Jay Leno's Garage Welcomes the Aston Martin CC100 Concept [VIDEO]

The Aston Martin CC100 is already the dream of every car collector. And with only 2 built, it's not an easy task to find one or get a drive in it, unless your name is Jay Leno.

The Aston Martin CC100 was built to celebrate the company’s centenary. It also pays homage to the iconic DBR1 racer from 1959. It is powered by a 6.0-liter V12 engine producing 565 Hp and mounted to a six-speed automated manual gearbox. The body is made from carbon fiber which means the car weights less than 1,200 kilograms (2,645 pounds). This enables to speedster to sprint from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 4 seconds with an electronically-capped top speed of 290 km/h (180 mph).

Video after the jump.

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Jay Leno's Garage Welcomes The Jaguar F-Type V8

In this episode, Jay Leno drives one of the hottest convertibles out there: the Jaguar F-type. And not any F-type, the V8 powered model. That tiny roadster powered by a big V8. As a bonus, he shares with us a very exclusive test drive of the Project 7 concept. If you've got 23 minutes, you won't be loosing your time by watching this. Video after the jump.

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Pagani Huayra Driven by Jay Leno

Rolling artwork after the jump.

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Jay Leno's Garage welcomes the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse

Photo credits: Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.
The Bugatti Veyron is an amazing machine. It might not be the most beautiful supercar out there but it's one of the fastest, if not the fastest. The Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse featured in this video packs out the same amount of power as the Veyron SS which means the W16 engine develops as much as 1,200 Hp. And as always Jay Leno's, who is a huge bugatti fan, takes us for a spin with the $2 million beast. Video after the jump.

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This Week on Jay Leno's Garage: The McLaren MP4-12C Can-Am Edition

Jay Leno doesn't miss a chance to interview the designers of his favourite supercars. But it's always a pleasure to listen to his simplified analysis of supercar features. This time he stops by the McLaren stand at Pebble Beach to meet Frank Stephenson, McLaren's Chief Designer and have a little chat about the McLaren MP4-12C Spyder and the Track focused MP4-12C Can-Am Edition. Video after the jump.

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VIDEO: Jay Leno's Garage Welcomes the 2012 de Macross Epique GT1

This week on Jay Leno's Garage, the de Macross Epique GT1. A Canadian built supercar that is meant to be inspired by racecars from the 60's and the 70's. When you look at the Epique for the first time, the first thing that comes to mind is: Ford GT. You might think that the two cars actually have something in common underneath and they do. The Epique uses the same transmission and engine from the Ford GT. The 5.4-Liter V8 has been tuned to produce 845 Hp thanks to a supercharger. A number that left Jay Leno a little bit suspicious.

The body is made from aluminum and the chassis has been purpose built from carbon fiber. The Epique weighs 1542 Kg (3400 pounds), nearly as much as the Ford GT. It also has the same wheel base. It is equipped with ABS, Traction Control and manually adjustable ride height. The are wheels purposely built by BBS.

The car you see above is the only completed prototype so far. Production is expected to start next year with 20 to 30 units and the final assembly will be done in northern Italy. The Marcoss Epique GT1 will cost $1.5 million.

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