Editing Jerry Seinfeld (section)

===Automobiles===
[[File:Porsche Carrera GT (39995187763).jpg|thumb|Seinfeld's most common car acquisitions involve [[Porsche]]s.]]
Seinfeld is an automobile enthusiast and collector, and he owns a collection of about 150 cars, including many [[Porsche]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/magazine/jerry-seinfeld-intends-to-die-standing-up.html|title=Jerry Seinfeld Intends to Die Standing Up|date=December 23, 2012|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121141135/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/magazine/jerry-seinfeld-intends-to-die-standing-up.html|archive-date=January 21, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He rented a hangar at [[Santa Monica Airport]] in [[Santa Monica, California]], in the 1990s to store cars.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Seinfeld Reference: The Complete Encyclopedia with Biographies, Character Profiles & Episode Summaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9RyY2Mtqk54C&q=jerry%20seinfeld%20rented%20a%20hangar%20at%20the%20Santa%20Monica%20Airport&pg=PT45|publisher=Praetorian Publishing|access-date=April 22, 2015|isbn=9780967985244|first=Dennis|last=Bjorklund|date=September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610061454/https://books.google.com/books?id=9RyY2Mtqk54C&lpg=PT45&dq=jerry%20seinfeld%20rented%20a%20hangar%20at%20the%20Santa%20Monica%20Airport&pg=PT45|archive-date=June 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, Seinfeld purchased property on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]] where he built a $1.4 million two-story garage to store Porsches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside Jerry Seinfeld's Super Secret Manhattan Garage |url=https://www.complex.com/sports/a/nathan-laliberte/inside-jerry-seinfelds-super-secret-manhattan-garage |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-03-11 |title=Seinfeld Builds a Parking Lot |url=https://observer.com/2002/03/seinfeld-builds-a-parking-lot/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Observer |language=en-US}}</ref> One tally has Seinfeld owning 43 Porsches.<ref name="Complex">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.complexmag.ca/rides/2013/04/inside-jerry-seinfelds-super-secret-manhattan-garage |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140420012505/http://www.complexmag.ca/rides/2013/04/inside-jerry-seinfelds-super-secret-manhattan-garage |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2014 |title=Inside Jerry Seinfeld's Super Secret Manhattan Garage |magazine=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date=April 24, 2013}}</ref> Paul Bannister has written that Seinfeld's collection includes [[Porsche 911]]s from various years, 10 [[Porsche Boxster]]s each painted a different color, and the 1955 [[Porsche 550 Spyder]], the same model and pearl-grey color of the car [[James Dean]] was driving in his fatal crash.<ref name="bannister" />

The centerpiece of the Seinfeld collection is [[Steve McQueen]]'s [[Porsche 917]] Chassis 022, driven extensively in the 1971 film [[Le Mans (film)|''Le Mans'']],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kucinski |first=Joe |date=2024-11-26 |title=Porsche 917 from 'Le Mans' Movie is Headed to Auction |url=https://rennlist.com/articles/porsche-917-from-le-mans-movie-is-headed-to-auction/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Rennlist |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Howard |date=2024-11-25 |title=Car of the Week: Steve McQueen's Porsche 917K From the 'Le Mans' Movie Is Now up for Grabs |url=https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/steve-mcqueen-porsche-917k-le-mans-movie-mecum-auctions-1236002780/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Robb Report |language=en-US}}</ref> acquired by Seinfeld in 2002, and restored by Joe Cavaglieri to the 1971-era Gulf Porsche team livery.

The [[Discovery Channel]] television show ''[[Chasing Classic Cars]]'' claimed that Seinfeld owns the first and last produced air-cooled Porsche 911s. He has a $700,000 [[Porsche 959]], one of only 337 built. He was originally not allowed to drive it, because the car was "not [[Street-legal vehicle|street legal]]." U.S. emissions and crash tests had not been performed for the model because Porsche refused to donate four Porsche 959s for destruction tests. Seinfeld imported the car "[[Grey import vehicles|for exhibition purposes]]," on the stipulation that it may never be driven on U.S. roads.<ref name="bannister">{{Cite book|last=Bannister|first=Paul|title=The Comedians|pages=74–75}}</ref> The car was made U.S. street legal in 1999 under the "[[Show or Display]]" federal law.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forbesautos.com/advice/toptens/billionaire/02-bill_gates.html |title=William Gates III |work=Forbes |access-date=August 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223132219/http://www.forbesautos.com/advice/toptens/billionaire/02-bill_gates.html |archive-date=December 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/ShowDisplay/howtosd072003.html |title=How To Import A Motor Vehicle For Show Or Display |publisher=National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |access-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018010231/http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/ShowDisplay/howtosd072003.html |archive-date=October 18, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Seinfeld wrote an article for the February 2004 issue of [[Automobile Magazine|''Automobile'']], reviewing the [[Porsche Carrera GT]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.automobilemag.com/news/jerry-seinfeld-reviews-the-porsche-carrera-gt/ |magazine=[[Automobile Magazine|Automobile]] |title=Jerry Seinfeld Reviews the Porsche Carrera GT |date=February 2004 |access-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-date=March 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331051014/https://www.automobilemag.com/news/jerry-seinfeld-reviews-the-porsche-carrera-gt/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2008, Seinfeld was involved in a car accident when the brakes on his 1967 [[Fiat 500]] failed and, to avoid an intersection, he pulled the emergency brake while turning sharply, ultimately causing the car to flip onto its side. No one was hurt.<ref name="follfiat">{{cite web|url=http://www.automobilemag.com/news/the-real-story-about-jerry-seinfelds-mystery-car-crash-134299/|title=The real story about Jerry Seinfeld's Mystery Car Crash|author=Phil Foraday|date=April 5, 2008|work=Automobile Magazine|access-date=February 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210030800/http://www.automobilemag.com/news/the-real-story-about-jerry-seinfelds-mystery-car-crash-134299/|archive-date=February 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>