Music]
[jay]
this thing drives pretty nice,
doesn't it?
-It does.
-See, now you gotta get yourself
-another one.
-Yeah.
[jay]
so what other cars did you have?
Did you have a lamborghini?
[sugar ray]
uh, I think I did.
[jay]
see, you think you did.
That's when you know
you got too much money,
when you think
you had a lamborghini
but you don't know.
Yeah. That's unbelievable.
[rock music]
tonight on jay leno's garage:
Hey! We're punching it.
[ray]
all right,
let me give this a shot.
[jay]
we'll hang out
with a boxing legend.
[sugar ray]
no, do--do that. Do that again.
[jay]
well, okay, I can see
where this is going.
Hit the gas
with a nascar champ.
[jeff]
yikes, moment of truth here.
[jay]
talk strategy
with a ufc powerhouse.
[georges]
that's one of the keys
in the art of w*r.
[jay]
get destroyed by an action star.
I must break you.
[jay]
and more!
I wanna see
some more porn villains.
Yeah, that would be good.
-Believe me...
-Wow.
[jay]
...We're not pulling
any punches.
Yes! I have beaten ivan drago.
Okay, I'm out of here.
[jay laughs]
[energetic music]
[grunts]
[jay]
after a hard workout,
you need a good cooldown.
And this fighting champion
takes that idea to the extreme.
georges?
[soft, quirky music]
[steam hissing]
georges?
yeah?
Oh, there you are.
Hey, how are you?
[georges]
hey. I'm good.
[intense music]
[jay]
he's all smiles now,
but you don't want
to cross this guy.
[grunt]
georges st-pierre
is arguably
the world's greatest
mixed martial arts fighter.
A proud french canadian
from quebec, he dominated
the ultimate fighting
championships for years,
and was a two-division champion.
These days, he's punching
his way into acting
and is, uh,
staying cool.
Now, what are you doing exactly?
-Uh, cryotherapy.
-Cryotherapy?
[georges]
I believe it helps me recuperate
from my hardcore workouts.
[jay]
yeah, you know, I use cold
therapy after workouts too.
Mine's a little bit different,
but it's basically
the same idea.
But, you see,
you cool the outside,
I cool the inside.
[laughs]
[georges]
that's my weakness
right there, chocolate.
-Oh yeah?
-Oh, absolutely.
Oh, I'll get you one,
I'll take care of ya.
Yeah, let's do it.
-Woo!
-Lose that gut, will you? Geez!
I don't think my therapy
is as good,
but I'm gonna get you
one of these
so you look like me.
Come on.
[laughs]
oh, I think
you're gonna like this.
[mellow music]
[georges]
woo-hoo!
[jay]
I got georges his ice cream,
but, more importantly...
I brought
the ultimate luxury suv
for him to drive today.
Named after
a gigantic diamond,
the rolls-royce cullinan
has a v12
that gets it from
zero to 60 in 4.5 seconds,
and a self-adjusting
air suspension
delivers a whisper-smooth ride.
[georges]
wow, it's so beautiful,
it's like...
[laughs]
-I'm afraid to touch it.
-Huh?
No, you can drive it. I got
the key for you right here.
-Oh my god, it's--
-I'm gonna drive this old one.
Since I'm the old guy,
I'm gonna drive the old one.
The cullinan is impressive,
but this 1965 silver cloud iii
is what rolls-royce
looked like when I was a kid.
The body, the grille,
the colors. Iconic.
This one normally lives
at the petersen auto museum
because it was owned
by john frankenheimer.
He directed grand prix,
which is one of my favorite
all-time movies.
So it's a real honor to drive
his classic rolls-royce today.
Hop in, we'll go for a ride.
-Come on.
-Yes, sir.
[bright music]
that's amazing.
My goodness.
I'm nervous
driving this vehicle.
My god, it's my dream
vehicle right now.
Well, put it this way,
you crash it, you own it.
[laughs]
so tell me about
the initial impression.
Tell me what you're thinking.
Well, it's top of the line
in terms of luxury.
I mean, it can't get better.
You don't feel any bumps.
It's very smooth.
-I love it.
-Georges is experiencing
the hallmark rolls-royce
magic carpet ride.
The cullinan
has a front-facing camera
that scans the road,
and the suspension
proactively adjusts
to compensate
for any imperfections.
The result?
A self-leveling air suspension
and a very smooth ride.
Now, what was your first car?
Ford tempo 1993.
[jay]
ford tempo, there you go.
[georges]
it was in quebec, and it was
in such a bad condition
that there was a hole
on the floor of the car.
My friends
were making fun of me.
They said I looked like fred
from the flintstones.
Oh, that's funny.
I've watched some of your fights
and I must say, I'm not only
amazed by your fighting ability,
I'm amazed
by your sportsmanship.
You just let your actions
speak for yourself,
and I think that's really
a sign of a real champion.
Oh, thank you. I'm trying
to stay objective, as always,
you know, that's one of the keys
in the art of w*r.
If you get emotional, it makes
you derail from your strategy.
Does it ever get to you
when you're being taunted
by an opponent,
or do you just block it out
of your mind?
[georges]
I was bullied at school
when I was young.
I realize now that being
bulled when I was young
now turns into a positive
for me,
because it helps me to deal
with the mental warfare
that I face
in mixed martial art.
So now you're making movies
instead of fighting.
Now, do you like playing
the bad guy, is that fun?
I think bad guys are always
more charismatic than good guys.
And I'm trying to be a good
role model in real life,
so when I play the bad guys
it's good for me.
It gives me the opportunity
to unleash the villain stuff,
the madness, so to speak,
you know?
[jay]
oh, that's funny.
So what is your dream?
What do you want to do next?
You've accomplished everything
you've set out to do so far.
Is there anything you haven't
done that you want to do?
I would like to try
to get into star wars.
I've always been a big fan
of star wars, so...
-Oh, okay.
-That would be, for me,
-a dream come true.
-We'll make--I'll make
some phone calls.
We'll see what we can do.
Thank you.
[jay]
you hear that,
star wars casting agents?
If you're looking
for a new villain...
[majestic music]
georges is the man
you're looking for.
welcome to another episode of
this is your automotive life.
Today we're featuring world
champion sugar ray leonard.
-Good to see you, my friend.
-Jay, how you doin', buddy?
[jay]
good to see you,
good to see you.
This is exciting.
We're comin'
out of the gate swingin'
with one of the greatest boxers
of all time.
Sugar ray was on
the most legendary boxing team
in olympic history, winning
gold for the usa in 1976.
And then he went pro,
winning world titles
in five different
weight divisions
and raking in over $100 million
in prize purses.
My dad was a fighter.
And you and floyd patterson
were his two favorites.
In fact, the last fight
I watched with my dad was you.
Like I'm almost
getting emotional.
It was you back in 1980.
And my dad was, you know,
he had the time of his life.
-Oh, do that--do that again.
-Well, that wasn't--
yeah, yeah, okay.
I can see where
this is going right away.
But anyway, it was one of the
great, great fights of all time.
Now, were you a big car guy
or just not a huge...
Not a huge thing
but a big thing,
-if that makes any sense.
-Right.
Because I always wanted
to be independent.
And I remember vividly.
I wanted to take my girlfriend
to a movie, and I said,
"hey, guys, mom, dad,
can I use your car?"
and they--they said no.
[jay]
was the girl with you
at the time?
-Yes, that...
-Oh!
-Ooh!
-Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
It hurt, it hurt bad.
It hurt bad.
But, uh,
but I cried that night.
And I told my girlfriend,
I said, "you know what?
One day I won't have to ask
anyone for anything."
[jay]
I just like the idea that
a world champion fighter
cried when his dad
said he can't use the car.
-I mean, that, to me, I...
-What are you saying?
-What are you saying, jay?
-Well, I'm saying
you're a very sensitive
young man.
[sugar ray]
I--I am. I'm very sensitive.
-Yes, I am.
-All right.
Well, I'll tell ya,
we're gonna bring out
some cars from your past.
See if you can figure out
what these cars are.
Come on over here.
I'm gonna put
a blindfold on ya.
-Okay.
-And then I'll bring out
the first car.
-Put this on here.
-Okay.
No tricks, right?
-Can you see anything?
-I can't see anything.
[jay]
all right.
[dramatic music]
sugar ray,
this is your automotive life.
[beeps horn]
[soft, energetic music]
we're starting out
with a 1972 ford pinto.
Ford cranked out
more than three million
of these fuel-efficient
economy cars
until the pinto,
rightfully or not,
became synonymous
with exploding gas tanks.
But before that,
sugar ray bought not one,
not two,
but 10 of these cars.
[popping sounds]
let's open the door
and have you sit in it.
What the heck?
Okay.
Any ideas?
This car was very important
to a lot of folks.
-Ford pinto.
-That's correct!
-No way. Are you serious?
-Yeah, you guessed it right.
That's correct.
Take the blindfold off.
Now tell us, tell us why
a pinto was so important.
[sugar ray]
I--when I started winning fights
as a professional fighter
and making money,
I remember vividly
giving all my siblings,
my brothers and sisters,
cars.
And I gave them all a pinto.
[jay]
you gave them all pintos?
So you didn't like them
very much.
[sugar ray]
well, they--they didn't--
-it was free. It was free.
-Oh, a free car!
[sugar ray]
and they--they traded 'em in,
traded 'em back in.
[laughs]
[jay]
no good deed goes unpunished.
That--I couldn't believe it.
[jay]
so it was traumatic for you.
-It hurt my feelings.
-Well, yeah, I can see.
And, again,
being the sensitive guy.
-Yeah.
-Yeah, you know,
this is a bad memory.
Let's move on
to car number two.
Go ahead.
Come on back over here.
-Come on back over here.
-Okay.
[jay]
okay, you put
the blindfold back on.
-Okay.
-And I'll bring out
maybe a better memory,
hopefully.
[laughs]
coming up:
I'll trade blows
with dolph lundgren.
[dolph]
god. Okay, I'm outta here.
[jay]
and hear about ray liotta's
most iconic roles.
[ray]
I got delivered
a horse's head.
But, you know, a horse's head
means you're toast.
[laughs]
[jay]
humans love to hit things.Ra]
boom.
Hitting the gas.
[tires screech]
yeehaw!
Hitting ba*ls.
No!
And, of course,
hitting each other.
[tim]
oh yeah?
[crowd cheering]
[jay]
and now there's a safer
and sillier way
to hit each other,
and now we're in
a fight for the ages.
[dramatic music]
[boxing bell chimes]
the ultimate showdown.
[crowd marvels]
blue versus red.
[score dings]
good versus evil.
Action star versus comedian.
[crowd marvels]
[crowd marvels]
[boxing bell chimes]
yes!
I have beaten ivan drago.
God.
Okay, I'm outta here.
[jay]
obviously, this is the only way
I'd ever beat dolph lundgren
in a fight.
He's an expert martial artist
who played the legendary
ivan drago in rocky iv.
And he's been kicking butt
onscreen ever since.
But he's not just a fighter.
Dolph is basically
the real most interesting man
in the world.
We all know you
from the action films,
but I was amazed
by your background.
Fulbright scholar, mit.
Well, born in sweden, obviously.
-Yeah.
-I know your dad--
your dad was an engineer
and he wanted you
to be an engineer,
and you became one.
[dolph]
tried to impress him, but I
didn't really want to do it.
I studied in australia,
studied here.
-Right, right.
-And then I--I, uh,
you know,
segued into show business.
[jay]
now, how did it go over?
Were they, like,
"are you wasting your life?
-What are you doing?"
-you know, I didn't tell 'em
at first 'cause this is before
instagram and things were...
You know, I was in new york
studying acting,
and I was going out
with grace jones,
-who is a singer, yeah.
-Well, I remember that, yeah.
[dolph]
and I think he opened
the paper one day after work
and he saw me at studio 54
without a shirt,
leather pants,
next to grace.
He said, "what the hell
is going on here?"
and then I had to admit
that I had sort of quit mit
and moved back to new york
and studying acting.
[jay]
now, you've done, what,
about 65, 70 films?
[dolph]
yeah, it's been a lot, yeah.
[jay]
but, I mean, you're obviously--
you've got
the whole package here.
-I used to be.
-Huh?
[dolph]
but look at me now.
I can't even beat you.
[jay]
now you get beat by
a 70-year-old italian comedian.
-Yeah.
-I'll put you in expendables 4
-instead of me.
-I know, I know.
Well, you know, I've got
a couple of swedish cars here.
[dolph]
yeah, I'm sorry to hear that.
[jay]
no, no, but, see,
this is your homeland.
A lot of good stuff
comes out of it.
-Come on, we'll take a look.
-All right, man.
[jay]
let's step out of the ring.
To honor our swedish friend,
we have two cars from
the swedish company polestar.
The fully electric polestar 2
and the hybrid polestar 1.
With 619 horsepower
and 738 pound-feet of torque,
the polestar 1
is both fast and exclusive.
Only 150 of these
are available each year.
And its powertrain changes
based on the mode that it's in.
If it's running on gas,
it's pure front-wheel drive.
On electric,
it's rear-wheel drive.
And in hybrid
and max power modes,
it's all-wheel drive.
-It's a performance car.
-Got it.
[jay]
and that's the idea.
And this is
a performance family car.
It doesn't have quite
the performance this does.
-This is 619 horse.
-Oh yeah.
-And this is 400 horse.
-Having said that,
-can I have this one?
-You can have this one.
Ready to go?
Come on, let's take a ride.
[bright music]
I guess that was
the first big break, wasn't it,
the stallone movie,
right, rocky?
Yeah, yeah, rocky iv.
It was a great break,
and there was something
about that character
that stallone, you know,
kind of made him, like,
an instrument of the state.
So it was kind of the soviets
that were the bad guys,
-not so much drago, I guess.
-Yeah, no,
it was a great character
'cause it wasn't cartoony.
You looked like a scary fighter.
Did you have a lot of people
thinking you were a russian
-because of rocky?
-Yeah, I had some.
They were a little upset
that I k*lled apollo, you know.
Yeah, that's funny.
Let's see how that thing goes.
[dolph]
okay.
[engine revs]
-oh, it's fast.
-Pulls nicely, doesn't it?
This is fun.
I like this car.
[jay]
so, dolph,
what have you got going?
Any new projects
you're working on?
[dolph]
I'm finishing post-production
for that film I directed
called castle falls.
Then there's always
expendables 4
where I'm gonna put you
instead of my character
'cause you kicked
my a*s before.
Right, yeah, I mean, yeah.
[laughs]
man, he's not gonna
let that go.
Good thing he's not
a competitive guy or anything.
[quirky music]
[dolph]
I just want to remind you
that I have 219 horsepowers
more than you, so...
I must break you.
[dramatic music]
[engine revs]
[jay]
now I know
how apollo creed felt.
[chuckles]
[mellow music]
you know,
as far back as I can remember,
I always wanted
to meet a gangster.
-Ray, good to see you again.
-Good to see you.
-I like the beard.
-Well, thank you.
[jay]
okay, ray liotta
isn't really a gangster,
but he's played them
so convincingly
it's easy to believe
he'd bump you off
if he needed to.
Look at him. He looks--he looks
like he wants to k*ll me.
In fact,
he's so good at playing
incredibly violent characters,
it's kind of surprising
that he's such a nice guy
in real life.
Have you been here before?
[ray]
once. I don't remember what
I ate or anything like that,
but I remember
seeing dean martin.
Did you ever meet sinatra?
-No.
-Oh, okay.
[jay]
well, this is his booth.
-No--oh yeah.
-See? Says frank sinatra.
[ray]
now, the daughters,
they wanted me
to do a mini-series
when they were doing
a mini-series about it.
And I just felt
too uncomfortable.
And then I played sinatra in
a movie called the rat pack.
[jay]
I remember that. Yeah,
you were good. You were good.
When did you feel
you had captured enough
to actually take it to film,
you know what I mean?
[ray]
I don't think I ever did,
even after it.
It was just--there were
too many eyeballs on it
and too many people knew him,
and I put too much pressure
on it.
"am I gonna sound enough?"
is it--you know,
"are people gonna buy it?"
but we were doing the movie,
and I got delivered
a horse's head,
obviously
it wasn't a real one,
but it was a horse's head.
And, you know, a horse's head
means you're toast.
-Right, right.
-And it turned out
that his daughters sent it,
and said,
"oh, you could do this one,
but you couldn't do the one
that we wanted you to?"
[chuckling]
[jay]
typical italian greeting.
Well, you're italian.
Actually, you and I
have a lot in common
-'cause your mother's scottish.
-Right.
[jay]
and your dad's italian,
which is exactly my combination.
-Really?
-Yeah, but it was
a funny combination,
because the food
on one side was so awful.
And then I'd go
to my uncle frank's house.
And he had--
like he was churnin' butter.
He'd make like five gallons
of spaghetti sauce.
And it was just fantastic.
[ray]
in goodfellas, marty's mom,
there was a scene where
I gotta stir the sauce,
I'm makin' some sauce,
and his mother actually made
this big thing of sauce
that was the way
that she would do it.
So, like,
took two or three days
before we even shot it.
And it was--and it was great.
-So you grew up in new jersey.
-Yep.
[jay]
and where did your first
showbiz career start,
in new york city?
[ray]
yeah, well, it came time
to go to college.
I had no idea
what I wanted to take.
So I went
to the university of miami.
Now, we're talkin' 1973,
and that was like a--
it's established itself
nice now,
but then, you know,
you just needed a pulse
to get in there.
-Right, right, right.
-And I was in line,
I was just gonna take
liberal arts.
So I finally get up to the front
and they say, you know,
I had to take a math
and a history.
I said, "eff that, I'm not
takin' math and history.
Like, I don't even want
to be here."
right next to it
was for the drama department.
Said, "I'll be a drama major
for a year."
-right.
-So I auditioned,
I'm a kid from jersey,
and you had to sing
and dance.
I-I didn't know
you had to have it memorized,
the lyrics.
I gave it
to the piano player,
then I took the paper,
I didn't know--
I'd seen pippin on broadway,
my parents took us
when I was in high school.
Do you remember
freddie and the dreamers?
-Yeah.
-All I remembered
was the refrain,
and I got in,
and the first thing I did,
I was a dancing waiter
in cabaret.
-Wow! Well, there you go.
-Yeah.
[jay]
but something--
obviously, some bug.
[ray]
people responded to it,
which is, yeah,
you do a scene and people
say nice things, and you say,
"oh, all right,
let me give this a shot."
[jay]
I like the jersey of you,
"you do a thing, people say
nice things, you do it again."
[laughing]
I could listen
to these stories all day,
but this is a car show.
Come on, we'll go for a ride.
Come on.
We'll see the car I brought
for ray when we return.
And later, sugar ray leonard
has "beetlemania"!
[sugar ray]
this is...
[jay]
you wanna look at it
a few more minutes?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Yeah, go ahead.
These come in automatic, right?
[plodding music]he prid.
We had v8s
and air conditioning
when european cars didn't even
have automatic transmissions.
But what the europeans
did have was style.
so a company
called dual motors
sent american cars
to ghia in Italy
for custom bodies
and created the dual-ghia.
And the types of people
who own these cars, well,
I think ray liotta's
gonna get a kick
when he finds out
who owned this one.
These are italian
crooner specials.
You got vic damone's
and this is frank sinatra's '61.
-Wow.
-You ready to go for a spin?
-Yeah, why not?
-Yeah, come on, hop in.
[ray]
all right.
[mellow music]
[music brightens]
when did you move out
to california?
'81.
I wanted to try movies,
and I moved out here
and I didn't work
-for, like, five years.
-Wow.
I had just little guest stars
here and there.
But I would go
to this acting teacher,
harry mastrogeorge,
all through it.
And even
when I started working,
I would go back to it
just to be ready for the day
that it would,
you know, happen.
I was determined,
that's for sure.
Were there some people
you started with, you know,
as unknowns
and you each grew?
Yeah, uh, we used to play
paddle tennis a lot.
It was andy garcia,
kevin costner,
myself, steven bauer.
And at the time
none of us had done anything.
[jay]
I always find that fascinating.
Stars you wouldn't think
would know each other
know each other through
either class or something,
-you know.
-Yep.
[mellow music]
[beeps horn]
[jay]
you know, obviously,
playing henry hill
in goodfellas,
iconic movie role,
but you've done about
something like 80, 90 movies.
You certainly
have not been typecast.
It's mostly just people
on the street that think that.
-Is that about right?
-Yeah.
I've only played
three mafia guys.
I've played a lot of bad guys
in other things,
but, luckily,
I've been doing this
long enough now
that it's spread out.
But in the beginning, yeah,
I heard a lot
of your funny guy stuff.
But if you're gonna get
typed with a movie,
that's not a bad one
to be typed with.
What do you got comin' out,
something we should look for?
The many saints of newark,
which is a prequel
to the sopranos.
Oh, yeah,
that should be great.
-Who do you play?
-I play christopher,
the character christopher.
I would have been
his grandfather.
[jay]
oh, okay.
Saw it the other day,
it's really, really good.
Oh, cool, cool.
Hey, ray,
thanks for doing this.
It's fun to find
another scotch-italian kid
in the neighborhood.
[chuckles]
thanks for having me,
it was fun.
[dramatic music]
[jay]
and we're back, with more
of sugar ray leonard's
automotive life.
the first car
bummed him out.
-It hurt my feelings.
-It hurt your--well, yeah,
I could see--and again,
being the sensitive guy.
[sugar ray]
yeah.
[jay]
but this one?
Sure to make him smile.
[horn honks twice]
known as "the people's car,"
the beetle became the
top-selling vehicle worldwide
and turned volkswagen
into a major car company.
But it's no pinto.
Sugar ray only bought
one of these.
[smooth music]
you heard it pull in,
you heard the horn beep.
Did I wake you there?
It looked like I woke you up.
[sugar ray]
you startled me!
[jay]
such an exciting show,
you fell asleep.
All right.
Give it a grab,
see what you think.
The horn any clue?
[sugar ray]
oh my, this...
There's a certain sound
to that.
-A certain sound?
-A certain sound.
It's round.
It's a volkswagen.
[jay]
take the blindfold off.
That's a volkswagen,
that's right!
[sugar ray]
I--I want this.
I loved--I loved this car.
This was one of my best cars.
-Really?
-Yeah!
[jay]
and how long did you keep it?
[sugar ray]
I don't know--
-Wow, okay.
-Yeah, I kept it
for a long time,
because it's not glaring.
-Right, right.
-But it's cool.
I always thought
it was cool.
[jay]
did you get recognized
in this one?
[sugar ray]
yeah, I did, I did.
But it's--
I love this car.
-Can I sit in it?
-Yes! Sit right in the car,
go ahead.
-This is great.
-Yeah.
So this is a more pleasant
experience than the pinto.
This is indeed
a pleasurable experience.
[jay]
and you didn't make the mistake
of buying one of these
for all your brothers
and sisters.
No. I learned the hard way.
I learned the hard way.
Don't take much, though.
This is great,
this is great.
[jay]
hey, you're two-for-two,
that's very good.
You don't realize
what an impact
these automobiles
have had on your life.
You see? You remember them.
[sugar ray]
I mean, this was--
this was like my--
like a little puppy.
It's like a little puppy dog
to me.
-Personally, that was for me.
-So this is more you.
-Not a flashy guy.
-Not a flashy guy.
[jay]
all right,
you ready for one more?
-Absolutely.
-All right, all right.
[sugar ray]
this is--
[jay]
you wanna look at it
a few more minutes?
-Yeah, go ahead, take--
-I just wanna...
Oh, my good--
[funky music]
these come in automatic, right?
[jay]
they come in automatic now,
that's correct.
[sugar ray]
I like it.
[jay]
I think sugar ray's about to buy
a second beetle...
But we'll come back
to him later.
Coming up:
I take joel kinnaman
on an electrifying drive.
Hi, folks, 'scuse me.
[joel]
I didn't expect
to be outpaced by some--
senior citizens.
[chuckling]
exactly.
[regal music]
like a perfect pairing
of fine wine
and the stinkiest of cheeses,
get ready to watch
donald osborne
effortlessly pair
three magnificent automobiles
with one equally
magnificent home.
It's time for
mansions & motor cars
with donald osborne.
[donald]
jay, we're riding
in one of the most noted
of all bugattis.
Oh yeah,
these are fabulous cars.
This one we're in now
is a 1937 type 57...
How do you say it?
-Ventoux.
-Ventoux, yeah.
[donald]
ventoux, and that's
one of the other things
that's so wonderful
about bugattis.
Bugattis are quintessentially
french cars.
This really speaks to the house
that we're going to visit today.
Well, I'm curious to see which
house you have chosen for us.
[evocative neo-parisian music]
[donald]
so jay, here we are
at belcourt castle.
[door slams]
this is the very personal vision
of oliver hazard perry belmont.
This great building
was designed complete
with stables and carriage rooms
on the first floor
and reception rooms
on the second floor
and a single bedroom.
So this is a one-bedroom
bachelor pad.
[jay]
wow. But it's about, what,
[donald]
at least.
It's an extraordinary place,
built in the style
of louis xiii's
hunting lodge at versailles.
It's the most french-looking
house I've ever seen.
And the spirit of this bugatti
is just absolutely
matched with this house.
-Another piece of french art.
-And the inside is as beautiful
as the outside.
Perfect example,
look at the oil-filler cap.
I mean, if you found this
on the street,
you would save it,
it's just so beautifully made.
-You'd frame that.
-Yeah, it's "hue-ly bugatti."
[donald]
huile bugatti, bugatti oil.
-Huile.
-Huile.
I got some huile on my hands.
-My hands are all huile-y now.
-You don't want huile
-on your wheels.
-But I mean, the whole car
is built like this.
Everything is just styled, and
that's what I love about them.
[donald]
speaking of french style,
there's nothing like
a wonderful 1956 renault
quatre chevaux, or 4cv.
This is the first car
I ever drove.
When we were 12,
we found one of these
in a field
and we got it running.
Every day after school,
we'd go back
and we'd just drive
through the field,
and we tipped it over once
by mistake,
and it was just a lot of fun,
this was a great little car.
So I have an affection
for these.
[donald]
these renaults were
extremely popular
in the united states,
as they were in France as well,
and they show the same
attention to style and detail
-that some of the bugattis show.
-And there's nice
little styling cues,
beautiful little car.
[donald]
yeah, it's a really,
really neat piece.
And then, of course,
we have another bugatti.
[jay]
ah!
Well, this is
an impressive automobile.
[donald]
indeed. A 2013 veyron,
a special edition called
le ciel californien,
"the california sky."
the bugatti veyron was
a legendary model.
[jay]
and it's funny,
because I think it is
the heaviest supercar
or hypercar ever built.
These are about 4200 pounds.
So you need those quad turbos
and--
[jay]
and you have, what,
This w16 generates
a lot of heat.
-Like a racecar.
-It's an amazing
engineering feat
to get this much power.
And so, if you really
want to experience
what true, smooth french power
is like on the road,
-let's go for a ride.
-Cool, let's do it.
-Well, let's get in--
-uh, no; actually,
we're going to go for a ride
in the renault.
Come on.
[playful music]
[engine rumbles]
[funky music]
-[honks horn]
-there you go.
[donald]
is it a time machine,
a fountain of youth?
I mean, it is,
it is kind of fun.
It seems peppy,
as my dad would say.
I see why I was enamored
of this car when I was 12.
[donald]
I think that we've gotten
a really fresh look
at France in newport today.
Let's go get
some brie sandwiches
and have some lunch.
-Allons!
-Allons!
still to come:
I go electric
with joel kinnaman.
You know, I kept
feeling something
hitting me in the a*s.
So you're trying to charge it
with your a*s.
That's not how it works, jay.
[jay]
and try to stump jeff gordon.
Some type of
an '80-model corvette.
[jay]
not even close,
keep feeling around.
When you drive
an electric car,
when you hit the accelerator,
you get hit right back
by that instant torque.
-Pulls all right.
-Hey, hey!
[jay]
but we wouldn't have
those cars today
without electric pioneers
like henry huntington.
Henry was a true progressive
who advanced
the electric movement
and literally brought power
to the people.
He even created
an electric railway
in southern california
that spanned over
So in his honor,
we're at the huntington
library, art museum,
and botanical gardens
with a movie star
who just happens to be
an electric aficionado.
In fact, he made
a special request:
Could we come up
with a couple of electric cars
for him to drive today?
I think we can work
something out.
Joel, lemme tell you why
I brought you here, okay?
This is one of the hidden gems
of southern california.
You can hear all the birds.
Where do you hear birds
in los angeles?
You're getting heckled.
[jay]
joel kinnaman is
a swedish american actor
you may have seen
in the k*lling, robocop,
and suicide squad.
But today, he'll be
appearing in the future
of the electric suv.
I know you're
an electric car guy too, right?
Yeah. I feel that
we have to move toward
sustainable energy.
I actually really like
the immediacy.
When you step on the gas,
you get an immediate response.
-I like that it's quiet.
-Yeah.
I know you're from sweden.
Now, you've been here
what, about 10 years?
Yeah, 11, yeah.
You know,
you're such a good actor,
it wasn't till I went,
"oh, that's the guy
from the k*lling."
and that was
a fantastic series.
That was actually
the first job
that I got in the u.S.
And you filmed it in canada.
-Yeah.
-So it was the first job
you got in the u.S.,
and they sent you to canada.
Yeah, that's how it works,
right?
Well, you were acting
in sweden as well, right?
I actually did 9 feature films
in 16 months,
and six of them were leads,
so a lot of work in a short--
-wow, that's almost like porno.
-They were porn.
[chuckling]
[jay]
only in porn,
you're always a porn star.
There are no porn
character actors,
you know what I'm saying?
No porn second leads.
I wanna see
some more porn villains.
[jay]
yeah, a porn villain would
be good, that would be good.
All right, cool.
Well, you wanna take
one of these for a ride?
We'll drive around the gardens
and I'll show you around.
-Let's do it.
-Oh, here's what I--you know,
I kept feeling something
hitting me in the a*s.
I hit this--
apparently, I bumped it,
and it goosed me.
You're trying to charge it
with your a*s.
That's not how it works, jay.
[upbeat music]
[jay]
the audi e-tron sportback
has a dual motor powertrain
that responds immediately
to input
and a boost mode that kicks
the car up to 402 horsepower
with 490 pound-feet of torque.
[music distorts, slows]
hi, folks, 'scuse me.
How are ya?
But we'll have to take
their word for it,
'cause the speed limit
here in the park,
eh, it's about 10 miles an hour.
[joel]
I didn't expect to be outpaced
by some walking--
senior citizens.
Exactly.
Are there any american traits
you find amusing or different?
[joel]
when people ask you, like,
"hey, how you doing,"
they're not really asking.
And I think me as a swede,
honesty is, you know,
core national trait.
So I come into a meeting
with some executive,
he'd be like,
"hey, how you doing?"
and I'd be like,
"well, my girl just--I can't--
I don't know
if I can trust her,
and I don't know
if we're gonna make it."
and uh, that's not the way
that they like
to kick off meetings, so.
[chuckling]
[jay]
hey, can you tell
from reading a script
whether it's gonna be
any good or not?
[joel]
you can definitely tell from
some of the films that I've done
that I'm not always right.
[chuckling]
suicide squad, this one,
james gunn wrote it,
and he kind of reimagined
the whole thing,
and that script was--
I mean, it was--
every page was funny,
every page made me laugh.
Well, that's great.
Well, joel, I'm sorry
we didn't have a chance
to really put these cars
through their paces,
but I wanted you
to see the huntington.
Yeah, it was great
to spend the time
and cruise around
in this incredible pace
of five miles an hour, and...
Yeah, I really enjoyed it.
Next time, we'll take you
to the track.
Let's do that,
that sounds good.
-You got it.
-Cool.
[funky music]
[dramatic music]
[jay]
and we're back
with the exciting conclusion
of sugar ray leonard's
automotive life.
so it's been an emotional
roller coaster today
for the champion.
The heartbreak of the pinto,
the elation of the volkswagen,
and this last one
will be fascinating.
Are you ready for it?
Okay, I'm ready.
[horn blows once]
[smooth, swanky music]
[jay]
finally, a worthy vehicle
for a five-time world champion.
These bespoke vehicles
are handcrafted
from start to finish,
meticulously painted,
and topped with the iconic
spirit of ecstasy.
And sugar ray can't see it,
but there's also
a clue in the door.
Yes, I do have grey poupon.
I know, you were waiting
for that; fine.
This feels like
a volkswagen steering wheel.
But it also feels majestic.
[jay]
like a majestic volkswagen.
The front might give you
more of a clue.
[sugar ray]
oh, uh, it's, uh...
[jay]
what's that?
Corniche! I mean, the--
-a what?
-Rolls-royce.
[jay]
rolls-royce corniche?
Take off the blindfold,
let's see.
-That's correct!
-I saw that!
[jay]
and they will be thrilled
that you called it
a majestic volkswagen.
I love this car too, I do.
This is another one
of my favorites,
I love this car.
My friends had a couple...
-Right.
-...And I just wanted
to be with the guys.
This is absolutely beautiful.
Well, not many people
in their career
go from pinto
to roll-royce.
[laughs]
I think muhammad ali had one
as I remember.
I'm sure, but that's--
that's when I knew I made it.
You wanna drive it, see if
it brings back some memories?
-Absolutely.
-Here, hop in.
You drive, we'll pull out,
and we'll go for a spin
-in this thing.
-Oh, my god.
[funky music]
[jay]
riding in a rolls-royce
with one of my dad's heroes.
It doesn't get
much better than this.
This thing drives pretty nice,
-doesn't it?
-It does.
See, now you gotta
get yourself another one.
Oh yeah.
[jay]
so what other cars have you had?
Did you have a lamborghini?
[sugar ray]
uh, I think I did.
[jay]
so you think you did.
That's when you know
you got too much money,
when you think you had
a lamborghini
but you don't know.
-Yeah, that's not good.
-I had a maserati.
I didn't like
the real big cars.
I liked sports cars.
-Are you a grandpa yet?
-I'm a grandpa.
[jay]
oh! How many grandkids
you got?
-Six grandkids.
-Do the grandkids ever watch
old films and not believe
that's you knockin' the guy out?
[sugar ray]
I'm glad you asked
that question, jay.
'cause they call me papa,
and I'm so gentle and quiet,
and they say,
"who is that guy?"
that's papa.
They can't believe
I was a fighter.
They just can't believe it.
-That's so funny.
-So funny, yes.
[jay]
now, tell me
about your foundation.
It's for kids with diabetes,
right?
-Yes--
-now, did you have diabetes,
-or somebody in your family?
-My dad was type 2.
-Oh, that's right, you said.
-Yeah, he was diabetic.
So I lost my dad at 95.
-83, my dad.
-In fact, the only reason
I turned pro--
'cause I wasn't gonna turn pro,
I was gonna go
to the university of maryland,
but my dad went into a coma,
had tuberculosis.
-Oh, is that right?
-Oh yeah.
And he was on his deathbed,
so I turned pro
to pay the bills.
Oh, I never knew that.
[sugar ray]
then he came back, he came back.
[upbeat, driving music]
[jay]
well, I wish my dad were
alive to see this.
This is one show he'd definitely
be thrilled to watch,
because he was
a huge fan of yours.
Sugar ray, thanks again, man,
thanks for coming on.
It's been a real thrill for me,
I really enjoyed it.
Dad, I hope you're watching!
-Hey, dad.
-Yeah.
coming up:
I'll try to stump jeff gordon.
[horn blows]
oh boy,
it's even got a weird horn.
[jay]
and he'll hit the road.
Hey!
Hey, come--
hey!
[engine revs]
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Welcome to another episode
of stump a car nerd,
america's slowest-growing
game show.
Now, with us today,
nascar legend,
four-time cup champion,
won daytona a bunch of--
you've won it all,
haven't you?
Almost.
[jay]
jeff gordon is nascar.
In 23 years of full-time racing,
he has a record-setting
in the now-iconic 24 car
for chevrolet.
[rock music]
you were voted one of
the greatest nascar drivers
of all time--I mean,
it's impressive.
I had an amazing career.
-But this...
-I don't think it's gonna
-help me at all in this!
-No, this will not,
this is a whole different thing.
-Are you ready to start?
-I am.
[jay]
lemme give you the--
okay, there's the blindfold.
Yikes.
Moment of truth here.
All right, first off,
let's blow the horn.
[horn honks twice]
is the horn a clue at all?
[jay]
boy, this is really sad.
Well, yes,
the horn is a clue, yes.
Can we start the engine?
[engine starts, rumbles, revs]
oh. Oh!
Oh!
All right,
let's open the door.
[dramatic music]
jeff is a chevrolet guy,
so of course,
we're starting with a chevy,
the corvette stingray.
With its long-awaited
mid-engine layout,
the c8 is an american supercar,
with a v8 that'll take you
from 0 to 60 in 2.9 seconds.
Jeff has definitely
driven this car,
so he should get it right.
If he doesn't, oh boy,
that's not good.
go ahead.
You can feel the car.
[jeff]
I already know--
this is a corvette.
I think it's a c8 corvette.
What makes you say that?
Just the body lines,
these sharp, crisp lines.
I heard the engine.
Oh, the engine gave it away?
[jeff]
I think I'm right.
It's really embarrassing
if you're not.
I know, it is gonna
be embarrassing.
'cause I shouldn't--
I should definitely know
my chevrolet vehicles.
All right,
let's take off the blindfold.
-Yes!
-Yes! There you go,
c8 corvette, very good.
Thank you for taking it ea--
you took it way easy on me.
Well, that's--the first one
is always the easiest.
[jeff]
oh, the first one?
Oh, we gotta do this again?
Oh!
[jay]
let's shut the door and move on.
[jeff]
I thought I was win--
I thought I won.
[jay]
no, no, you're barely
in the running.
Can we blow the horn?
[horn blows twice]
okay.
Got nothin' on the horn.
Can we start the engine?
[engine starts, rumbles]
okay.
Let's open the door.
[dramatic music]
the chevrolet corvair is
the only american production car
with a rear-mounted
air-cooled engine.
They made 1.8 million of these
back in the '60s,
but this one is special.
It's a yenko stinger,
one of 100 corvairs
that don yenko modified
for scca racing.
Let's see if jeff knows
his chevrolet history.
Okay, here you are,
you're right there.
[jeff]
oh, okay, wait.
Let me get
a little further back.
Okay. I'm gonna say
some type of
an '80-model corvette.
[jay]
not even close,
keep feelin' around.
-Oh no!
-Not even close.
[jeff]
not even close?
Some air inlets.
Oh my god--oh, does this have
a rear engine in it?
[jay]
uh, yes, it does have
a rear engine.
[jeff]
well, it's definitely
nothing corvette,
-nothing chevrolet.
-Oh, okay.
[jeff]
hm. I have no clue.
[jay]
all right, take it off.
-Corvair!
-Ohh!
Corvair? I was close,
I said corvette!
[jay]
you had the cor,
you had the cor part.
-And they're a fabulous car.
-It's a fabulous car.
-I didn't know it existed.
-Yeah, there you go.
All right,
so you're 50-50.
One more.
Let's shut the door.
Can we blow the horn, please?
[horn honks twice]
oh boy,
it's even got a weird horn.
Can we start it?
[engine starts, revs]
all right,
let's open the door.
[dramatic music]
[jeff]
all right.
[jay]
made for only one year,
the 1963 corvette
stingray split window
is one of the most collectible
coupes of all time.
You know, corvette was
the first american car
to have fuel injection,
and the 1963 model
was the first corvette
with independent
rear suspension.
And of course,
the stingray body style
was just revolutionary.
[rock music]
[jeff]
oh, wait a minute.
Okay. So we're
definitely corvette.
-You think so.
-Yeah, we've got the flags
on the...Okay.
So now, split window.
[bell dings]
so, split window. Uh...
[jay]
how many years did they make
a split window?
[jeff]
only a few.
It's like, what,
'65 to '68?
Or was it just one year?
-Just one year.
-'63.
[jay]
take off the--
-there you go!
-Yes!
[jay]
yes, that's correct,
very good.
[jeff]
whoo, thank you!
Well, you ready to take
some stuff for a ride?
[jeff]
I would love to get out
and go for a ride.
[engines rumbling]
[engines roaring]
[chuckling]
[hard rock music]
now, jeff, you give a corvette
away every year, don't you,
-to your charity.
-I do, yeah.
We've been doing this now
for 16 years, jay.
Well, that's
a great organization.
[jeff]
I just feel so blessed
to have had
the career that I've had
and to be able
to take that platform
and find a way
to give back to kids.
I agree wholeheartedly.
You ever have guys
get on your case
'cause you're an announcer now?
-You know what I mean.
-Oh yeah. No, I mean,
you go from being
this cool racecar driver...
[chuckles]
oh, so now,
you're putting makeup on,
you're getting in front
of a camera every weekend, so,
different respect level.
-That's funny.
-A lot safer, though.
A lot safer.
[jay]
well, jeff, I wanna thank you
for coming on, my friend.
It was a lot of fun,
and keep up your good work
with the foundation.
Thank you, jay,
this has been a blast,
I've really enjoyed it.
But I like to go fast,
you've been holding me up.
I'm outta here, man, see ya!
[jay]
hey, wait! Hey!
Hey, come--
hey!
[engine roars]
why does this keep happening
to me?
I gotta get something faster.
Hey!
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06x07 - Punch It
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