Jay Leno's Garage

Best known for expensive luxury cars, Pierce-Arrow introduced the Travelodge trailer in 1936, two years before its doors would close for good...

We've got exclusive, under-the-hood video of 2010's Concours d'Elegance winner, the first white car ever to take Best of Show...

Harry Stutz became famous for creating the Mustang GT of his day, a sporty status symbol for the young, fast and wealthy. Jay's 1918 Bearcat languished in a Vermont shed for 65 years - check out the amazing results of a painstaking restoration! View Photos>

After several years, the restoration is complete, and Jay's 1915 Hispano-Suiza is finally back on the road! Jay takes you under the hood, on the freeway, and back in time to explore the history behind the making of this fabulous automobile.

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Manufactured by Smith and Mabley of New York City, the first Simplex hit the streets in 1904. This impressive luxury touring car was powered by a 35 hp four-cylinder engine with a double chain drive chassis. Although sales were decent, the company went bankrupt in 1907, and it was soon taken over by a wealthy customer and textile manufacturer, Herman Broessel. Once again, the company prospered, garnering a reputation for producing very fast cars modeled after the finest of Europe, per Broessel's passion for racing.

Born on an Ohio farm, Harry C. Stutz had only a grade school education when he went to work, while taking night classes in engineering. By 1897, he had designed and built his first automobile, cobbled out of old wooden buggy parts, and consequently dubbed, "Old Hickory." Stutz moved to Indianapolis to work for a string of automobile companies before landing at American, where in 1905, he won his first opportunity to design a production car, the American Underslung.