1924 Doble steam car at the Henry Ford Museum NAParish via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) In 1917, visitors to the National Automobile Show in New York City had a clear favorite among the nearly 100 new ...

The steam-powered car is considered an old-fashioned relic in today's age, but in his latest video showing off his 1925 Doble E-20, Jay Leno demonstrates that at its best, steam provided a ...

APN ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 15--The hubcap of a 1925 Doble steam car is photographed in its Burlingame, Calif., garage Feb. 17, 1998.

The Doble Steam Car was one of them. Built by Doble Steam Motors of Emeryville, California, the vehicle ran on recycled exhaust steam and could top 90 miles an hour.

An engine-out service of his Doble steam car. Leno does a fantastic job explaining how the Doble engine worked. He also explains why it failed.

His 1925 Doble steam cars have Corvette front disc brakes; his 1966 Ford Galaxie has many improvements, including rack-and-pinion steering; and his 1955 Buick Roadmaster has a 620-horsepower ...

His 1925 Doble steam cars have Corvette front disc brakes; his 1966 Ford Galaxie has many improvements, including rack-and-pinion steering; and his 1955 Buick Roadmaster has a 620-horsepower ...

Leno owns several of the archaic vehicles, including several Stanley Steamers, a 1925 Doble E-20, and a 1907 White that TMZ reported that the car involved in the incident.

In contrast, early steam cars were heavy and expensive, and it took a long time to make enough steam to get them rolling. Doble Steam Motors, another early automaker, eventually solved this last ...

Elsewhere in the book, he noted that "the last steam cars from Doble would run 1,500 miles on a 24 gallon tankful" of water.

Bessler also owned the remnants of steam engine company Doble, so he knew a thing or two about the propulsion method. CHECK OUT: Jay Leno hits the beat in a 1978 Chevy Nova cop car ...