A lot of celebrities happen to have enviable car collections. To enthusiasts, Jay Leno has an enviable car collection and happens to be a celebrity. Thanks to the sheer volume of photos and videos on his website, Leno’s is the most virtually accessible of any private collection. And if you’re in Los Angeles, there’s a good chance you’ll see him commuting in traffic with something from his diverse ranks; he drives as many as he can on a regular basis.
His collection numbers approximately 90 cars, ranging from rare classics like a 1937 Bugatti Atlantique to mass volume champions like a Mazda Miata (MX5 in SA).
His known cars include:
- 1941 American LaFrance triple combination Series 600 pumper V-12 (Firetruck)
- 2006 Ariel Atom
- 1916 Auto Car
- 1909 Baker Electric
- 1931 Bentley 8-Litre
- 1926 Bentley roadster (twin-turbocharged eight-liter Bentley engine)
- 1931 Bentley sedan
- 19xx Bentley Speed Six
- 19xx Bentley Turbo R
- xxxx Blastolene Special, also called the Tank-Car (1792 cubic inch fuel injected twin-turbocharged V-12 M47 Patton tank engine)
- 19xx Bugatti
- 1937 Bugatti Atlantique
- 2006 Bugatti Veyron
- 19xx replica Bugatti Type 37A
- 19xx replica Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic
- 1955 Buick Roadmaster (originally restored)
- 1934 Chrysler Airflow
- 2006 R-Cars Chrysler Crossfire I-Cell
- 1956 Chrysler Imperial
- 2005 Chevrolet Corvette C6
- 200x C5 Corvette Z06
- 1956 Chevrolet Nomad
- 197X Citroën SM
- 1916 Crane Simplex Model 5 Holbrook Skiff
- 19xx Delahaye
- 1981 DeLorean DMC-12[citation needed]
- 1966 Dodge Coronet Hemi
- 1992 Dodge Viper
- 1996 Dodge Viper
- 1993 Dodge Viper RT10 (first production Viper in black)
- 1925 Doble steamer
- 1927 Duesenberg Model X
- 1930 Duesenberg SJ
- 1932 Duesenberg SJ (Murphy-bodied)
- 1929 Duesenberg Chassis
- 19xx Duesenberg SJ
- 1937 Fiat Topolino
- 1961 Flxible Starliner
- 1966 427 Ford AC Cobra
- 19xx Ford Festiva (Ford Taurus SHO motor and a nitrous setup. Also know as a SHOgun.)
- 1966 Ford Galaxie
- 2005 Ford GT
- 1966 Ford GT40 (number 1 serial number)
- 1915 shovel-nosed Franklin (California-built body by Harley Earl)
- 2006 EcoJet
- 1991 GMC Syclone – bought to avoid a $25 delivery charge on Christmas decorations, it cost him $36,000. It is now what Leno calls his “Valet Truck”
- 1915 Hispano-Suiza
- 1999 Honda Insight
- 1950s Hudson Hornet
- 1948 Jaguar XK120
- 1939 Lagonda V12
- 1987 Lamborghini Countach
- 19xx Lamborghini Diablo
- 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400
- 1998 Light Car Company Rocket
- 2004 Maybach 57
- 1970 Mazda Cosmo
- 199x Mazda Miata
- 2005 Mazda RX-8
- 1995 McLaren F1
- 2005 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
- 1913 Mercer Raceabout
- 19xx MGB Roadster
- 19xx Mini
- 1970 Monteverdi High Speed 375
- 193x Morgan Motor Company 3-wheeler
- 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado (1,070 hp)
- 1913 Owen Magnetic
- 1913 Model 38 Packard
- 1932 Packard Twin Six 12-cylinder coupe
- 2004 Porsche Carrera GT
- 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II (1,000 hp Merlin V12, 1,806 pounds of torque)
- 1958 Saab 93B
- 19xx replica Shelby Cobra (429 SOHC Ford V-8 under its hood)
- 196x Shelby Mustang fastback coupe
- 1968 Shelby Mustang GT350
- 1931 Shotwell
- 1906 Stanley Steamer
- 1909 Stanley Steamer Model R
- 1907 WO Bentley