Jeff Dunham's The Cars That Drove Us

The supercar explosion of the 1980s saw next-level performers like the Lamborghini Countach, the Porsche 959, and the Lotus Esprit Turbo peeling out of Europe. But could America compete? That's what Detroit auto designer Jerry Wiegert set out to discover with his jet fighter on wheels -- the Vector W8. Wiegert aimed to beat Europe at its own game, but would he go too far?

While the DeLorean is best known as the time machine from Back to the Future, the true story behind the futuristic DMC-12 has more twists and turns than any Hollywood movie. This is the tale of John DeLorean and his quest to create a new American car company. To do it, he would need to survive an international scandal, entrapment, and bankruptcy -- not to mention an insurgency.