MotorTrend’s Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with legendary comedian & car enthusiast Jay Leno! The guys cover a number of subjects from specifics about his world famous car collection, thoughts on EVs, Johnny Carson & David Letterman stories, and the future of automobiles! Check out Jay Leno’s Garage at LenosGarage.com! Get the full story here ➡️https://bit.ly/3npffYb
2:20 – Gas, Electric, or Steam?
5:44 – Jay’s earliest Car? The 1906 Stanley Steamer!
10:15 – Criticisms of early EVs & steam cars.
13:40 – Jay’s EVs – Tesla Model S Plaid, Fiat, 1914 Baker Electric, 1909 Baker Electric, & The Owen Magnetic.
16:45 – Demon 170 vs. Tesla Plaid – “It’s like your sister’s big, dumb, football-playing boyfriend.”
19:55 – Are EVs InEVitable? The future of gas powered cars & auto racing.
23:10 – Conversations with EV haters – who are they mad at?
30:53 – Where does his love of cars come from? Jay’s early cars.
32:21 – Jay bought his dad a Cadillac.
38:30 – Jay on moving to (and around) Los Angeles.
41:09 – First splurge car? 1970 Mercedes 220 coupe.
43:02 – Johnny Carson & David Letterman stories.
48:55 – Relationship with Jerry Seinfeld.
51:45 – Why he started his car collection.
55:20 – Hand painted posters in his garage.
59:31 – Formula 1: Drive to Survive.
01:02:08 – Talking about cars.
01:08:05 – Daily routine? Automotive news. Bring a Trailer.
01:12:40 – Of his 204 cars, which one changed his outlook?
01:16:16 – The Duesenberg, and the 8.0 L Bentley.
01:20:04 – How does Jay choose what to drive? Working on cars.
01:24:40 – Succession plan for his car collection?
01:26:17 – Thoughts on EVs. Which EVs are Jay impressed with?
01:33:50 – Chinese EVs?
01:35:55 – Unattainable cars?
01:39:39 – Czinger
01:41:55 – InEVitable bell???
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Which one of Jay's cars do you wish you had the most?
Aye I'm Here! Lets go Jay!
Jay is a great guest. The presenters not so much.
Great talk, I really enjoyed it, thank you.
This Tesla haters don’t know how to react when Jay is telling them the truth about Tesla
Jay if you need a guy to take care of all your cars. I am throwing my name in the hat to help out. You have an amazing collection and you are one of the most inspirational people in my life. Don't stop being Jay
If you buy a EV the next thing you should buy is a couple of fire blankets because most fire departments can’t put your vehicle fire out!
When you can't put your own headphones on the right way, then it's time to hand in the licence.
EV’s have been around for over 100 years, so what?
Lets not pretend like the distrust and hate for media, experts and elites in the US hasnt been earned for at least some good reasons.
Ah the wisdom of age. Jay is great and only exemplifies why we need to value our grandparents’ life experiences. Not everything they say is necessarily correct, sane or appropriate, but there are bits of gold that we need to remember about how we used to live. Bringing up the beta v vhs (not vcr) war was accurate but lost on probably 50% of listeners. May he keep telling these stories for years to come! 🎉
Who here knew about the roll of toilet paper, as a time and distance map?
@24:18 : This was the way it was with the Ford Corporate Jet when I was interning there almost 20 years ago. If you weren't in a Ford product you had to park at the back of the lot and walk in.
"Do you want people to go to the site, YouTube or both…" 😆
Jay would be the Greatest American President of All Time.
Love Jay Leno, i dislike government telling me what i can or cant do, or government mandates preventing me from purchasing products I prefer.
Turn Johnny's mic 🎤 down.
There IS a lot of overstatement and hype in the push toward electrification but gasoline will still be with us for as long as new gas powered vehicles have TEN YEAR payment books. Electric vehicles will just become another leg under the table. No need to panic. -Steve Magnante
I wonder how many times Jonny has seen Jays collection 🙄
I’ll tell you exactly what I dislike about EV culture, being told I’m an ignorant hater and I don’t care about the planet.
When you take into account how electricity is generated, how dirty nickel and lithium production is, the energy required to produce and recycle batteries… The carbon footprint of my daily driver, a 2012 stick shift VW bug is WAY lower than a Tesla Plaid. Really?!? A 5000 pound Tesla Plaid is saving planet?!?
And I am ignorant…
Notice I said EV culture. I think electric propulsion has some potential. Hybrid is a great approach. The amount of battery required for full electric with our current battery technology is problematic. And I really don’t think there will be a clean way to store electricity that is 50 or even 20 percent more power density.
What an extraordinary person this Jay LENO !!! Thaks guy for this interview !!!!
These guys might be good writers but they aren't very good interviewers….. Jay on the other hand is always true to himself, cool calm and a funny car guy if there ever was one…
OK, this was a decent episode. I normally don’t watch your channel. I was interested in hearing Jay Leno but I was so frustrated because you guys kept cutting Jay off like seriously can you guys not let the guy talk without interjecting?
21:19 ~1990, the EPA had required each state to improve its air quality. Some states decided to require cars be tested every year at registration renewal (TN) and some states decided every other year (LA). Tennessee just decided last year to do away with vehicle emission testing.
23:10 I think the mandate for 100% EVs needs to be delayed for >10 years. I'd rather have a flex fuel PHEV than depending on 100% EV.
Great show guys Leno is a unique guest.
Nice interview except for the BARF left wing open border crapola
Well said Jay my 10 year old Tesla Model S P85 is on it’s original battery and it still does 0-60 in 4 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQMELFlXQL38KPm8kM-4Adg has only 3.5M subs
A Long Podcast that went fast .Thanks !