Seduced by Speed

Liz Carmichael believes an underpowered three-wheeled car can challenge Detroit's gas-guzzling behemoths of the 1970s; she launches a campaign to change how Americans think about cars -- until murder and deception sends Liz on the lam.

Made famous in "Back to the Future," John DeLorean's gull-winged DMC-12 symbolizes the glitz, glamour and greed of the 1980s, even as DeLorean himself embodies the decade's dark side.

Jerry Wiegert builds a fighter jet he can drive in his super-fast super car, the Vector W8; the car turns heads wherever it goes, but after partnering with the son of a dictator, Wiegert's forced to fight to keep flying high.

The Cizeta V16T could make Claudio Zampolli as famous as Ferrari.

Gary Balough turns to running drugs to fund his hand-crafted race car.

Malcolm Bricklin has never built a car in his life, but that doesn't stop him from creating the SV1, a futuristic supercar packed with safety features.