Jeff Dunham's The Cars That Drove Us

Before becoming America's Sports Car, the Chevrolet Corvette was the bane of General Motors' existence.

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.

The 1980s supercar explosion sends 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.

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.