It's Time to Saddle Up and Head West: A Jay Leno Garage Exclusive with Michael Ealy

It's time to saddle up and head west, where I've invited a very talented thespian to join me in checking out a vehicle exclusive. What are we doing? Uh-oh, the cops are here! At least one of them is who plays one on TV - Welliver has been on your screens for more than 30 years playing serious roles with seriousness. Most recently, as a LAPD homicide detective in his title role as Bosch, which is a great show by the way. But it looks like he didn't get our production memo. I thought this was going to be some sort of crime fighter thing. It's a western. Bronco riders are from the West, you know. You've taken this method acting thing a little too far. Well, I'm wearing the hat right, but all I'm saying is Jay maybe next time, a little communication would be nice. Crazy? Where's the car? Hang on, folks! It's now time for a JL garage exclusive.

A City Fell Like Yourself: The New Ford Bronco Raptor

You might not be familiar with this vehicle. This is a new Bronco Raptor. I have a Bronco that you have - that came out six months ago. Yeah, that's the old Bronco. Now it had 35-inch tires right? This one has 37s and how many horsepower was yours? It's a 330 something. Yes, three. See, this is where Ford is trying to make us feel like we're racing. This new Bronco Raptor is capable of topping 100 miles per hour on just about any terrain. The Broncos got 418 horsepower with twin turbo 3L V6 engine and 45 pounds-feet of torque making it the beefy big brother to the standard Ford Broncos. And all starts at around $70,000. The engineering that really makes this stuff amazing is because you know, the smaller a gear is, the stronger it has to be. The bigger gear, the stronger we have four speeds, and those giant gears are strong but when you're putting this kind of torque through a transmission, and the gears are literally almost the size of a quarter, they've got to be incredibly tough and incredibly strong.

The Engineering that Makes it Amazing

This is one of the few SUVs where you can travel off-road at well over 100 miles per hour if you chose to. If there was a class for this, it's beautiful. I mean I love the Raptor trucks but this is a whole next-level thing. You want to take it for a ride? Can we? Yeah! Yeah! Sure! Like the color. Nice color, hop in. No, you're right, I'll drive it. So what inspired you to buy that six months old? It's nostalgia. Ford has been really good about that and that's from 2005 when I bought a Mustang GT right and saw an older model Bronco on the internet. I got the car and I have to say I love it! Because the new ones are basically just cars you can drive off-road, this feels like a car where you could drive it on the surface of the Moon and not have issues at all.

The Car Behind Us

Is that a car behind us? Yeah, it looks like it's the same car. You came in where did you get that car? Uh, it was idling outside of this dealership shop what put your hands where I can see them hopefully the officer is a huge fan of Al Pacino impersonations and maybe we can weasel our way out of this hi I'm Jay Leno and if you like these videos watch Jay Leno's Garage only. We have episodes on CNBC Wednesday nights at 10:00, and if you like these videos hit the Subscribe button, it doesn't cost anything, it's free! Imagine that - free videos - the age we live in.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's time to saddle up and head West where I've invited a very talented thespian to join me in checking out a vehicle exclusive Jay what what are we doing uh-oh the cops are here at least one who plays one on TV tus Welliver has been on your screens for more than 30 years playing serious roles with serus gravitus most recently as a LAPD homicide detective in his title role as Bosch which is a great show by the way but looks like he didn't get our production memo I thought this was going to be some sort of crime fighter thing it's a western see Broncos are from the West you know you've taken this method acting thing a little too far well I'm wearing the hat right but all I'm saying is Jay maybe next time a little communication call me crazy crazy where's the car hang on folks cuz it's now time for a JL garage exclusive now a city fell like yourself you might not uh be familiar with this vehicle this is a new Bronco Raptor I have a Bronco you have the you have the the first edition oh you have the first edition that came out six months ago yeah that's the old Bronco now yeah that had 35 in tires right yeah this got 37s and how many Hors power was yours it's a 330 something yeah three yeah see this is 418 are you trying to make me you're mascula me I'm just trying to Enlighten you as to what's going on you know you want to be able to keep up and keeping up is exactly what Ford is doing with the 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor a racing inspired SUV capable of topping 100 Mil hour on just about any terrain this Broncos got 418 horsepower twint turbo 3 l V6 engine with 45 lb feet of torque making it the beef your big brother to the standard Ford Broncos and all starts at around $70,000 the engineering is what really makes this stuff amazing to me because you know the smaller a gear is the stronger it has to be the bigger gear the stronger we have four speed you got these big giant gears so they are strong but when you're putting this kind of torque through a transmission and the gears are literally almost the size of a quarter they've got to be incredibly tough and incredibly strong and this is one of the few SUVs you could travel Offroad at well over 100 miles hour if you chose to if you were in fact there a class where they race these it's beautiful so I mean I love the raptor trucks but this is a whole Next Level thing you want to take it for a ride can we yeah yeah sure I like the color nice color hop in no you drive I don't have insurance don't worry about it it's not mine you can kick it a little bit see what she does Oh See it'll take it'll it'll take all kinds of BS try and climb the hill this way oh we'll try should downshift on its own there you go I have no idea what's on the other side be careful this is like this is like Universal no issues at all that's pretty amazing H yeah that's the the thing that I'm talking well this one has the it's got the fox sh super super the suspension adjust yeah you don't feel anything no no it's pretty amazing can I tell you why you're my favorite kind of actor please because you're one of those actors oh there's that guy liking it I would see you in these little parts and like especially on Law and Order because I know when I watch Law and Order most people only get one shot it's playing the lawyer one time I'd see you you have like a mustache oh and then you be back with a beard because you're such a good actor they want to use you all the time but you couldn't look like yourself and I always go that that's the tightest guy that I like you know and then of course once BOS head I mean then you just became a huge star I understand you do Impressions too don't you did you ever do stand up no I never well one time I attempted it Tom Wilson uh you know Biff from Back to the Future great comic yeah he tried to get me to go up on stage and read Green Eggs and Ham as Christopher walking can you do Christopher Walker I tell you Jay driving along this new Bronco Raptor it's crazy I'm not an off-road guy that's very good I have to see it again now what Pacino do you do early Pacino or later Pino you you picked you Pi let's start with earlier but P you know Jay I got to tell you I really like this car now give me the later Pina Jay here we are you bring me out out into the middle of nowhere in the Ford Bronco Raptor that's very where the hell are we going to go that's very good Hey listen it's all right you know but let's get back to talking cars what was your first car my first car was a Volkswagen Beetle FV formula oh which I got when I was 14 that's funny but I drove that thing until I crashed into a Grove of pine trees one night uh uh driving around uh we used to play a thing my brothers and I called student driver where we would drive through the woods and turn the lights out yeah very smart yeah you know that's a classic example of the teenage brain isn't it yeah so we always an off-road guy I know you came up with your new Bronco what is that about 6 months old yeah yeah what what inspired you to buy that you know I I have to say it's it's Nostalgia Ford has been really good about that and that's in 2005 I bought the Mustang GT right and I saw the Bronco an older model on the internet I got the car and I have to say that uh I love it I mean it's well that's what's cool you know because the new ones are basically just cars you can drive off road this feels like a like you could drive it on the surface of the Moon and not have issues at all is that a is that a car behind us yeah it looks like it it looks like the same car you you came in where'd you get that car uh it was idling outside of this dut shop what put your hands where I can see them hopefully the officer is a huge fan of alpacino impersonations and maybe we can weasel our way out of this hi I'm Jay Leno and if you like these videos uh watch Jay Leno's Garage only we episodes on CNBC Wednesday nights at 10:00 and uh if you like these videos hit the Subscribe button doesn't cost anything it's free imagine that free videos the age we live in\n"