Classic Cars
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The P4/5 Pininfarina Enzo, the P4/5 Competizione, the upcoming SCG003—James Glickenhaus is the man behind some of the last decade’s most amazing one-off cars, and in this video, he explains his passion, his collection, and more. MUST SEE: #GiveAShift: The 7 Best Manual Transmissions You Can Drive In addition to some fantastic footage of the racing and street cars in his garage, you’ll learn some interesting anecdotes about those historic cars and Glickenhaus himself in this video from Fast Lane Daily. It’s a glimpse into the life and mind of a man with one of the best...
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Jay Leno drives a De Tomaso PanteraThe latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage features a 1971 De Tomaso Pantera.
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World’s Fastest Hot Tub: Carpool DeVille Heads To Bonneville With Your Help - VideoTake one 1969 Cadillac DeVille, two crazy Canadians living in Los Angeles, a hot tub, and the need for speed, mix thoroughly, and you get this: the Carpool DeVille, on Kickstarter to raise funds for a run at Bonneville. They only need $10,000. You can help. CHECK OUT: $4.2 Million Ferrari F12 TRS...
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"Dream Cars" Exhibit Brings Classic Design To AtlantaForward-looking automotive designs populate a new exhibit at Atlanta's High Museum of Art.
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Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible Hits $3.5 Million At Mecum AuctionIf further proof were needed of the growing value of America's iconic muscle cars, the sale price of a 1971 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda convertible sold at a recent Mecum auction in Seattle should do the trick. Wearing the correct shade of Bright Blue paintwork and matching painted steel wheels, the '71...
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1964 Jaguar E-Type Barn Find Has Bugatti Racing PedigreeThe Jaguar E-Type needs no icing on its cake of sultry vintage speed, but this find has some anyway. Once owned by a Bugatti race driver, this E-Type was worked over by a race mechanic at Bugatti’s shop in Molsheim, France, to extract more power—enough for an extra 7 mph of top end...
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Jay Leno drives an immaculate Ferrari with an unusual pedigree.
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Maserati, Italian Cars Featured At 2014 Rolex Monterey Motorsports ReunionThe Monterey Peninsula is the place to be in the motoring world for a couple of weeks every year, with the combination of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. This year, Maserati will celebrate its 100th anniversary as a featured marque alongside...
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Porsche Launches Branded Motor Oil For Air-Cooled ClassicsClassic cars often need special attention, and that applies as much to the things they consume as it does the bodywork or trim. In the case of an old air-cooled Porsche, engine oil is an important factor—you need one that stands up to the unique cooling characteristics of the engine and the...
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Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations To Build Bespoke And Extreme Performance VehiclesJaguar Land Rover’s existing Engineered To Order division, the British automaker’s personalization department and maker of extreme models such as the 2014 XKR-S GT, is being expanded and in the process will have its name changed to Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations. As we’ve...
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World Cup Legend Pele Took Driving Test In Audi PredecessorWith the World Cup opening ceremony today, it seemed only fitting that we look back at a small piece of automotive trivia connected to perhaps the greatest football legend of the 20th century: the Brazilian soccer player known as Pelé. Turns out that, way back when (in 1959, to be precise)...
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Tree crushes million-dollar Toyota 2000GTThe Toyota 2000GT is one of the rarest and most valuable Japanese cars around.
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If you were to compile a list of America's most iconic cars, the second-generation Corvette would probably be somewhere in the top ten. It's not too much of a leap to suggest that Jay Leno owns the other nine you'd put on the list too, but in this episode of Jay Leno's Garage we get to see his pristine 1963 Corvette—the single-year car with its iconic split rear window and decorative hood vents. ALSO READ: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06: 650 hp, 650 lb-ft, Most Powerful GM Ever Leno explores those two iconic details but also examines others you might not have known about—from the...
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8-Yr-Old Son Promises Dad ’57 Chevy For 57th Birthday, Follows Through When Grown Up: VideoThis is a simple story, but it’s a beautiful one. When he was just 8 years old, a little boy promised his dad a 1957 Chevy Bel Air for his 57th birthday. Decades later, that little boy is a man, and he’s followed through on his promise. MUST SEE: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06: 650 hp, 650...
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Meet the first Porsche 911 TurboIt was at the 1973 Frankfurt auto show that Porsche first showed a concept of a turbocharged 911 that would go on to spawn the original 911 Turbo presented at the 1974 Paris auto show and put into production the following year. However, what many may not know is that 1975 wasn’t the first...
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BMW 8-Series Celebrates 25 YearsOpinions vary on modern BMW styling but few would argue that some of the automaker's 1980s and 1990s offerings are among the best ever produced. One of those, the BMW 8-Series, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year--amid rumors BMW is considering a new 8-Series model to take on Mercedes'...
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McLaren F1 Owners Spend Two Loud & Lovely Days Together: VideoWhen you own a McLaren F1, you enter a small club. Just 106 examples were produced, and all became immediate prized possessions the moment they left the Woking assembly line. If you own and drive a McLaren F1, it's highly unlikely that you'll come across another example while out tooling around...
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Jay Leno Looks Back At The 2014 Mille Miglia: VideoThe Mille Miglia should be on any gearhead's bucket list. While today's event is merely an homage to the original race that ran each year from 1927 to 1957—stopping only for the second World War—it's still a race of impossible romance and deep appeal. MUST SEE: McLaren P1 Vs. Bugatti...
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Not everyone has the time or money to visit Porsche's official museum in Stuttgart, but that's okay, as Porsche is bringing its museum to you. In a series of videos revealing secret Porsche concepts, the German automaker has revealed an old V-8 prototype 911 and even a mid-engined concept—but the latest shows a 1980s experiment in aerodynamics. DON'T MISS: First LaFerrari Replicas Already In Production? Yes, But Not At Mansory Cars At a glance, the 1984 concept doesn't look particularly special. Okay, so it lacks the large impact bumpers and myriad plastic trim of a mid-eighties 911...
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Ferrari F40 Gets Nasty With Smoky Burnouts, Hard Launches: VideoThe Ferrari F40 may be the most hardcore, utterly bonkers supercar ever. Stripped down, minimalist, and without any regard for things like driver safety nets or passenger comfort, it’s a purified, surgical machine. And it’s utterly brilliant. MUST SEE: Angry Supercar Hater Throws Rocks...
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Ur-Dashcam: Ride Along With A 1920s Fire Chief Through New York City MayhemIf you’ve ever wondered what it was like to drive to a fire through the streets of New York City in the 1920s, wonder no more. This video shows what it was like—and it’s one of the earliest dashcam videos anywhere. MUST SEE: First LaFerrari Replicas Already In Production: Video...
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Volvo Celebrates 60th Anniversary Of Its First Sports Car, The Sport P1900You've probably never heard of the Volvo Sport P1900 before. The beautiful P1800 coupe or the handsome Amazon have probably registered on your car-guy radar, but in 1954, Volvo produced just 68 units of the Sport P1900—a chic convertible that pointed the way for the more popular P1800 in the...
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Steve McQueen's Jaguar XKSS roars into Jay Leno's garageIt's hard to say which car is the coolest in the world, but Steve McQueen's 1956 Jaguar XKSS certainly makes our shortlist. MUST SEE: McLaren F1 Flipped During Road Trip With Rowan Atkinson: Video Update This singular Jag currently resides in Los Angeles' Petersen Automotive Museum, but Jay Leno...
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Nissan’s Le Mans History: GalleryThis year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will be an exciting race, both in the GT classes and in the headline P1 category. With Porsche’s return to the top tier, Audi and Toyota will face new and somewhat unknown competition. Next year, Nissan will throw its hat back in the same ring with the...
Nelson Ireson