Jay Leno to donate $70K luxury car to this game show
The comedian and former late-night host will donate a handpicked luxury vehicle to "Wheel of Fortune," which will be offered as a prize to the winning contestant.
Edward SegarraJay Leno may not be a game-show whiz, but he knows a thing or two about good wheels.
The former late-night host and car enthusiast, 76, is set to donate a handpicked luxury vehicle to a contestant on "Wheel of Fortune," Leno announced alongside "Wheel" cohost Vanna White during the show's May 11 episode.
Leno will be donating a 2026 Chevrolet Corvette C8, which is priced around $70,000, to the final winner of Big Money Week on Friday, May 15. All five winners from this week's show will return for a bonus round face-off, after which the winning contestant will be awarded the car.
In a pre-taped segment played at the start of Monday's show, Leno drove White to the Yaamava' Resort & Casino to take a look at the prize vehicle, which he dubbed "America's sports car."
"They know I'm a car enthusiast, so they'll pick cool cars to give away," Leno told White. "They wanted people to have dream cars."
White, 69, marveled at the car and its sleek white finish: "Wow, it's gorgeous. They are going to love this one."
Leno is known not only for his stand-up comedy and TV hosting, but also his extensive car collection, which he keeps in airline hangars at the Burbank Airport near his home in California. The "Tonight Show" alum also hosted the car-themed reality show, "Jay Leno's Garage," from 2015 to 2022.
In March, Leno teamed up with Yaamava' Resort & Casino to give away a red 2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.
"Usually, I'm the guy keeping the cars… but this time, I'm helping give one away!" Leno wrote on Instagram at the time. "American muscle turned up to 11, the kind of car that makes you giggle like a kid the first time you hit the throttle. It's outrageous in all the right ways."
Leno opened up about his love of the Chevrolet Corvette in a 2019 interview with Fox News, praising the car's combination of affordability and horsepower.
"You get Lamborghini performance at Chevrolet prices," Leno told the outlet. "I mean, the Corvette [ZR1] has 755 horsepower for a third of the price you'd get for a Ferrari or a Lamborghini, and since it's a Chevy, you can fix it with a hammer and BOOM."
Contributing: Kendall Little, Fort Myers News-Press