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Ultimate Factories

Season 4 2011
TV-G

  • 2011-02-04T02:00:00Z on National Geographic
  • 1h
  • 6h 19m (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
Ultimate Factories also known as Megafactories is an American documentary television series that premiered in 2006 on the National Geographic Channel. The program explores the inner workings of factories worldwide. Each episode profiles the machinery and manpower behind each factory's main product, featuring close-ups, breakdowns, interviews, and side stories to show the sequence of events to produce the product in the factory. Hoff Productions was one of the principal producers of this highly successful series. It also airs in non-US markets as Megafactories.

8 episodes

Season Premiere

2011-02-04T02:00:00Z

4x01 Dodge Challenger

Season Premiere

4x01 Dodge Challenger

  • 2011-02-04T02:00:00Z45m

The Season 4 opener spotlights the 2011 Dodge Challenger. The hour includes a tour of an assembly plant in Canada and a Mexican factory, where its famed Hemi engine is built.

2011-02-11T02:00:00Z

4x02 Maserati

4x02 Maserati

  • 2011-02-11T02:00:00Z46m

An exotic car built to push performance to the edge while blending Italian elegance is crafted inside Maserati's ultimate factory. It takes 22 days for a Maserati to be assembled and considered road ready and the Maserati GranTurismo Convertible, a $135,000 convertible that tops out at more than 170 mph, is the new pinnacle of performance and comfort.

2011-02-18T02:00:00Z

4x03 Dodge Viper

4x03 Dodge Viper

  • 2011-02-18T02:00:00Z46m

The hand-built production car, the Dodge Viper, is born, bred and built in Detroit, Michigan. Now NGC takes a unique insider's look at the Viper factory in the current model's last year of production. This ultimate factory is comprised of craftspeople who spend two and a half days building each Viper, which is packed with 600 horsepower that can take it from zero to 60 mph in under four seconds. Without any robots on this assembly line, every Viper is truly hand-crafted.

2011-02-25T02:00:00Z

4x04 Mercedes Benz

4x04 Mercedes Benz

  • 2011-02-25T02:00:00Z46m

A Mercedes-Benz factory in Germany is visited for a look at the making of the 571-horsepower 2010 SLS.

2011-03-04T02:00:00Z

4x05 Bentley

4x05 Bentley

  • 2011-03-04T02:00:00Z46m

It's been 50 years since Rolls Royce created a new Bentley fit for royalty and rock stars, and it's a challenge for Bentley's ultimate factories to construct the Mulsanne, a new design of the luxury car. It takes more than 550 hours and nine weeks for artisans and technicians to create this masterpiece. Precision robots ensure that this two-and-a-half-ton luxury car's body is flawlessly molded, but the finest leather is hand-sewn for Bentley's lavish upholstery.

2011-03-11T02:00:00Z

4x06 Jack Daniel's

4x06 Jack Daniel's

  • 2011-03-11T02:00:00Z45m

The Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee is visited to see how the famous whiskey is made.

Season Finale

2011-03-18T01:00:00Z

4x07 Coca-Cola

Season Finale

4x07 Coca-Cola

  • 2011-03-18T01:00:00Z45m

2011-02-25T02:00:00Z

4x09 Jaguar XJ

4x09 Jaguar XJ

  • 2011-02-25T02:00:00Z1h

With a 75-year legacy of jaw-dropping design to protect, find out how space-age techniques borrowed from the aerospace industry aid the construction of the brand new XJ in the car firm's futuristic Castle Bromwich plant.

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