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Chevrolet Product Specialist, Shad Balch, stops by the garage with the new 2015 Corvette Z06 to help Jay kick off the new year with this highly anticipated road test.
This car remains as innovative today as it was when it first hit the road in 1955. Jay changes its tire without a jack - and shares Citroën's truly weird advertisements.
Historian and writer Pat Ganahl takes Jay through his book, a nostalgic look at hot rodding's golden years from 1930 to 1960.
Adam takes Jay under the hood of his freshly painted and extremely rare Islero - one of only 125 ever made!
Jay asked, you answered, so he restored this Benzo to its original state per your request. Take a trip under the hood!
One of Jay's favorite comedians brings by his beloved VW bus, a pristine version of his very first car.
When Magnus met Alex Ross of SharkWerks at Jay's garage, a love connection was made - which yielded this baby!
Jaguar expert Jason Len gives Jay a ride in his custom Jag restoration.
Jay gets the inside story on a tough-as-nails racer with an incredible pedigree: a modified '72 Oldsmobile Cutlass known as The Banshee. Current owner Jon Swift fills Jay in on the car's amazing past, including its one-time owner, actor James Garner.
The two-year restoration is finally complete! The SP250 Jay got from Bob Brzozowski spent 40 years in the elements and hadn't run in 10 years... and just look at her now!
Known for their innovative parts, James and Mike wowed SEMA with their 5,000-man-hour build on this 50-year-old classic that took Best in Show.
Briggs Automotive Company founders Ian and Neil Briggs dreamed of creating a Formula 1 car for the street - so here's the world's only road-legal single-seater supercar!
A British newspaper built this one-of-a-kind steel grand touring car - Jaguar chassis and engine, body designed by Gandini and Bertone - in hopes of raising circulation, then sold it a year later.
Bumper man Greg Higgs takes Jay for a ride in the outrageous Jeep mod that caused an uproar at SEMA 2014.
Phase one of the restoration is done and the Gullwing is finally on the road! Despite its reputation as being the F1 of its day, Jay was skeptical... until he found this 1955 model languishing in a trailer in the desert.
Jonathan Ward stops by with his latest Derelict project. It may look old-timey, but with 700 hp, it drives like a Corvette ZR1!
Peter Mullin of The Mullin Automotive Museum stops by with his teardrop coupe - which many say is the most beautiful car of all time.
Keith Charvonia takes Jay under the hood of the FR-S he tuned for the win at 2014's Scion Tuner Challenge.
Why is this car Playmate pink? Mark Melvin tells Jay the sordid backstory of the car he and his AMX Club buddies restored from the ground up.
Curator Leslie Kendall takes Jay under the hood of this aerodynamic, three-wheeled Petersen Museum rarity, masterminded by Gary Davis.
Original and unrestored! All this Knucklehead needed was a little TLC, a little gas and two kicks - and she started right up for the first time since 1952!
Mike Mayberry, Co-Founder of Ronin Motorworks, stops by the garage to show Jay what the Denver based motorcycle boutique created from the bones of the Buell 1125 and the legend of the 47 Ronin.
Trevita means three white in Swedish, thus Koenigsegg's latest is limited to three breathtakingly handbuilt cars. Strip away the carbon fiber and you'll find a bespoke 4.8-liter V8 yielding 1018 hp - same as the Bugatti Veyron at half the weight!
From the more-brains-than-money club comes the car Matt Brown bought without an engine... and rebuilt expressly for California canyon carving.
Chief engineer Zack Eakin stops by with Nissan’s daring new front-engined LM P1 car. Watch Jann Mardenborough, Nissan GT Academy’s Season 3 winner, take it around the track, just like he’s gonna do at LeMans!
Jay drives the 1972 H2 Mach IV and the amazing supercharged supersport Ninja it inspired!
In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder shows off her dad's smokin' hot rod, which she's tuned to 1000 street-legal hp!
City of Los Angeles Automotive Dispatchers Mark Barrera and Art Flores stop by the garage to show Jay their newly restored Chrysler Imperial that’s still used for official service today.
Bob Shaw visits the garage to show off his dream car, an updated version of the Hawk sports roadster that his good buddy Brooks Stevens originally designed in 1959. It took 10 years to build, but you won't believe the result!
Abhi Eswarappa, founder of Bike-urious.com, stops by the garage to introduce Jay to his buddy, master builder and fabricator Aniket Vardhan who hand carved wood casting molds to create his powerful Musket V-Twin Royal Enfield motorcycles.
Chris McCollum stops by to talk muscle and show Jay the project car that B&M purpose-built to relive the dream of the original Hurst Hemi Cuda that stormed the nationals and world finals in the '60s and ‘70s.
A sculptor by trade, Frogman Tim Cotterill brought his trike design to Blastolene, the same folks who built Jay's Tank Car. Now the powerful and eccentric Rocket II Trike is on the road, powered by a blown Hemi V8, which generates over 1000 hp.
Only about 3,000 of these sporty pickups were built in 1991, which is when Jay bought his - primarily because of GMC's boast that this was the fastest accelerating production vehicle in America, beating out even the Ferrari 348!
Third generation SoCal gearhead Rod Emory takes Jay through his 1958 Emory Special and 1959 Emory Outlaw.
Find out what Jay and the Big Dog team have been up to lately.
Get an up-close look at the ultimate Brass Era roadster.
Get a load of Savant Young's unique, home-grown RX-7-engined Mazda, which took years to get looking and running just right. Can you find the air intake?
The former Fear Factor host, stand-up comedian and UFC commentator takes Jay for a ride in his modded classic, with killer customization by Steve Strope of Pure Vision.
Justin Bell joins Jay for a motorized bicycle race of epic proportions, pitting John King's touring model against his racer. Who will be the victor?
What happens when you give a comedian a gift card for a free oil change? Watch and learn…
Paul Czaplicki and Tim Mochizuki from the Toyota Museum stop by the garage to show Jay Toyota’s first “sporty” car, the 1971 Toyota Celica.
Design Director Ian Callum takes Jay for a spin in Jaguar's most powerful production car ever, the F-TYPE Project 7. Then Jay takes a look at a remarkable World War I-era racer, the 1916 Sturtevant Auburn.
Jay meets up with some friends - like Ed Welburn and Shiro Nakamura - to see some of the very oldest and the very newest cars on the lawns at Pebble Beach. Tell us what you think about Bentley's EXP 10 Speed 6 concept!
To unsuspecting passengers in Los Angeles, their UberBlack driver James had a big surprise for them. See what happened when they found out they were being driven by the famous comedian and car enthusiast, Jay Leno. This Uber stunt left passengers with a story to tell for a lifetime.
Jay hangs out with Rob Dickinson of Singer Vehicle Design, the legendary Christian von Koenigsegg finds out what's up with Acura, and Jay checks out the new Mercedes-AMG GT S.
Dr. Anand Rajani takes Jay through his beloved Porsche, restored by an old friend of Big Dog Garage, John Willhoit.
Constantin von Kageneck from the Mercedes-Benz Classics Center takes Jay under the hood of his dream car, the rare Wankel-engined, '70s supersports C111.
One mostly stock 2015 Mustang + a 750 horsepower custom Hennessey engine = 200mph world record breaker???
Aston Martin's Marek Reichman takes Jay for a ride in the DB10 he designed specifically for the new James Bond film, Spectre.
Jason Len takes Jay under the hood of his near-exact replica of one of the most iconic pre-war sports cars of all time.
Champion rally driver Ryan Millen puts Jay behind the wheel of his slippery racer… and then onto the streets - and riverbeds - of Los Angeles!
Jim and Mike Ring give Jay an up-close look at the custom carbon-fiber Mustang that made jaws drop at SEMA.
Cadillac's Executive Chief Engineer David Leone shows Jay the refined luxury sedan that turns into a track monster with the flip of a switch. And yes, it's the first 200 mph Cadillac ever!
Back in the day, this SUV - the Rambo Lambo - was one of the craziest vehicles on and off the road… and it still pretty much is. Damiano Barbuscia of Franco's European takes Jay for a ride.
Andrew Davidge started his electric bike company in high school and now, four years later, he and Jay are cruising the Cruz and E-Tracker - at 36 mph in race mode with a 30-mile range!
Shinoo Mapleton stops by with the antithesis of the modern sports car - 2,000 pounds, 430HP, no ABS, no TC - just pure V8 power.
Tom Long introduces Jay to these painstakingly handcrafted scale models.
Designer Bryan Benedict and builder Billy Hammon take Jay through the Star Wars prop-laden, real-world car that moves - and breathes - like Darth Vader!
This WC63 will amaze you! Legacy Classic Trucks' Winslow Bent takes Jay through the derelict troop transport he modded into a true, 8,000-pound 6x6 which will go and go and go forever.
Get a progress report on some of the restorations going on at Jay's Garage, including a couple of Cunninghams, a pair of Broughs, a 1971 Porsche 911T, a restomod on a 1914 Detroit Electric and more!
