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===Vehicle collection=== [[File:Jay Leno (2078377696).jpg|thumb|left|Leno arriving at the ''[[45th Primetime Emmy Awards]]'' in his [[Hispano-Suiza]] Aero,<ref>[http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/clips/update-1915-hispano-suiza-aero-engine-car/1186522/ Update: 1915 Hispano-Suiza Aero Engine Car] (video), jaylenosgarage.com</ref> 1993]] Leno owns an extensive collection of vehicles, including at least 181 cars and 160 motorcycles as of late 2024. <ref name="DR">{{cite web|url=https://news.dupontregistry.com/jay-lenos-garage/jay-lenos-car-collection/#:~:text=Jay%20Leno's%20car%20collection%20consists,stagnation%20within%20his%20living%20museum.|first=Edward|last=Jones|title = Jay Leno's Car Collection|date=October 29, 2024|access-date = May 6, 2025}}</ref> He also has a website and a TV program called ''[[Jay Leno's Garage]]'', which contains video clips and photos of his car collection in detail, as well as other vehicles of interest to him.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.jaylenosgarage.com|title = Jay Leno's Garage|website = jaylenosgarage.com|access-date = January 29, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080123135425/http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/|archive-date = January 23, 2008|url-status = dead}}</ref> Leno's garage manager is Bernard Juchli.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://totalcarmagazine.com/features/2013/04/06/ja_leno_garage_pt1/|title = Which way to Jay Leno's Garage?|website = TotalCarMagazine.com|access-date = February 28, 2014|archive-date = October 26, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171026163644/http://totalcarmagazine.com/features/2013/04/06/ja_leno_garage_pt1/|url-status = dead}}</ref> Among his collection are two [[Doble steam car]]s, a sedan and a roadster that were owned by [[Howard Hughes]], the fifth [[Duesenberg#Model X .281926.E2.80.931927.29|Duesenberg Model X]] known to survive, and one of nine remaining 1963 [[Chrysler Turbine Car]]s. The collection also includes three antique [[electric car]]s β the 1909 [[Baker Motor Vehicle]] is his wife Mavis's favorite car.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Leno|first1=Jay|title=The 100-Year-Old Electric Car|journal=Popular Mechanics|date=April 30, 2007|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a1609/4215940/|access-date=May 27, 2018|archive-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504012439/https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a1609/4215940/|url-status=live}}</ref> The collection includes at least two tanks. <ref name="GB">{{cite web |last1=Bensinger |first1=Graham |title=Inside Jay Leno's Garage: Tanks, Teslas and a $35M McLaren F1 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LyxjST-o8U |website=youtube.com |publisher=grahambensinger.com/ |language=en |format=video |date= April 23, 2025|access-date=May 6, 2025}}</ref> The most expensive car in the collection is a 1994 [[McLaren F1]] sports car, the first McLaren to be imported to the US, <ref name="DR" /> which Leno says he purchased for approximately $800 thousand in the late 1990s, and is worth at least $20 million today. <ref name="GB" /> The value of the entire collection is at least $52 million. <ref name="DR" /> He has a regular column in ''[[Popular Mechanics]]'' which showcases his car collection and gives advice about various automotive topics, including restoration and unique models, such as his [[MTT Turbine Superbike|jet-powered motorcycle]] and solar-powered hybrid. Leno also writes occasional "Motormouth" articles for ''[[The Sunday Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news | access-date=May 11, 2008 | url=http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/article1746609.ece | title=Jay Leno's million dollar garage | work=The Times | date=May 9, 2007 | location=London | first=Michael | last=Moran | archive-date=July 9, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709154356/http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/article1746609.ece | url-status=dead }}</ref> reviewing high-end sports cars and giving his humorous take on motoring matters. Leno opened his garage to [[Team Bondi]], the company that developed the 2011 video game ''[[L.A. Noire]]'', which is set in Los Angeles in the late-1940s. Leno's collection contains almost 100 cars from this period, and allowed the team to create their images as accurately as possible.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.giantbomb.com/la-noire/3030-21500/|title = L. A. Noire|work = Giantbomb|access-date = June 25, 2013|archive-date = June 24, 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130624080145/http://www.giantbomb.com/la-noire/3030-21500/|url-status = live}}</ref>
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