Toyota vs Honda | Out of the Wreckage | 1

It’s the 1960s and Honda’s about to speed into the car market before Japan’s government can put up legal roadblocks to stop it.Meanwhile,Toyota’s already zooming ahead. Its latest models are about to take Japan by storm and arm it with the funds it needs to make another run at th ...  Show more

It’s the 1980s and the American backlash against the Japanese automobile invasion is growing. With a US-Japan trade war looming, Honda and Toyota need workarounds fast.But Honda’s no longer content just selling small cars with low profit margins. It wants a piece of Mercedes and ...  Show more

In the aftermath of World War Two, Ferdinand Porsche is arrested for war crimes. As the fate of his company hangs in the balance, only Ferdinand’s son can liberate his father from behind bars and resurrect the family business.Be the first to know about Wondery’s newest podcasts, ...  Show more

It’s postwar Japan, and entrepreneur Momofuku Ando has lost everything—his business, his home, and his savings. In fact, the whole country has been ravaged by air raids, and people are hungry. But when he stops at a black-market noodle stall and watches desperate people line up f ...  Show more

Czechoslovak engineer Ferdinand Porsche dreams of a mass-market car that’ll sell in the millions and redefine the automotive industry. But Ferdinand can only find one person who’ll back his vision for the future of the car: Adolf Hitler.Be the first to know about Wondery’s newest ...  Show more

As Matsuzo Kosuge struggled to keep his business afloat amid the chaos of war, he became incredibly inventive, using cast-off beer and soup cans as raw materials and setting up shop in abandoned cattle sheds. In the second part of this two-part episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore ...  Show more