---
title: "Jay Leno Is the Proud New Owner of a 2017 Ford GT"
description: "Be sure to keep an eye on Jay Leno's Garage for an upcoming review of Ford's new supercar."
date: "2017-06-12"
modified: "2017-06-13"
authors:
  - name: "Max Goldberg"
    job_title: "Associate Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-goldberg"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/11428/jay-leno-is-the-proud-new-owner-of-a-2017-ford-gt"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "Ford News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "People"
tags:
  - "Coupe"
  - "Ford"
  - "GT"
  - "Supercar"
---

# Jay Leno Is the Proud New Owner of a 2017 Ford GT

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You really need to hand it to Ford's engineers and marketing team for creating such a successful PR campaign with the [new Ford GT](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/9804/the-7-cool-things-about-the-450000-ford-gt>). Although the car is a true performance marvel, the marketing team has taken the car's exclusivity and hype to the next level. So much so that celebrities like [Jay Leno](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/3769/watch-jay-leno-scratch-the-hell-out-of-his-vintage-mercedes>) just need to stand in front of the car for 10 seconds and say "we'll have a road test for you very, very soon," is enough to make people go nuts.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVOLoSvgHxO

According to Jay's little chat in the Restoration Blog video embedded below, we can expect a video review of the 2017 Ford GT from him in the next few weeks. We also know [John Cena](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/11276/who-knew-john-cena-reviews-supercars-like-a-total-pro>) may be receiving a Ford GT, so we can only dream of these two celebrities coming together to do a collaboration review. It could quite possibly be the weirdest automotive review team-up ever.

As you probably know by now, the Ford GT is a 647-horsepower 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V6 that can blast to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds. Jay is one of the lucky folks to get a piece of history by purchasing one of the first 250 made. Ford stated it will be producing 250 GTs a year for a total of four years (which adds up to 1,000 supercars in total, for you non-math people).

https://youtube.com/embed/Xx618QkagCc

## Author
Before working at *The Drive*, Max Goldberg raced the streets of Westchester in an ambulance as a licensed Emergency Medical Technician. He has boundless enthusiasm.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/maxems>)