Only a handful of the $500,000 supercars have been delivered so far, and just 250 are slated for 2017.
Ford handpicked each of its buyers, and having a car show on TV certainly helped get Leno to the front of the list. He’s also the owner of a red 2005 Ford GT with white racing stripes, so that had to be worth bonus points.
Jay Leno is one of America’s most well-known car collectors so it isn’t surprising that Ford offered him the chance to purchase its latest and greatest mid-engine supercar.
Rather than opting for a crazy color, the former late night show host turned YouTube sensation has had the car painted black and completed with bright red racing stripes.
Leno posted his new ride on Instagram, while promoting the company that’s wrapping it in protective film.
Leno appears to have ordered a Shadow Black car with Competition Orange stripes this time, adding a matching black and orange Launch Control interior and a set of orange brake calipers. (It looks suspiciously like one of the cars that I drove at the debut event in Utah.)
Leno’s “Big Dog” garage in Burbank, California, is technically a converted warehouse. In fact, he has so many cars, motorcycles and steam engines that he had to add a second building across the way to fit them all in.
As a reminder, the new Ford GT is powered by a 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6 engine that produces 647 hp and 550 lb-ft of torque.
I'm sure he didn't have trouble making space for this one.