My First Car

By: Matt Stone .

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Recollections of first cars from Jay Leno, Tony Stewart, Carroll Shelby, Dan Ackroyd, Tom Wolfe and many more.

The car is the quintessential symbol of freedom, escape, and making your own way. Getting your first car turns you loose on the world. Whether we drove a hand-me-down, or saved up to buy it, or received it as a graduation present, that first car accompanied us during some of the most memorable times of our lives. Whether driving friends to sports practice or fumbling through a make-out session in some darkened parking lot, our first car was there. Whether driving to our first job or bringing home our first child, our first car was a key companion. The memories of these moments carry with them memories of our car. ... the color, the rust, the smells, the cheap stereo, the way you had to jiggle the ignition "just right" to start it.

Motor Trend executive editor and motoring author Matt Stone compiles stories of these "firsts" from celebrities and auto industry moguls in their own words. Race car drivers like Danica Patrick and Tony Stewart, movie and TV stars like Jay Leno and Joe Mantegna, car-industry insiders like Bob Lutz and Chip Foose, and many more, each tell the story of their first cars and the adventures they had with it.

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