Dieser 6-stündige Filmzyklus, der ein Kapitel bundesrepublikanischer Geschichte beschreibt, gehört inzwischen zum festen Kanon des Deutschen Dokumentarfilms.
At the beginning of the nineties, the global car industry was in decline and the German car manufacturers were scared to death. They were warned that the Japanese competition had great advantages in terms of quality and productivity, as shown in the business book bestseller The Machine that Changed the World.