He's owned it for seventeen years, spun it at Talladega, and pedaled it to a speed just shy of 200 miles per hour. Jay Leno's enjoyed his Carrera GT far more than most of his cars. Unlike so many of his vehicles which seem to stimulate him on the basis of their engineering alone, this is one of the few cars that visibly thrills him with every prod …
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Leno Falls in Love with the 992 Targa 4S
Unlike so many cars in its price range, the Porsche 911 4S Targa is first a utilitarian object—and that's meant in the nicest way possible. Blend that unparalleled practicality (for a sports car) with decades of refinement, an ability to punch above its weight, and a feeling of comprehensiveness that not many cars can offer, and you get the unique …
Continue to the full articleTwo Giants of Comedy Exchange Quips in a Taycan Turbo S
When Jay Leno features a new vehicle on his YouTube channel, it's usually accompanied by an enthusiastic owner or company representative guiding the host through the various features and functions. Leno's interest in the vehicle and humorous interjections help balance the bland or occasionally obsequious guests; he is the man with the showbiz …
Continue to the full articleJay Leno and Patrick Dempsey Sample Two RS Porsches at Willow Springs
Light, nimble, and sleek, a '73 2.7 RS turns heads wherever it goes, commands obscene prices, and causes Porschephiles to salivate. For the historian, this rolling museum piece represents a period in racing when the difference between a road car and a racing car wasn't as vast as it is today. In fact, the 2.7 RS wasn't originally legal in the US …
Continue to the full articleChris Harris Smokes Tires in the Taycan Turbo S
https://youtu.be/sUmc1JjKUis Though it may weigh a few pounds more than five thousand, it is still a proper Porsche. Compact yet brawny, and imposing, this Taycan Turbo S is a startlingly quick car that performs as, well, a Porsche should. Repeatable launches, muscle-straining acceleration, and a rigid platform that dances like something half …
Continue to the full articleJay Leno Gets Acquainted With Bisimoto’s 850-Horsepower ’75 911
It's funny to think that the M96 in the rear of this car once had a bad cylinder and a melted piston. Bisi Ezerioha, then only experienced with four-cylinder motors, saw an opportunity to resleeve the block, add Traum pistons and a handful of his own handmade internals. Now, the motor is force-fed by Turbonetics turbos, cooled by a Spearco …
Continue to the full articleJay Leno Takes Porsche’s 80s Icon 959 For A Spin
The 959 was really Porsche's rolling laboratory for automotive technological advancement. The truly astonishing thing about the 959 is that it was truly the first daily-driver supercar. Sadly, most of these cars have not been blessed with driving mileage, as they've been shoved in collections and garages for years. This car has 49,000 brag-worthy …
Continue to the full articleJay Leno Drives A Unique Schuppan 962CR For The First Time
"It's a 962 that you can put a license plate on," says owner Matthew Ivanhoe of his Schuppan, which was ostensibly created as a homologation special for a Le Mans effort that never transpired. We saw this car at Luftgekühlt 5 earlier this year, and the car certainly gathered a crowd. The car, at that time and as I recall it, had an odometer reading …
Continue to the full articleTune-In Alert: Jay Leno And Jeff Foxworthy Set To Race Each Other In High Stakes Porsche Vs. Lamborghini Grudge Match
The pair of famed commedians are going head to head in tomorrow night's episode of Jay Leno's Garage on CNBC. Jay will be driving a Lamborghini, as evidenced by his 'typical Lamborghini owner' outfit, and Foxworthy will be taking the more dapper approach with a tweed jacket and keys to a Porsche. The two marques have been playing in the same sports …
Continue to the full articleSet Your DVR: There’s a Lot of Great Porsche Content on Jay Leno’s Garage This Week
This week on Jay Leno's Garage Jay asks and answers the question, "How do you keep up with two Porsches on a race track? With another Porsche of course!". In this case the Porsches "he's trying to keep up with" are a 911R and Emory Outlaw 356 driven by Patrick Long and Rod Emory, respectively. Fortunately for Jay he has Jeff Zwart and the Porsche …
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