New Wheels

Led by a rogue designer and backed by an unconventional financier, a group of laid-off auto workers bands together to design and build a prototype of a better car -- more comfortable, more fuel-efficient, more stylish, and more reliable -- that their employers would never have made, and have it ready in time for the Detroit Auto Show; but corporate resistance, personality clashes, and the realities of building a complicated product stand in the way of getting their message to the people.