1996 Dodge Viper GTS - Jay Leno's Garage 

I'm sure there are car factories *SMALLER* than his garage...

His garage is bigger than the whole block I live on lol

Ahahahahaha.... I went to the comments right after that line... :-)

Jay probably employs more people too.....lol!

@@AnonymousFreakYT there are for sure...

I've noticed that a lot when he talks vehicles it's refreshing

It's like Jay is a genuine guy next door, who would talk about his Viper over a cold one and then walk over and ask me about my 'new Ford Fiesta', and we'd just be on equal terms. Thanks, Jay, for being that guy,

He wasn't wealthy growing up. He worked from a young age.

@@OAwesomeO unlikely. He wears denim and goes out of his way to fabricate items that he could easily purchase. According to him, he’s never spent a dime of his Tonight Show money. He has money and buys nice things, but I think he’s frugal-and that doesn’t change for some people. I’ve been to some developing countries where I was the equivalent of a millionaire. That didn’t stop me from being the cheapskate that I usually am. $20 isn’t much money, but it’s a lot for a pack of gum. Likewise, Jay knows 80 grand is a lot for a car.

like most car people, i love all the great cars out there. no WAY i would ever drop 80k on a car though

It feels more real...like you are there visiting him or something...pretty cool.

It's like the early videos on his channel

I agree 100%

Yeah, but he should buy a better camera.

No interrupting and still finds a way to talk about himself.

In this color scheme especially. Absolutely perfect.

Agreed, the Dodge Viper especially in GTS form is my favorite car of all time.

I second that opinion.

Yes sir !!! I Thank that game for my love of vipers and corvettes lol and many other cars but those were the ones that were most memorable to me and actually the Gt40 lemans car !

Classic game

I remember the first time driving the Viper in a 1KM acceleration and braking test. And a fateful mistake with braking introduced me to an interesting piece of music from the 80s

Same.

So many memories

Yeah

RA29 Imagine if Jay auctioned one automobile a month for charity. It would be magnificent and rewarding beyond measure.

Yeah, he comes across as a genuine nice bloke.

Too bad he probably has 10 years more to live

@@rickymonfil9236 interesting.....and how many years do you have to live?

Thanks for being part of this iconic piece of history!!!

Very interesting perception from your side of the world where as here in the USA ALL ITALIAN PRODUCTS ARE SEEN AS END ALL BE ALL PRODUCTS

must of been a dutch thing- here in germany, it was always DODGE Viper...

@@blex5579 In sweden aswell. However Chrysler bought Dodge at a later stage and made a few years as the Chrysler Viper, but the Dodge ones were Dodges.

It was my favourite car when I was a kid in the 90s in the UK. They're exceedingly rare here. I've seen more McLaren F1s and Jaguar XJ220s. I never got to see a viper until about 2013, and it was the later style one. It was being driven very conservatively on a track. I flew past it in a Cayman.... I've seen a couple of the very early RT10s now, but I'm still dying to see a blue GTS like this one. Brings back so many memories.

Same here. Had one as a toy car, played with it a lot! I love seeing one of the other exotics but there's something about a viper or corvette that conveys a certain feeling of happiness

He got side tracked and just start talking about the F1 during this episode for a good couple of minutes.

I can't believe this needed to be said in a comment.

Well, here's an unusual comment, we watch an episode at bedtime with my 2 y.o. daughter and she loves your channel. Picks quite allot of words. :-) great way to show automobiles, thanks!

I dont blame him, if I owned an F1 it would be hard not to talk about it :-)

@@willythewave Ha, I posted that as a reply :-) fixed. Thank you, wish you and the family all the best.

Wait till you hear about what he did to conan

100% Jay is awesome, oh yeah he's my long lost father probably, and we don't need no DNA B.S., I love you dad!!!

@@LavagreatThegreatnerdity_rocks wait. What'd he do to conan?

@@marquaviouschester6947 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Tonight_Show_conflict

@@LavagreatThegreatnerdity_rocks don't forget it was more about what NBC did to Jay in the first place. ;)

HELL YEAH!!! God Bless people like that. They let kids dream about cars. 😁

I agree, the racing stripes still excite me, nevermind the V10, the best sounding engine ever made.

@@newbsauce941 yeah agreed 100%

I disagree 100% I definitelt don't think it looks timeless. That blobby front end immediately dates it to the 90's or early 2000's

It truly is gorgeous

If you were in my shoes sell my 04 TERMINATOR FOR THE VIPER GTS.OR JUST DO BOTH.

lots of buildings are smaller than his garage lmao

You mean his "104,000 SqFt Big Dog Garage"? Hehe!!

His garage is the size of a factory lol

This cracked me up. The comment he made goes 2 ways. Fairly small for a factory, absolutely gigantic for a garage haha

Same, had an RC model that looked exactly like that one when I was a kid, put on so many miles, or rather yards on it.

@@mofayer 1/16 scale miles lol

same here

Same, first car that lit the spark for me. 90's racing games like Gran Turismo and Test Drive, R/C and model cars, posters, books, magazines etc... This car was everywhere for me.

...is something no one has ever said to Jay Leno before.

Long hood, short deck, sensual curves. Shes got it all

It's good, but something weird in the line between the bottom of the windshield and the bonet(hood), like the glass has been sucked down into it.

Looks like a penismobile. Not a fan.

I have a feeling , Jay doesn't throw many things away.

@Seamus McShamish I get your disappointment but remember that inflation is a thing. I thought the prices of pretty much all of the cars you mentioned have skyrocketed, but in reality if I compare the buying power of what they were worth back in the day to the buying power of what they are worth today there's not much difference. Sure, an E30 was worth 15 grand when I first looked them up, now they are worth 100+, but back then you could rent a nice place for 3-5 years for that money, today in the same part of town you can rent the same place for 3-5 years for 100k. The prices haven't increased tenfold, it just seems that way, sure in other parts of the world you don't have as much inflation but the western world is very affected by it, especially Germany. Pretty much all of our classics are still worth what they were worth 10 years ago, they increased in value about 30-50% but over the same period of time our buying power has been reduced by 30-50%. Now just to make sure you understand what I'm saying: they are worth exactly the same, there is at least ten times as much money around now so obviously they will be priced higher but the only reason why we can't afford them anymore is because we didn't get major salary increases, the companies now keep the profits to themselves whereas back in the day it was normal to hand out shares of your company and annual profits to your employees. So they cost the same but we just don't have as much money anymore. There are exceptions, obviously, and I think an E30 M3 did increase in value a bit, but if you drove it a litte, paid taxes and insurance in Germany you would net about 0$ profit.... if you look at it this way you haven't made to much losses, if you're sad about the way you spent your money then be sad that you didn't invest in property inside a booming city or something, I could name you a lot of opportunities you had back then which would have created at least twice as much profits with less risk, also many business opportunities give you income while a car is just a risky object of speculation. It would be really sad if you wanted any of these cars back because they cost so much now, but if you're just sad that you didn't keep them long enough to make a profit then you shouldn't beat yourself up about it. You could have easily made a loss speculating that the value of these cars will go up, in my book cars don't even count as investments unless you're buying a limited edition Ferrari and flipping it, unless you're buying a rare car looking to keep your money instead of increase it.

@@user-hr2zy7ct8h Yes, buying power changed over the last few decades... Especially in europe, where most european countries had *their own currency* before 2002 (when the € EURO got introduced). It definitely changed something...

Riiiight me too buddy me too..

Drive an RT10 and you’ll feel raw! Man I wish I had windows!

Line this viper up at any car show and it'll always turn heads guaranteed

@@a.castillo2190 yes, just simply timeless curves

Best looking car ever in my opinion. It will never die.

@@jaemez3247 agreed!

Plus this handsome american design flow

You had the coolest mom at school, didn't you?

What a great memory! Glad u shared that! Great Mum :D

Awesome!

Reckless Rider absolutely she was what my friends called the hot mom.

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Ferrari guys pretend they don't drive the cars to keep the miles low. The truth is the cars won't even start.

@@Plur307 the car wont start BECAUSE they dont put miles on them.

@@Plur307 yeah that's why Ferrari's get 7 years free maintenance. Because they're bad quality 😂 "Made in America" is still the worst quality in the car world.

Don't forget that Ferrari got caught rolling back their electronic odometers for their preferred customers.

In Europe will see many Ferraris with 50-60k miles. Porsche owners laugh with 150k miles.

I smell lies.

Agreed. He is passionate and it shows. He can just talk cars and I'll always listen. I don't get to talk cars too often with people

Yep, those Metros are still awesome.

The rawness of it demanded respect, what a beautiful torque monster, I’ve always loved them.

My all time favourite car.. i have wanted one since i was 11

@@cun7sathome SAME! We're probably close in age. I saw the Viper for the fist time at the '92 Indy 500 and fell in love. When the GTS came out, there was NO turning back.

Hope you enjoy it everyday. It was also my dream car and I had posters, school folders, and scale models when I was also 11

Jonathan Bailey I drive it whenever I can! Just sitting in it, or even just waking out to the garage to look at it makes me incredibly happy.

@@johnrobertson6110 Good for you, I've had mine about 2 years now and I still peek out in the garage every chance I get.

Technically with the extent of his restorations it’s also a car factory

I've lived in smaller towns than Jay's garage.

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Leno's garage is big enough to be a car factory!

Agreed. I'd put it above my bed, right next to my Ferrari Testarossa picture.

Cool!

I signed at the bottom of the cheque! lol :)

Cool

@C Fisher With denim color? 😃

Did you write"this will leak soon" ? 😃

he only lived on his money from stand up shows. the collection is where his tonight show money went

Leno has never spent any of his Tonight Show money

@@WitchTrials92 I thought he started spending it recently

Yeah - "I've got plenty of cars with more than 450 horsepower ..." not so common man.

@@masterbond9 well wherever you read it is wrong never spent any of it

Save some p**sy for the rest of us, Jay!

🤣

@@dailylifevs.exotic1338 Can you stop spamming that same link over and over in the comments section please?

It's the worst mistake Chrysler/Dodge did when they stopped producing it. As a European I can tell you that the Viper was one of the very few American cars Europeans get excited when they see it (the other being a corvette and a ford GT) . It was that good and everyone wanted to drive it. Now that it's gone and its place is the challenger hellcat almost no one gets excited for it and everyone thinks it's just a god awful looking car despite being great. Too bad

@@user-ry3no8mc6z I'm okay with the Challenger. But I understand what you mean. The car is too big, heavy, the engine is comparatively underpowered next to the Mustang GT and Camaro SS, except the top tier models, Hellcat, Hellcat Red Eye, and Demon. But the Viper was Chrysler being serious about automotive sports, like Ford and GM. And it was a monumental mistake to discontinue the instead of just fixing the line-up, which should have led with convertibles but adding them late would have been fine. Not advancing the tech, adding a DCT/DSG as an option would have been extremely helpful to sell more cars. Truthfully there is a lot FCA/Chrysler did wrong with the Viper, including going this long without any sign they are going to fix it.

@@DocWolph the irony is that the srt brand with a separate factory that didn't belong to Dodge would have helped to "dodge" the now emission standards in Europe that every manufacturer with exception of Supercar brands like Ferrari or hypercars like the Koeniggsegg have to achieve carbon emissions below 95gr of CO2 if the cars exceed 20.000 sold per year. That meant that Srt could produce the 8.2 V10 for a very long time before they had to eventually downsize. Add the options you mentioned and it's bizarre as to why Chrysler never allowed it to happen. But who knows? Maybe other interests of Chrysler were interfering with the Viper project being eventually cancelled

You could hear THAT cars motor before you saw it sometimes, I bet. My friend had a 76 Stingray, and I knew its voice when it passed by my window on a major artery with a million cars a day on it. Amazing how these things get to us eh? 🇨🇦👊🏻👨🏻‍🏭⚡💖

He doesn’t drive them far. Just enough to get everything warmed up. Some he drives more than others. Surprised he doesn’t have a treadmill to keep them out of the elements. 😂

they're collection pieces, not daily drivers.

@@xGaLoSx I'm referring to the fact that he says 'I drive it about once a month' in every review, it's not a criticism, just an observation!

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Even the engine color, absolutely gorgeous.

Chrysler hit some serious home runs in the 90s...until the demons from Daimler got involved. Viper, '94 Ram, '97 Dakota, '98 Durango, and more. They were everywhere.

@AngelTheFiend that's a supercar it's not a sports car . i still prefer the looks of this over the gt . on the other hand if you are tallking the earlier gt40 inspired car . i cant really consider it a new design. it looks extremely like the gt40 . even with the differences its still looks like the older car.

I had an opportunity to work there but no overtime. Just strait 40 hours/week. I didn't want to paint myself into a corner.

ok Boomer

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Exactly the same here!

@@paulm6481 shut up im 19 and agree 100% with his statement couldn't have worded it any better myself I hate this boomer thing its not cool to call someone that

Instead of the three seashells.

Wut?

@@ailestriker9888 Have you ever seen the Stallone movie Demolition Man?

@@andyharman3022 great reference

You are fined one half credit of the verbal morality statute

More of a covid dilettante, myself.

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That got me too haha

Hey all you Covid Cats and Kittens

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Me too, but growing up i started getting into trucks, i just don't know why. And then it came to me, RAM SRT-10!!♥️

@@gerardorodruiguez5928 checkout "racing ram fam" very nice and has a turbo srt10 ram!

That was so COOL! As much for prototypes of major automotive brands...

They.....also had a nasty fire in at least one of the cars, and that's where the lil' NACA duct on the front end of this car came from.

apart from the McLaren F1 that won LeMans outright in 95 and competing in the 2nd tier class! Though I'll admit, I do miss seeing those Oreca vipers! 90's LeMans was just the best!

@@bujfvjg7222 And the Whittington Kremer 935 K3... 90's LeMans was awesome.

I remember using the team Oreca Viper in like Gran Turismo 2 or 3 I think...it had some extra hp and an extra gear for a total of 7(I think) I always pronounced it Urukhi like those elite orcs from LOTR.

@Allen Portz expensive. If you don't have money it would fall apart

@Allen Portzyep its his opinion so don't be that guy😝

It's better than anything C4 and later, but I don't think it can beat out the first three generations

I resect your opinion but i gotta go vette .

@@Braincell5000 I resect your opinion also.

Not!😉 I like this one better than the topless one.

Don't be discouraged! You can get a beautiful Gen I for in the high $20Ks, and a Gen II for in the mid-to-high $30Ks. It was my dream car since I was a kid too. A little over a year ago, I bought a mint '99 Viper RT/10 with 2,000 miles on it for $38K. I know that's not a small amount of money, but it's very attainable, and that's part of why I love the car. It is emblematic of the American Dream. You have almost 300,000 subscribers on your RU-vid channel. If you can achieve that, you can certainly achieve buying a Viper. It's just a matter of focus and priorities. If you get to the point where you're ready to get serious about it, don't hesitate to message me. I and many other owners would be happy to help you find a car and make sure you get a fair price on it.

😎 first time for me was at the Chicago auto show in the old McCormick building. I remember it like it was yesterday, I was ten 😂

Jay, Just letting you know your gts viper never made it next door to be put up on the dekoni lift. Tell your video editing crew they forgot. Perhaps their will be some b roll gts viper footage!

I couldn't afford a viper bite but I'm guessing they wouldn't just let me die... They will just send it to another debt collection agency... Lol

Wait, was Jay here?

Yeah, 295,000 dead people are in hysterics. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Baron how many were killed from Covid and not any underlying health issues?

@@tfries72 If I could, I'd post one of those "over your head" memes. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@@tfries72 6%

"welcome to pandemic edition"😎

Same here, I hated his late night talk show but absolutely love Jay Lenos garage.

Ian Derzsi Yeah, but this is California... it'd probably be like, “Hey, Ezra, as soon as you get done checking that Paganini, we got another one a them McLuhans...”

Makes sense. The cheetah was designed to compete with the Cobra, the original inspiration for the viper