Swedish carmaker Koenigsegg is claiming a world record speed of 450km/h for its Agera RS. Factory test driver Niklas Lija piloted the car to an average 450km/h over two runs on a closed public road in the Nevada desert. Lija’s speed was 20km faster than the existing mark held by the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport and around 12km/h quicker than the speed set by the Hennessey Venom … [Read more...] about Koenigsegg Agera RS speeds to 450km/h …
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Classic Rolls-Royce with a 7.0-litre V8 engine …
ICON is a company based in Los Angeles that restores and customises classic cars. In this edition of Jay Leno’s Garage, ICON president Jonathan Ward stops by the garage to talk to Leno about a car that sits in Ward’s ‘Derelict’ category: a 1958 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud – with a 7.0-litre V8 from General Motors under its long bonnet. … [Read more...] about Classic Rolls-Royce with a 7.0-litre V8 engine …
Leno’s team gives old cars new life …
This week, American TV host Jay Leno updates some of the restorations going on in Jay Leno’s Garage. … [Read more...] about Leno’s team gives old cars new life …
Turning two Porsches into one …
A fellow turned up at Californian coachbuilder West Coast Customs with two Porsches and asked company CEO Ryan Friedlinghaus to turn them into one, a classic 1959 Porsche 356 – but with a difference. In this week’s Jay Leno Garage, Leno gets behind the wheel of the specially prepared car and talks to its creator, Friedlinghaus. … [Read more...] about Turning two Porsches into one …
Hauling moonshine whiskey in a 1951 two-door Ford …
Sixty years ago, the movie Thunder Road was about a moonshiner hauling whiskey through the back woods of Kentucky and Tennessee. It starred Robert Mitchum, who carried the hooch in a souped-up 1950 two-door Ford. The story goes that the car was actually a modified 1951 Ford Deluxe. Anyway, Jay Leno remembers the movie, if not the actual car. The American TV host this week heads … [Read more...] about Hauling moonshine whiskey in a 1951 two-door Ford …