[tires screeching]
[cheering]
How cool is this?
Jay, I think you should take
the lead for a bit.
[jay]
all right.
[dramatic music]
[screaming]
[crashing]
-Tonight...
-Damn skippy!
[jay]
...On jay leno's garage...
Should we give it for a spin?
"give it for a spin"?
Yeah, sure.
...We celebrate the icons
that have influenced
The modern world.
-Let's look.
-Comedy icons.
[tim]
for the love of god,
let's drive cars!
[brad]
oh, careful, spot the loony!
[laughing]
[jay]
racing icons.
Ben lives in this suit,
he wears this all the time.
[tires screeching]
-Music icons.
-How are ya, jay?
You could put all your clothes
in here, jay.
Six denim shirts.
[jay]
and of course, iconic cars.
Time to honor the gods of gears
On jay leno's garage.
[laughing]
[vibrant music]
What are the modern era's
most iconic cars?
It's a question I can
and have debated for hours.
That's good.
Fresh off the second world w*r,
car companies found themselves
In the midst of huge
technological advancements
And the country
was flush with cash.
So america's car manufacturers
set out to prove one thing:
There was no better symbol
of a person's success
Than the car they drove.
And as each decade passed,
The best of the best
rose to iconic status.
In this episode,
I give myself a daunting task
To pick the most iconic cars
of the modern era,
Starting with the 1960s,
But I needed someone
to debate with.
Thankfully, there's no one
more debatable
Than my old friend, tim allen.
[laughing]
Pushing me?
We don't always see eye to eye,
'cause I'm taller!
[tim]
oh, jeez, I think
I pulled something.
[jay]
but we agree
there are two things
You can never have
too many of:
-Cars...
-Hell yeah!
[jay]
...And opinions.
I never can trust you.
-What are you talkin' about?
-You're a liar.
[mellow music]
[jay]
tim, here's something
you'll appreciate.
I know you like big motors.
[tim]
yeah, I've seen all this stuff,
jay.
-Well, I...
-Why did you want me here?
[jay]
see, what they did
back in the day,
-Back in the teens...
-When you went to high school.
[jay]
when I went to high school,
that's correct.
You would take
an airplane engine
And you put it in a car.
This is a 22-liter six.
Each piston is bigger than
the 350 chevy on this thing.
I mean, it's hilarious.
-Why did you bring me over here?
-I brought you here
'cause I know you're a car guy.
-Yes.
-And we're gonna talk about
Icons from different eras.
-Oh.
-In fact, why don't we start
With the '60s?
I remember those days
like it's yesterday.
The '60s were a groovy time
of free love--well, not for me--
Free wheeling,
and pretty cheap gas.
The result was a new class
of big-engine muscle cars.
[engine rumbling]
They were oblivious
to fuel efficiency
Or pesky safety regulations
And focused exclusively
on style and performance,
Much like tim allen and me!
[tim]
are we at the '60s now,
is that what this is all about?
-Yes, this is the '60s.
-Poof, wow.
This bath mat really
Is pushing all my senses.
[jay]
that's not so bad, actually.
-Thanks, jay.
-I liked that era
Because you could build
whatever you want.
You didn't have to have bumpers,
headlights...
-Or safety, forget safety.
-Safety?
[laughing]
It's all about freedom!
[majestic music]
Freedom!
[laughing]
When I made my dad buy
The big galaxy, my dad said,
"my son's gonna be driving this.
Does this have seat belts?"
"seat belts? Hey, louie!
We got a race car driver here!
What are you--
what are you, crashing--"
Just humiliated my father.
Then when we got the car,
he showed us how
If you push the seat forward,
you could roll up the seat belt
And stick it in the crack so
you never have to see 'em again.
-Or deal with them.
-Yeah.
[tim]
my mother's seat belt
Was this area of the arm.
[makes screeching sound effect]
[jay]
so tell me what cars
Were the iconic cars
of the '60s for you.
[tim]
okay, first off, corvair corsa.
Camaros were good too.
[jay]
camaros, mustang was the leader.
If you're talking muscle cars,
you gotta go with
-The 426 hemi...
-Hemi belvedere.
The 427
in a fairlane thunderbolt.
-The gto.
-It was a car and driver articl.
-Oh, versus the ferrari gto?
-Ferrari gto.
I loved this car.
That changed everything
'cause it was the first time
an american car
Was into that 0-60 in, like,
That was a ringer,
had the 421 in it.
-That's right.
-Yeah, yeah.
Well, let me ask you a question.
-Please.
-Do you think the gto,
Certainly one of the most high
performance cars of the era,
Would be even as fast
As any family four-door sedan
you buy today?
[tim]
this isn't a trick, is it?
[jay]
no, no, I'm asking you
that question.
I'll get you a stock 389
And we'll put it against
a nissan altima.
-All right, I'll take a shot.
-Let's take a shot.
Peace, man.
[tim]
is this near an airport?
[upbeat music]
[jay]
well, tim, we got a 1967 gto.
This is probably dead in the
middle of the muscle car era,
And this car really
helped define it.
Pretty fast car
back in the day.
But just to show
how far cars have come,
Could a gto beat
a nissan altima?
Is it faster
than a standard v6?
[tim]
let's find out!
For the love of god,
let's drive cars!
[jay]
hop in, hop in.
[engine starting, rumbling]
[meditative flute music]
[jay laughing]
Go ... Yourself.
[david]
ready?
Three, two, one, go.
[tires screeching]
[engine rumbling]
[energetic music]
-What?
-Not even close!
Bull...!
What?
[jay]
you know, 1967 was
a long time ago.
[tim laughs]
[tim]
wow, that is just weird.
I mean, I was all right
out of the chute.
[jay]
no, I got you out of the chute.
I actually stopped at a costco
before I got to the end.
But it shows you
how far cars have come.
This has got probably
two to three times the mileage.
[tim]
all-wheel drive.
-The v6.
-All-wheel drive.
-There you go.
-It is depressing.
-Tim, we're dinosaurs.
-You're a dinosaur.
-You're a ...Osaurus.
-Easy!
[bass music]
[jay]
the pontiac gto became
an american muscle car icon,
But let's not ignore
the european cousins
That ushered in the age
of the supercar.
From the ferrari gto
To the lamborghini miura
And finally,
the aston martin db5,
A car so iconic it needed
the world's most iconic spy
To drive it.
Featured in the movie
"goldfinger,"
It represented the epitome
of '60s urbane sophistication,
Much like my next guest.
[bond-like music]
[g*nsh*t]
[david]
cut!
We're gonna have
to do that again.
Bond shoots right-handed.
I'm a lefty.
It's on wikipedia!
[g*nsh*t]
[jay]
can I help you?
[brad]
brad, brad garrett.
Like the bond thing.
"bond, james bond."
-Well...
-What's the matter?
Do you see yourself
as a james bond sort of?
-No.
-No, you don't.
-You got a james bond car?
-You know, it's interesting,
-I do have a james bond car.
-You do? Let's go take a look.
[brad]
I can't fit in it,
but it's fun.
-Let's take a look.
-And the hood doesn't close.
As you know, jay,
This is the aston martin db6.
[jay]
db6?
Yeah, james bond drove a db5.
-Who told you?
-Well, you can tell.
The db6 is a little bigger,
it's a little longer.
[brad]
a longer wheelbase by about
three and a half inches.
-Just like yourself.
-I wish that were true.
[jay]
the standard comic's
about six foot,
But it's a beautiful car.
[brad]
thank you so much.
It's the mach 2.
As you know,
mach is the speed of sound.
-No, no, it's a mark--
-and it goes twice as fast
-As the speed of sound.
-No, it's not mach, it's mark.
It's a mark ii.
That means it's
a second generation.
Do you know anything
about the car?
[brad]
I know a lot about it.
-Tell me about the car.
-Well I'm in hock up to my eyes.
[jay]
okay, good, good.
-How big is the engine?
-It's a 14 cubic...
-What?
-...And it's a 325 horsepower.
You mean four-liter?
-Yes.
-Four-liter engine.
So it's got
the three webers on it.
-Four webers on it.
-Let's open the hood.
-Let's take a look.
-Okay.
-Do I pull?
-It's your car.
Have you opened
the hood before?
[brad]
I've opened it a few times,
But can't--oh, there we go.
There we go. Easy! Okay.
Now, according to
your calculations, brad,
You're missing a weber,
this only has three.
[brad]
well, I usually
don't park in burbank.
[jay]
well, it's a beautiful engine.
-Twin cam.
-Yup.
-Two valves.
-No, no. Seriously?
Two valves per cylinder, yeah.
[brad]
so that would be...
Seven.
-No, 12, 12 valves.
-Yes!
-You know, you're catching on.
-I'm doing okay, right?
I want to show you the proper
way to close this hood.
[brad]
okay, I just drop 'em.
[jay]
no, you don't drop it.
You put this down like this,
And you put your hand
in the center.
-Right.
-There you go.
[brad]
it's not closed.
You want--all right,
you have to push me, jay.
-"excuse me" always works.
-There you are.
Should we give it for a spin?
"give it for a spin"?
Yeah, sure.
-Terrific.
-Must be an english expression.
Okay! Mind the cyclist, jay!
[laughing]
[brad groans]
[engine starting]
[spy music]
[engine revving]
You know what
you're doing, right?
[grinding]
What was that?
Why are you starting in third?
You're a car guy!
-Because I know it bothers you.
-No, no, seriously.
You know how many teeth you're
gonna knock off the flywheel?
You don't knock teeth
off a flywheel.
Yeah, well, you're about to.
-Anybody coming?
-Mind the cyclist!
What is that from,
"mind the cyclist"?
I have some wonderful
british friends,
And when you drive around
with them, they're like,
"oh, mind the cyclist!
Oh, careful, spot the loony!"
[laughing]
-'cause they're british.
-And these people
Are still your friends?
[brad]
no.
[jay]
let's see what she does.
[engine revving]
Yeah, it doesn't go bad.
[brad]
so it's okay
to rev it like that?
The american cars
are big, slow-turning engines.
This is a sports car,
So all the power
is at the higher end.
You're literally cleaning the
carburetor as you're driving it.
Would you take this car
on the freeway?
Yeah, of course. You don't
take it on the freeway?
-No.
-Why not?
Only dirt roads.
I want you to put
these gloves on...
[jay]
no, no, I'm fine, thanks.
The oil from your hands is good
for the wood steering wheel.
When was the last time
you washed your hands, jay?
After I shook hands with you.
What is your next car?
I know you wanted one of these.
Now you got it.
What's your next car?
I'm done.
-You're done, that's it?
-That's it.
You're gonna drive this one
for the rest of your life?
[brad]
how long do I have?
What's the fastest car you own?
Well, the fastest car I own
would be the mclaren f1.
That goes 241.
Do you start that in third?
[hard rock music]
[engine revving]
[jay]
brad, thank you very much.
I always wanted to drive
one of these,
-And this thing, uh...
-It's my pleasure.
[jay]
...Actually drives very nice.
-Very cool.
-Yeah, well, it used to.
-Okay.
-Well, listen, good luck.
-I dressed nice for your show.
-Yeah, thank you very much.
[brad]
I loved you in
"escape from dannemora."
-Thank you, thank you.
-All right.
-Yeah, I'll see you later.
-All right, jay.
-Get some help.
-You look like a w*r criminal
On holiday driving this thing.
-Close the door, jay.
-There you go.
-All right, see you later.
-No, this is it.
[jay]
remember what happened
to the aston martin
At the end of "skyfall."
Don't threaten me.
-No, that's reverse.
-Piece of ...
-I know what I'm doing!
-First gear.
[engine revving]
[phone beeping]
[expl*si*n]
[jay laughing]
The freedom of the '60s gave us
big, powerful muscle cars
That celebrated driving hard
and taking chances
And looking great doing it.
The '70s pretty much brought
an end to all of that.
[quirky music]
Gas crunches,
New safety laws,
And a regrettable sense of style
Changed the whole car universe.
Some of the changes were good,
Some were bad,
Some just plain ugly,
Which takes us back
to my buddy, tim allen.
So now we're in the '70s,
and apparently,
I'm told these are '70s clothes.
-They smell like it.
-I really wasn't a bead guy.
[tim]
it's either that or denim.
[jay]
I can pull off
a lot of fashion things.
-Yeah, obviously.
-Now, let's talk about the '70s.
Now that was sort of
a malaise period.
-I hated it.
-But you had the pinto
And horrible cars like that.
[tim]
the worst cars were
Where they took a shot.
The amc pacer,
One door was bigger
than the other door.
[jay]
it was like a terrarium.
[female narrator]
we turned our space sideways
So everything's easy to reach.
The real performance cars
of the '70s were the 240z.
[tim]
it ran well and it was
a gorgeous car.
[jay]
it had roll-up windows.
And of course, the '70s,
At least the beginning
of the '70s,
Was the last of the classic
american land yachts.
[tim]
I got a cadillac fleetwood
brougham d'elegance.
Looks like the combination
of a funeral parlor and a car.
[jay]
oh, yeah, it looks
like elvis' coffin.
[tim]
when I was a kid, that's
what rich guys had.
[energetic music]
[jay]
bright spot in the '70s
Was the growing popularity
of auto racing
As it evolved from stock cars
into a formalized industry.
Big names from the time
included darrell waltrip,
Ricky rudd.
But in a sport dominated
by good ol' boys,
One driver stood out:
Willy t. Ribbs.
He was the first
african american
To test the formula one race car
and compete in the indy 500.
He entered a variety of circuits
but was most successful
In the trans-am series
with 17 wins.
Ribbs has never shied away
from controversy
Or pulled his punches.
Luckily for him,
he met and befriended
Muhammad ali early in his career
And learned a thing or two
from that legend.
There's even a terrific
documentary about his career
Called "uppity,"
produced and directed
By nate adams and another
car guy, adam carolla.
Willy t. Ribbs' race car
is built for speed,
But he has a soft spot
for luxury cars from the '70s.
Just don't ever call him soft.
[punching bag slamming]
[hard rock music]
Is this the aarp boxing center?
-Yeah, it is. Yeah, yeah.
-That's right, yeah.
Good to see you, my friend.
Is this a new hobby?
-What's going on?
-It started with ali.
I was in England racing,
and the british press said,
"we'd like to get a photo
of you and ali,"
So I met him
at the london hilton.
I asked to go run with him,
and he said,
"all right, but run behind me."
And after about ten minutes,
he says,
"what's a black boy like you
doing over here?"
So I said,
"well, I'm driving race cars."
And he said,
"you ever get scared?"
I said, "you ever been scared
of joe frazier?"
And he said,
"I'll knock you out."
[jay]
yeah, that's probably
the wrong thing to say.
-Yeah.
-I mean, he must've seen
Something special in you
to hang out.
Muhammad ali's cornerman
eventually became
Your trainer as well, right?
[willy]
bundini brown, yeah,
he trained me,
Not like he did the big guys,
but he trained me.
-And was he a car guy?
-Yeah, cadillac car guy.
Bundini brown said to me,
"I'm moving from new york to la,
And would you drive my car
across country for me?"
-I said, "yeah, I'll do it."
-what kind of car was it?
-A '79 cadillac.
-Really?
-Yeah.
-I want to show you something.
Come with me, come with me.
I think you're gonna like this.
[willy]
damn skippy! Wow!
[jay]
'79 cadillac, just like the one
you drove across country.
[willy]
well, it looks better.
-Can I drive it?
-Yeah, let's take it for a spin.
[engine starting]
[willy]
..., I like this.
[jay]
we bad, we bad.
[vibrant music]
[laughs]
[willy]
man, I gotta tell ya,
I like driving this thing.
When you drove around in this
in old days,
Oh, you didn't even have
to talk.
[jay]
what do you think?
This bring back some memories?
[willy]
oh, hell yeah.
Bundini brown called me
and he says,
"would you drive my cadillac
across country?"
A buddy of mine flew to new york
to help me drive out.
-We drove nonstop.
-Really?
[willy]
when we got to la, we called him
And he said, "where are you?"
I said, "we're here."
"here where?"
I said, "we're in la."
"you've only been gone
like a day and a half.
You must've drove 100 miles
per hour the whole way."
[tires screeching]
I said,
"no, a little faster than that."
Boy, he got on the plane
the next day and he says,
"this thing doesn't
sound the same now."
[laughing]
[jay]
so take me back
to the beginning.
Were you always car crazy?
What's the story, what's the
connection with the automobile?
[willy]
my dad raced sports cars in scca
And he had a lotus.
One of the first cars I drove
Was a lotus cortina,
And then I blew up the cortina.
[jay]
did you get a lot of tickets
back in the day?
[willy]
oh, boy, I did, a lot. 27.
My last ticket, the judge,
He said,
"you should get into racing
Because you're gonna make
more money on the track
Than you are in this courtroom."
-Right.
-And that--that was it.
[jay]
you've had a movie made
about you.
You became a pioneer.
What you went through
and the struggle,
Overcoming adversity.
You were the jackie robinson
of auto racing, really.
I needed the opposition.
-Yeah.
-That was energy for me.
-So you fed on it.
-Oh, yeah, I mean, you know,
After the race, we gotta get
in a fight, let's fight.
[laughing]
[jay]
what other cars from the '70s
do you feel are iconic?
You know what, when I saw
the movie "superfly,"
Oh, I just--that was it.
You know, I wanted
a car like that.
[laughing]
[jay]
coming up,
I push things...
A little too far.
[tires screeching]
[jack]
jay!
[crashing]
[jay]
ah, the '80s.
Big hair, big cell phones,
And big money.
Greed was good,
And that philosophy showed
In the luxury and sports cars
of the decade.
All right,
now we're into the '80s.
[tim]
yeah, we are, man.
I don't know what
I'm doing, jay.
[jay]
you look like
"frankie goes to hollywood."
[tim]
I am frankie,
I'm frankie in hollywood.
Well, let's talk about
the cars of the '80s.
One of my buddies
had a quattro.
[jay]
oh, the audi quattro.
Now that was a breakthrough car.
[tim]
real four-wheel drive,
not this all-wheel drive.
-That thing was a beast.
-That was the era
When I think a lot of people
really started to look
At "foreign cars" differently.
You know, high-priced mercedes,
the delorean.
[tim]
did he really invent that?
Or did he invent cocaine?
[jay]
the main problem
with the delorean was
It would follow the white line
and you couldn't...
-Hey!
-Hey!
-Wow, that's funny.
-Of course, porsche had the 959.
[tim]
that one had real flares on it
and a much better engine.
-Ferrari had the testarossa.
-Testarossa.
I drove one of those on a track.
That is a really fast
automobile.
[jay]
it's a fast car.
The lamborghini countach
Really came into its own.
By '86, they had
the quattrovalvole,
They had fuel injection.
-And then toyota supra.
-Toyota supra.
-Great motor.
-Great car.
Those now are iconic.
-Kinda like us.
-Yes.
-Iconic.
-We haven't gone up in value.
[tim]
no, but we have
a certain malaise about us.
[jay]
that's right, we have malaise.
The toyota supra
first debuted in japan in 1978,
But the '80s are when the export
really started to catch on
In the united states.
There have been four generations
of supras.
I'm driving a 1993 version,
But there's a new model
coming out which means
This icon is spanning
yet another generation.
[uplifting music]
Right now I'm on the track
at motorsport ranch.
This is the fourth generation
of the supra.
It had twin turbo,
six cylinder, 320 horsepower.
It took 20 years to get
the new supra to come out.
People have been waiting
for it for years and years,
And today we're gonna see
if the new one measures up.
-Hi, jack.
-How ya doing, jay?
[jay]
I feel 20 years younger
driving this thing.
-Looks good on you.
-It does.
So tell us what we have here.
[dramatic music]
-Is this the latest generation?
-You know, it is.
-Quite striking.
-I think it looks awesome.
[jay]
no, it does look good.
[jack]
in 1993, supra was a great car,
competed well,
But it didn't take off
until "fast and furious."
-Right, right.
-"fast and furious" comes out
And it brings up
the awareness of everything.
The modification,
the whole sema world,
The whole aftermarket world,
That's really kind
of where the passion comes from.
[jay]
and this is what you call
a niche market?
[jack]
very niche.
We have a ceo,
name's akio toyoda.
Akio toyoda said,
"no more boring cars."
His whole idea was waku-doki.
-Waku-doki.
-Waku-doki.
[jay]
okay, that's different
from waka-doodle.
That's a whole different...
Waku-doki,
what does waku-doki mean?
It was about making your heart
skip a beat when you drive.
Like, it had to have
some passion.
That applied directly
to this from day one.
Let's talk about the difference
between the old and the new.
-Sure.
-This is 320 horsepower,
This is 335.
Not that big an increase,
But this obviously
has more torque.
[jack]
Eight-speed automatic.
front to rear.
We want to make this vehicle the
best handling vehicle out there.
[jay]
well, actually, I brought in
a friend of mine from England.
He used to be the stig
on "top gear."
Ben collins,
ladies and gentlemen.
-Hey, guys.
-Hello, ben.
-This is exciting.
-How are you?
-Yeah, great.
-Good to see you, my friend.
Ben lives in this suit,
he wears this all the time.
Wherever he has to go,
you just don't know
When you're gonna be called upon
to drive, like today.
[ben]
I cannot wait, yeah.
I used to have one of
these back in the '90s.
-Oh, is that right?
-So, 20 years later,
Can't wait to see
how it's changed.
-Give it a shot.
-Do it.
[heavy rock music]
[engine thundering]
-I love the sound.
-Yeah.
[engine revving]
[ben]
got the track all to myself
In the new supra!
[tires screeching]
[cheering]
Just beautiful the way
it puts the power down.
Very playful.
[cheering]
How cool is this!
[jay]
look how much fun he's having.
We got an extra one here,
let me take that one for a ride.
[jack]
now, you promise...
-...No waka-doodle out there.
-No waka-doodle.
["eye of the tiger"
by survivor playing]
Well, first impressions,
I have a lot of cars that have
more than 335 horsepower,
And this feels like
a lot more than 335 horsepower.
It's a very easy car to drive.
There's almost like
a singsong quality to it.
[ben]
how about that feedback
in the exhaust? I like that.
[jay]
I like that it's not
manufactured sound.
[tires screeching]
[engine revving]
[ben]
what's so clever with this car
is the weight distribution
Front to rear,
and when you pick up the power,
You actually feel
the open differential
Turning you in, and when
you start losing traction,
It just stiffens up,
it gives you
That amazing traction
coming off the turn.
[jay]
the fact that
they've got it 50/50
Is really impressive
because that's hard to achieve.
[ben]
so, jay, you've picked
this track up pretty quick.
I think you should take
the lead for a bit.
[jay]
all right.
[hard rock music]
[engine revving]
[tires screeching]
[jack]
jay!
Oh...
[jay]
okay.
Just a spinout.
I'll bet jack hollis' hair
Is turning white
right about now.
Okay, this is where you see why
ben is a real race car driver
And I am a comedian, hello!
Ben, get in front of me
and show everybody
How to drive this thing.
[ben]
copy that.
[tires screeching]
[engine revving]
[tires screeching]
[jay]
ben, once again,
thank you for showing me
The correct way to do this.
I, of course, will continue
to show people the wrong way.
[ben]
thank you, boss,
and if it's okay,
I'll take the car with me.
[cheering]
[jay]
coming up...
[tim]
I don't even want to ask, jay.
-What is this?
-Tim, this is one
Of the great automobile
rivalries of japan.
All right, ready!
Three, two, one, go!
[engines revving]
Do you remember life
before the world wide web?
If so, you weren't born
in the '90s,
A decade filled with grunge,
hip hop, dance music,
And other things
I don't really care about.
But the cars...
Oh, man, the cars.
They went from boxy to curvy,
A change that improved
the aerodynamics
And, thankfully, the style.
[tim]
this is not bad, you know?
If I could grow some muttonchops
and carry a pitchfork.
Well, the '90s were
kind of interesting.
You had some breakthrough cars.
The dodge viper
had 400 horsepower
When the most powerful thing
you could get
Was a corvette with 350,
And then the viper came along
and that upped the game.
[tim]
then I will jump
to a very special car
That I wished I hadn't sold,
It was so expensive
And I wasn't used to having
that kind of money.
It was more than my first house,
but it didn't have cup holders.
I remember the guy
at the mercedes dealership said,
"you don't see steering wheels
at a restaurant, do you?"
But it was a solid,
beast of a car.
[jay]
there were some real
breakthrough cars.
The greatest car
of the 20th century, mclaren f1.
I agree, but still I'm thinking
about that 500e.
I saw one at an auction,
they are holding their value.
[jay]
but what's fascinating is
some of the great rivalries.
Remember ferrari versus ford?
That was probably the greatest,
But there was one rivalry
that has gone
Almost unnoticed.
These are two iconic cars
of the '90s,
And you and I will each get
in one of those cars and race
To see which one
wears the crown.
[quirky electronic music]
[tim]
I don't even want to ask, jay.
-What is this?
-Tim, this is one
Of the great automobile
rivalries of japan,
The nissan figaro
versus the autozam.
These are japanese city cars.
[tim]
who cares?
[jay]
this show goes
around the world, tim.
Look at the way the door opens,
look at this.
[tim]
oh, wow, let's look at this.
Watch.
[grunting]
[jay]
hang on.
[tim laughs]
[tim]
that's good, let's race now.
-Oh, there we go, look at that.
-How cool is that?
-It's a gull-wing.
-It's a gull-wing motorcycle
Combined with
an electric bicycle.
[jay]
after this, we're gonna have
A kind of '90s-style
laser photo taken.
-You ever had one of those?
-Oh, gosh, jay.
You can't make a better day.
[jay]
come on, hop in,
we'll go for a spin.
[tim]
okay, I'm getting
into a washing machine.
Oh, god, here we go, okay.
[jay]
okay, it's not a big car.
[tim]
wait till you see what
[engine starting]
Is it on?
[engine starting]
-I'll go get my spot.
-What spot?
You stay still!
This is actually adorable.
I wanna be buried in this thing.
[jay]
tim's engine is almost
twice the size of mine
But mine has got the turbo,
so let's see if that makes
Any kind of difference.
All right, ready!
Three, two, one, go!
[intense music]
[tim laughs]
[jay]
tim may have won the race,
But I still get to take
a '90s-style laser photo.
[laughing]
[camera clicks, lasers sh**ting]
Wicked!
Now time for a segment we call
"when designers run wild."
[energetic music]
[engine revving]
The beginning
of the new millennium,
Around the year 2000,
automakers had a chance
To look back at some
of their classic designs.
They called them
retro redo's,
Cars that looked like
the classic vehicles of the past
But had modern underpinnings.
There was a whole rash of cars
from that era.
The ssr, the pt cruiser.
This one is a prowler,
And it's meant to mimic
the '32 ford hot rod.
This car created excitement,
It was fun to look at.
The trouble is,
it was built on a budget.
It only has 214 horsepower.
[engine revving]
There was hardly any trunk
to carry anything,
So they built
that little trailer
You see hanging off the back.
It was kind of a hot rod
in looks only.
The most successful car
of that era, I think,
Was the 2005 ford gt
with way more performance
Than the original cars ever had.
I contend that if this had
a big honking v8 in it
And a manual transmission,
this would've been truly
The most iconic car
of the 2000s.
But look, when you step on it,
it goes all right.
Coming up,
Country music icon keith urban
Stops by in his pagani huayra.
How are ya, jay?
[jay]
doesn't get any
more country than this.
[funky music]
You know, since 2010,
there's been sort of a...
Reinvention of iconic cars.
The modern supercars
really enjoyed a renaissance.
These are cars with
multimillion-dollar price tags
And performance to match.
So many of these cars have come
just within the last decade,
And when you have
a show like this,
People call you for advice,
"jay, what should I buy?
What should I get?"
Well, a buddy of mine
called me the other day,
He had something in mind.
Let's see what he wound up with.
[intense music]
[engine rumbling]
How are ya, jay?
[jay]
doesn't get any
more country than this.
[country music]
Keith, how are you, my friend?
-How you doing?
-So you got it?
[keith]
nice to see you.
I did, thank you.
-Great.
-Thank you for the advice.
-This is a pagani huayra.
-This is it.
Huayra is
the argentinian god of wind.
-Argentinian god of wind?
-Yes, exactly.
-I didn't realize that.
-You've already thought
Of 20 jokes right there.
[jay]
no, it just makes me laugh.
all carbon fiber.
[keith]
-It's that light, huh?
-It's pretty light, yeah.
[jay]
this is truly a combination
Of art and engineering.
Look at these mirrors here.
It's supposed to be like
a woman's eyelash.
And of course, the dashboard,
oh my god.
He actually has jewelers
put the whole thing together.
Can we open it up
and see the engine?
-Is that possible?
-Yeah, absolutely.
-Here we go.
-Wow.
Amg v12, twin turbo.
-Six liter.
-Right.
The inside's as beautiful
as the outside.
You've got this bag here.
[keith]
you could put all your clothes
in here, jay.
[jay]
yeah, I can get everything
I own in there.
[keith]
six denim shirts.
[jay]
now let's look
at the interior here.
-What is this?
-It raises and lowers the seat.
So it's not a bidet?
It shouldn't be used
as that, jay.
[jay]
no, no, all right, very nice.
Well, can we take this thing
for a ride?
Let's do it.
[engine roaring]
[jay]
so what was your first car
when you were growing up?
[keith]
my first car was a truck.
[jay]
a truck, well, that's country.
[keith]
yeah, well, I was only 16.
I saw it
on the side of the road
One night driving home
from a gig.
[jay]
so you were earning
a living as a teenager.
[keith]
I was playing in a band
And they played during the week
without me,
And I said to mom and dad,
"you know,
You can legally leave
school at 15."
Luckily they supported that,
so at 15, I quit school.
-Wow.
-And I never looked back.
You've got, what, 15 grammys?
No, I got four grammys.
-Four grammys.
-Very grateful.
[jay]
did you find you
had to sort of earn your way in?
[keith]
oh, yeah.
I've been in nashville 27 years.
[engine roaring]
I got this car
because I can feel the road.
It has drama,
just the right amount of drama.
I always loved lumbering cars.
Big ocean-liner-looking things.
-Right, right.
-But nic was much more
Of a zip-zip-zip-zip here
and there, and she had a bmw,
And I drove it
and suddenly went, "oh."
You don't drive it like this,
you know.
It was more of a 10 and 2,
here we go.
-Right, right.
-And it slowly
Started changing
the way I drove.
Have you taken any road trips
in this thing yet?
[keith]
no. I drive it to the studio
And I put my guitar
right where you're sitting.
[jay]
how many guitars do you have?
-Close to a hundred guitars.
-Wow.
This gives me an idea
for a detour.
[engine roaring]
My friend ray scherr
is a real car guy
And he's got a garage full
Of unique and truly iconic
automobiles,
But he's got another passion
I think is gonna be music
to keith's ears.
I think you'll like this room.
[keith laughs]
I think just about every famous
guitar in the world is here.
[keith]
this is incredible.
[jay]
you being a country guy,
come over here.
Ray price.
-And this...
-No way.
-...Is ray price's guitar.
-Oh, my gosh.
-That's crazy.
-Isn't it?
[keith]
wow, look at all that inlay.
Beautiful!
[jay]
this one here.
-This is gene autry.
-Oh, yeah.
-Lot of history in this room.
-Goodness!
[strumming]
Oh, my goodness.
That is incredible.
-Pretty neat, isn't it?
-Jeez.
This is the most
remarkable collection.
Gosh, just all these
just beautiful guitars.
So much history, jay,
it's amazing.
You look at this one here,
that's...I mean...
Oh, jay, look at this. This...
I think he's in
his own world right now.
I'm gonna leave him here
for a while.
We'll go on with the show.
He won't even know I'm gone.
[keith]
man, that's crazy!
You gotta look at this.
Jay, look at this.
The most inlays on a martin
I've ever seen, oh my goodness.
[upbeat music]
[jay]
we've debated the past,
But what about the future?
There's a lot to be excited...
And nervous about.
Hey, I'm still waiting for
the flying cars, remember that?
I think cars have changed more
from 2000 to now
Than they did
from 1900 to 2000.
In fact, I predict
a kid born today
Probably will never, ever drive
in a gasoline-powered car.
Listen, it's sad to hear.
I got a tesla 3,
customized the interior,
Tried to make it more...
Visceral experience,
and I didn't.
I don't like that there's
no feeling to it.
I get in the demon,
it's badass-looking.
[hard rock music]
-Sure.
-I get in the tesla,
And it's...
[mimicking soft engine noise]
It depends if you need
that feeling.
You know, it's like saying,
"this car doesn't ride
Like the horse I used to ride
because I used to ride a horse."
-Is that what it's like, jay?
-For example,
That car right over there,
that chrysler airflow,
That was a very aerodynamic car.
They couldn't give it away
because it was too futuristic.
For technology to succeed,
it can't be equal.
-It's gotta be better.
-Better, I know.
Look, I press that autopilot,
And I'm on the freeway
going "dink."
It's just creepy.
[jay]
tim might be leery of the future
But this guy isn't,
and his name:
Christian von koenigsegg.
[electronic music]
In this episode,
we've discussed
Some of the icons
of decades past.
This car represents
an icon of the future.
It's a koenigsegg jesko,
am I saying that correctly?
[christer]
yes, it's called jesko
In honor of christian
von koenigsegg's father.
-Oh, his father's name is jesko.
-Yes, he's jesko.
[jay]
and this is a car you hope to go
over 300 miles an hour with.
-Yes indeed.
-Koenigsegg actually holds
The record for the world's
fastest car right now
With the agera rs, correct?
[christer]
yes, 277 miles an hour
On a public road
here in the u.S.
[jay]
so how is this different
from the agera rs?
[christer]
jesko is a completely new car.
We develop it
from the ground up.
It's wider, it's higher,
and it's longer.
The engine has 1,600 horsepower.
Our goal is just to make
perfection on wheels.
[jay]
well, that's what I love
about your company.
Everything is bespoke.
They make every single part.
[christer]
all our electronics
and camber systems,
We can change anything
we want to,
Immediately, via the cloud.
Wow. This is the only company
That's developed
their own transmission.
Everybody else uses somebody
else's double-clutch gearbox.
The transmission
in this car behaves like
A double-clutch transmission,
so you can instantly jump
From any gear to any gear
whenever you want.
It's pretty amazing.
And the other thing I love is,
of course, the koenigsegg door.
[doors humming]
Can we open the engine
compartment and take a look?
[christer]
yes, of course.
[jay]
I love those.
So we have a five-liter engine
Which is not big,
at least in america.
In europe,
it's a good size engine.
Here it's smaller
than most motors.
And you just make it
way more efficient.
And it's legal in every country
and every state.
Yes, it is.
We do all the tests
That has to be done
until 2026.
We meet all those
emission standards as well.
[jay]
it certainly is the future.
This one is the prototype,
right?
-Yes.
-That's why
We're not gonna take it out
and drive it,
But in the future,
we will drive one of these.
[christer]
of course we will,
we will come back.
We'll see if we can go 300
on the 405 freeway.
How great would that be?
For more cool cars,
go to jaylenosgarage.Cnbc.Com.
[vibrant music]
Buckle up, folks,
it's time to assess and caress
With donald osborne.
[male singer]
♪ if you love classic cars ♪
♪ then donald loves you ♪♪
[cash register dings]
[bell rings]
[jay]
this episode was
all about iconic cars
Of the modern era,
And wearing a pair
of iconic trousers
From another era,
my good friend,
Mr. Donald osborne.
Donald, how are you?
-I'm terrific, jay.
-Good to see you, my friend.
Tell us what we have here today.
Well, jay,
since you mentioned fashion,
And the two of us are known
for our iconic fashion,
It's really exciting to be here
with these three true icons
Of the modern era:
A 1990 nissan skyline gt-r,
A 1975 lamborghini
countach lp400,
And a 1990 bmw m3 evo 3.
Where do you want to start?
Let's start right where we are,
jay,
With the countach.
It's sort of known as
The poster child, literally,
Of the modern sports car era.
So many people grew up
with a poster
Of a countach
on their walls,
And that's one of the reasons
why it's iconic.
This car is probably 25 years
older than the other two,
Yet it looks
the most futuristic.
[donald]
absolutely,
it speaks to the vision
Of marcello gandini
who designed the car.
This is literally
like a spaceship.
The visibility
is almost impossible.
That's why,
what they call the periscopio.
-Tell us about that.
-The periscopio.
In order to have rear vision,
There is actually
a cutout in the roof
So that the rear-view mirror
that's mounted on the headliner
Can actually have vision
to the rear.
[jay]
and the windows, well,
if you went to wendy's,
You could only get
a single patty.
You got a double
and you'd hit the glass.
[laughing]
[donald]
so let's now go to a car
That was almost unknown
In the united states,
the nissan skyline.
You couldn't buy these cars
in the u.S.
They were only manufactured
in right-hand drive.
It won the japanese touring car
championship four years in a row
And I think
a very attractive car as well.
[jay]
this is the brand
that made nissan exciting again.
[donald]
absolutely, and one of
the things, of course, too,
That created such excitement,
this model is featured on
A number of video games
including gran turismo.
So a lot of people grew up
"driving" this car
Before they could ever get
their hands on it,
And now that the oldest ones
are more than 25 years old,
You can legally bring them
into the united states,
And they have developed
quite the cult following.
-And what's our third car?
-The bmw 3 series
Is one of the highest
production bmws
That they made
and they were always looking
For a racing platform
that also reflected the line.
The m stands for motorsports.
This car is much lighter
than a standard m3,
It's got more power,
it's got bigger wheels,
It actually has adjustable
rear spoiler and front splitter.
So this is as close to one
of the bmw competition cars
As you could buy for the street.
[jay]
it was a family car,
it was a grocery getter,
It's just that you could race it
and win on the weekends.
-Precisely.
-All right,
So where
do you want to begin?
So, among our modern icons,
You tell me what you think
Your pick for appreciation
in the last five years
Among these modern icons
might be.
Well, my top three would be,
The one that appreciated
the most would be the countach.
I would probably do bmw second.
These were expensive
when they came out,
And now they're
really expensive.
So, nothing against
the skyline,
But the skyline
is more, I think,
A boy racer type of thing.
[donald]
so starting with our nissan,
five years ago,
It would cost about $80,000.
Values are steadily rising
as more become available
And are traded on the market.
Now it's about $95,000.
The countach made a huge leap
in the market a few years ago.
So five years ago,
a car like this
Might've been $1.4 million,
And now that's
settled down a bit.
Now it's about $1.5 million
and probably even more
For a superbly,
freshly restored example.
Our bmw is a real sleeper.
As you said,
they were always expensive.
From new, $56,000.
Five years ago, one of these
would cost you about $100,000.
Today, it'd cost you
about $175,000
To buy a car like this.
So the winner
in our appreciation sweepstakes
Is the bmw.
[organ music]
[jay]
at first I'd assume
the salmon-colored trousers
Had clouded your judgment,
but I will go with you on that.
[donald]
you can't swim upstream.
[jay]
that's right,
you can't swim upstream.
Donald is living proof of that.
[laughing]
Well, we did it.
The laughter...
[tim]
what planet is
"game of the thrones" on?
I just watch it for the nudity.
-...The tears...
-[shouting]
[tim]
you gotta show me
where the cameras are.
I'm not used to this tv ...
[jay]
and we did it
while wearing dumb outfits.
[tim]
are we near the airport?
Is there an airport near here?
[jay]
and the modern icons
argument is now settled,
But who knows what arguments
the future still holds?
[tim]
we're gonna need a bigger boat.
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