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Jay Leno’s quirky US$50 million car collection: from a 1906 Stanley Steamer to a Ford GT, the talk show host’s 140,000 sq ft garage holds more than 180 cars, including a US$12 million McLaren F1
STORYSarah Keenlyside
- A-listers often spend their millions on the flashiest cars they can find, by Mercedes and Aston Martin – but not Jay Leno, whose collection is worth US$50 million but is more like a museum
- The former talk show host and comedian has over 180 cars that have been lovingly restored and laid out in a 140,000 sq ft garage – a collection with some of the rarest automobiles on the planet
Jay Leno’s car collection isn’t like anyone else’s on the planet … quite literally.
Why? Because Leno isn’t here to look swish in the latest sports car or to splurge on an automobile just because it was made by Mercedes or Aston Martin. In fact, for him, the rarer and more interesting the car, the better.
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In other words, for Leno, each car is a piece of history, and he is one of the world’s pre-eminent historians – with his own museum and team of mechanics to match.
“You don’t buy the car so much as you buy the story,” he told CNN in 2013. And boy does he love the stories.
Jay Leno’s Garage, which was on CNBC until last year and is now available on YouTube, has given fans just a glimpse into his obsession (and his 140,000 sq ft garage) … and it’s truly next level.
From an unglamorous Tata Nano (“I like this car for what it represents to India,” commented Leno) to a Lamborghini Miura, Leno has upwards of 180 cars in his collection, which is thought to be worth about US$52 million, per Dupont Registry. That’s not a drop in the water of his US$450 million net worth though, per Celebrity Net Worth.
Here are seven of his most notable rides.
1. 1959 Ferret Mk 2 Reconnaissance Car
