When Henry met Sallie: car wars and culture clashes at the dawn of America's automotive age -- Zora, Zora, Zora: a Bolshevik boy escapes the Nazis and saves the great American sports car -- The 1959 Cadillacs: style, status, and the race for the biggest tail fins ever -- Volkswagen's Beetle and Microbus: the long and winding road from Hitler to the hippies -- The Chevy Corvair makes Ralph Nader famous, lawyers ubiquitous, and (eventually) George W. Bush president of the United States -- Turning a "librarian" into a "sexpot": the youth boom, the sixties, and the making of the Mustang -- The brief but glorious reign of John Z. DeLorean and the Pontiac GTO -- Ohio Gozaimasu: Godzilla, Mr. Thunder, and how a little Japanese car became America's big Ichiban -- The Chrysler minivans: baby boomers become soccer moms and a, um, driving force in American politics -- The BMW 3 series: the rise of the yuppies and the road to Arugula -- The Jeep: from war to Suburbia, or how to look like you're going rock climbing when you're really going to Nordstrom -- The Ford F-series: cowboys, country music, and red-meat wheels for red-state Americans -- An innovative car (the Prius), its insufferable drivers (the Pious), and the advent of a new era.