, and the Humvee is the answer; from Desert Storm to Rodeo Drive, it became America's vehicle of choice, courtesy of its big fan, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
7. Myers Manx Dune Buggy
Aired 21 April 2026 • 30 min
A garage-built experiment turns a cultural icon, the Meyers Manx dune buggy, which makes car building accessible to the masses; however, its success unleashes a flood of copycats that nearly wiped out the very garage that started it all.
8. Factory Options Galore
Aired 21 April 2026 • 30 min
As people spend more time in cars, drivers crave the comforts of home; factory options like glove-box cocktail bars promise just that, though not all are created equal; join Jeff Dunham for a ride through the wacky world of factory options!