The WORST episodes of Jay Leno's Garage

Every episode of Jay Leno's Garage ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Jay Leno's Garage!

Jay Leno loves wheels, and his Big Dog Garage houses one of America's great collections of cars and motorcycles. Custom-built from the ground up, the garage is staffed by a crack team of mechanical wizards, who can fix, restore or customize just about anything. Join Jay and his team for a series of unique automotive adventures every week.

Last Updated: 5/19/2026Network: YouTubeStatus: Continuing
ICON FJ-44
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#1 - ICON FJ-44

Season 2012 - Episode 97 - Aired 10/21/2012

Jonathan More stops by to show Jay his reimagined Toyota workhorse.

Jay's Book Club: The Hot Rod Art Book
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#2 - Jay's Book Club: The Hot Rod Art Book

Season 2012 - Episode 105 - Aired 10/31/2012

Dwayne Vance stops by with the latest installment in his Masters of Chicken Scratch series of collectible - and instructional - art books.

Blastolene's Piss'd Off Pete
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#3 - Blastolene's Piss'd Off Pete

Season 2012 - Episode 104 - Aired 10/30/2012

Automotive artist Randy Grubb chops a Peterbilt into drivable sculpture.

What's In Your Garage?
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#4 - What's In Your Garage?

Season 2012 - Episode 103 - Aired 10/29/2012

Jay wants to see your car projects! Here is how: Upload a video to YouTube and then create a video response to this clip. Click "Respond to this video..." below and then click "Create a video response". You can use one of your existing clips or upload a new one.

2012 Tesla Model S
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#5 - 2012 Tesla Model S

Season 2012 - Episode 102 - Aired 10/28/2012

It carries five adults and two kids and has a 300 mile range! Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen gives Jay an up-close deep dive on the Tesla S.

2008 SSC Ultimate Aero
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#6 - 2008 SSC Ultimate Aero

Season 2012 - Episode 101 - Aired 10/26/2012

The world's fastest production car - made in the USA!

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
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#7 - Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren

Season 2012 - Episode 100 - Aired 10/24/2012

An unbreakable supercar.

1968 State Farm Camaro
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#8 - 1968 State Farm Camaro

Season 2012 - Episode 99 - Aired 10/24/2012

State Farm's Earl Hyser takes Jay through a convertible Camaro that's half factory spec, half restomod to illustrate the impact of modification on insurance rates and vehicle value.

EcoJet: Definitive Edition
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#9 - EcoJet: Definitive Edition

Season 2012 - Episode 98 - Aired 10/22/2012

Like all great feats of the imagination, the EcoJet began life on a napkin. As an auto enthusiast, Jay Leno had always wanted to design his own turbine-engined car, and when he conceived the notion for a high-performance, yet environmentally friendly, vehicle the pen and napkin came out. Eight months later the results were premiered at the 2006 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas. The primary goal was to design and build a car that ran on environmentally friendly, renewable bio-diesel fuel and that didn't drive like a Prius. Of course, as Jay has quipped, that makes harvest time the only time of year when there'll be plenty of fuel available, but that's beside the point. The heart of the EcoJet is a 650-horsepower Honeywell LT-101 turbine engine, which sits inside a modified Corvette Z06 hydroformed aluminum frame with aluminum and magnesium structural and chassis components. The vehicle's shell is an advanced construction of carbon fiber over Kevlar, and the body is painted with environmentally friendly paint from Glasurit's 9 Line Waterborne Technology lines, which is designed to dramatically reduce emissions during application. Though the car was built almost entirely at Jay's Big Dog Garage, the design and engineering was actually overseen by GM under the leadership of Ed Welburn, GM Vice President of Global Design and Frank Saucedo, head of GM's Design Studio in North Hollywood, California. But nobody said that designing and building an environmentally friendly supercar was quick and easy. It's been three long years since the inception of the EcoJet project, and there have been many bumps along a painstaking road. It didn't take long for its monster turbine engine to burn out clutch discs, brakes, and torque converter. Jay and the Big Dog crew always knew that the EcoJet would be a long term labor of love and a work in progress. Now that the EcoJet is finally on the road and clocking speeds in excess of 150 mph, the next

John Fitch - Interview
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#10 - John Fitch - Interview

Season 2012 - Episode 106 - Aired 10/31/2012

At the age of 91, legendary race car driver John Fitch is still racing, most recently at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

The People's Car Project
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#11 - The People's Car Project

Season 2012 - Episode 96 - Aired 10/18/2012

Jay joins a Beijing panel to talk about the future of Chinese car design.

Pebble Beach 2012: 1911 Franklin Model D Race Car
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#12 - Pebble Beach 2012: 1911 Franklin Model D Race Car

Season 2012 - Episode 95 - Aired 10/17/2012

Jay checks out Ted Davis' six-cylinder all-original racer - top speed 85 mph!

1936 Toyota AA Replica
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#13 - 1936 Toyota AA Replica

Season 2012 - Episode 94 - Aired 10/17/2012

Driving Through Beijing
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#14 - Driving Through Beijing

Season 2012 - Episode 93 - Aired 10/16/2012

Jay drives a Volkswagen Touareg through Beijing in search of the real China.

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse
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#15 - Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse

Season 2012 - Episode 92 - Aired 10/14/2012

Jay takes a tour of one of the ultimate supercars: the 1200 horsepower Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse.

Night Driving in the Nissan GT-R
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#16 - Night Driving in the Nissan GT-R

Season 2012 - Episode 91 - Aired 10/12/2012

Jay and his buddy Sam tour Tokyo in the homegrown supercar known as the pride of Japan.

2013 Koenigsegg Agera R - Pebble Beach 2012
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#17 - 2013 Koenigsegg Agera R - Pebble Beach 2012

Season 2012 - Episode 90 - Aired 10/11/2012

Christian von Koenigsegg walks you around his latest extreme performance hypercar, the record-breaking 1160-hp Agera R.

Restoration Blog: 1966 Lotus Elan 26R, Update 7
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#18 - Restoration Blog: 1966 Lotus Elan 26R, Update 7

Season 2012 - Episode 114 - Aired 11/9/2012

Chief fabricator Jim Hall is pulling out his hair as he pulls apart and reengineers the Lotus' wiring to fit what will be a left-hand drive Leno special.

Jay's Book Club: Hurst Equipped
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#19 - Jay's Book Club: Hurst Equipped

Season 2012 - Episode 122 - Aired 11/21/2012

Mark Fletcher and Richard Truesdell stop by with their new book, detailing the story of George Hurst and his visionary high-performance speed parts.

Motorcycle Sidecar Racers
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#20 - Motorcycle Sidecar Racers

Season 2012 - Episode 121 - Aired 11/20/2012

Get a load of an exhilarating motorsport on the rise, which involves a 1000cc water-cooled engine, three F1 racing tires and-total trust in your passenger? Owner and president of Sidecar Racers Association West William Becker shows Jay what it's all about.

1918 Cadillac Type 57 Victoria
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#21 - 1918 Cadillac Type 57 Victoria

Season 2012 - Episode 120 - Aired 11/18/2012

Get an up-close look at an original and unrestored classic.

LED Shop Lights
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#22 - LED Shop Lights

Season 2012 - Episode 119 - Aired 11/16/2012

Titan LED's Brian Hennessy shows you how to get greener and save money!

1954 Jaguar XK120M
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#23 - 1954 Jaguar XK120M

Season 2012 - Episode 118 - Aired 11/15/2012

The car that put Jaguar on the map.

Jay's Book Club: Shelby: A Tribute to an American Original
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#24 - Jay's Book Club: Shelby: A Tribute to an American Original

Season 2012 - Episode 117 - Aired 11/14/2012

Jay talks to Editor-in-Chief Ed Loh about Motor Trend's bookazine tribute to the legendary Carroll Shelby.

Mazda Cosmo 110S
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#25 - Mazda Cosmo 110S

Season 2012 - Episode 116 - Aired 11/13/2012

The first rotary-powered sports car.