The Discovery Channel's innovative new show "Motor City Motors" honors American ingenuity by pushing automotive and motorcycle engineering to another level, while also giving much-needed opportunities to unemployed Detroit auto workers. The show, created by the brains behind "Deadliest Catch," premieres at 10 p.m. Dec. 28.


Viewers will watch two brothers, Dave and James Kaye, and their father, John, work out of their Detroit Bros. custom bike shop. Each week they hire a new crew and turn cars into wildly imaginative one-of-a-kind vehicles under a tight five-day deadline.

"The genius of Detroit -- that's the whole idea," says executive producer Thom Beers. "This what made the country great. World War II -- a bunch of farm boys with pliers and cable could make anything run. Throw a challenge at us, we figure it out, and we do it not just with our brains, but we do it with our hands and our heart. That's what this show's about."