1949 Citroen Traction Avant featured on Jay Leno’s Garage

With front-wheel drive and unibody construction, the Citroën Traction Avant helped set the template for modern cars. A 1949-built example of the groundbreaking French sedan was featured on a recent episode of Jay Leno’s Garage. Introduced in 1934, the Traction Avant wasn’t the first car with front-wheel drive, but it was the first to try …

1929 Bugatti Type 40 Grand Sport featured on Jay Leno’s Garage

Jay Leno is a big fan of Bugattis. On a recent episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, he featured one of the many cars from the French firm in his collection, a 1929 Bugatti Type 40 Grand Sport. Today, it’s hard to imagine Bugatti producing an entry-level model, but that’s what the Type 40 was, according …