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Jay Leno drives 2019 ‘Bullitt’ Ford Mustang …

Alastair Sloane — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 05:07:50 +0000

Jay Leno gets behind the wheel of the Mustang built to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the classic movie ‘Bullitt’. He also gets to drive one of the Fastback GT Mustangs used in the 1968 car chase blockbuster, starring Steve McQueen.

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1942 Dodge Carryall muscles up …

Alastair Sloane — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 04:12:23 +0000

American Winslow Bent runs Legacy Classic Trucks, where he and his team bring the toughest technologies together to make vehicles that perform as advertised. This week on Jay Leno’s Garage, Bent drops in with his 1942 Dodge Carryall.

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’68 Dodge Charger with a Viper V10 engine …

Alastair Sloane — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:07:14 +0000

Fresh from the SEMA show in Las Vegas, Swede Johan Eriksson brings his home-built 1968 Dodge Charger RTR to Jay Leno’s Garage. The car is powered by a twin-turbocharged Viper V10 that delivers 750kW.

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Lamborghini Huracan and its aerodynamic aids …

Alastair Sloane — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 00:21:25 +0000

Alessandro Farmeschi, engineer and chief operating officer of Lamborghini America, stops by Jay Leno’s Garage to talk about the aerodynamic technology behind the new 2018 Lamborghini Huracan Performante.

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The Nomad Tactical, another flyer from Ariel …

Alastair Sloane — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 22:48:32 +0000

Britain’s Ariel Motor Company Ltd is probably best known for its exoskeletal Atom, the latest supercharged model of which weighs less than 500kg and has a power-to-weight ratio of around 520kW per tonne. In this episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, Ariel North America director Jesse Kenealy stops by to show Ariel’s latest, the 2017 Nomad Tactical, a street-legal on-road/off-road flyer which uses a 2.4-litre Honda engine delivering 223kW.

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1918 Pierce Arrow with a 14-litre straight-six …

Alastair Sloane — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 01:28:10 +0000

On Jay Leno’s Garage this week, Leno teams up with his buddy Patrick Craig to look at Craig’s 1918 Model 66 Pierce Arrow. It has the distinction of having the largest engine ever used in a production vehicle.

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Koenigsegg Agera RS speeds to 450km/h …

Alastair Sloane — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 00:22:33 +0000

Swedish carmaker Koenigsegg is claiming a world record speed of 450km/h for its Agera RS. Factory test driver Niklas Lija piloted the car to an average 450km/h over two runs on a closed public road in the Nevada desert. Lija’s speed was 20km faster than the existing mark held by the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport and around 12km/h quicker than the speed set by the Hennessey Venom GT. But the Hennessey did not make the record books as it was only achieved in one direction.

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Classic Rolls-Royce with a 7.0-litre V8 engine …

Alastair Sloane — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 22:36:24 +0000

ICON is a company based in Los Angeles that restores and customises classic cars. In this edition of Jay Leno’s Garage, ICON president Jonathan Ward stops by the garage to talk to Leno about a car that sits in Ward’s ‘Derelict’ category: a 1958 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud – with a 7.0-litre V8 from General Motors under its long bonnet.

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Leno’s team gives old cars new life …

Alastair Sloane — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 01:57:10 +0000

This week, American TV host Jay Leno updates some of the restorations going on in Jay Leno’s Garage.

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Turning two Porsches into one …

Alastair Sloane — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 05:32:00 +0000

A fellow turned up at Californian coachbuilder West Coast Customs with two Porsches and asked company CEO Ryan Friedlinghaus to turn them into one, a classic 1959 Porsche 356 – but with a difference. In this week’s Jay Leno Garage, Leno gets behind the wheel of the specially prepared car and talks to its creator, Friedlinghaus.

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