Starting Thursday, Feb. 6, comedian and car collector Jay Leno has a busy few days ... but in order to make room for a then-new Tesla Model S Plaid, he put his 2015 Model S P90D up for auction ...

Comedian and car collector Jay Leno had a busy few days in Southwest ... but in order to make room for a then-new Tesla Model S Plaid, he put his 2015 Model S P90D up for auction in 2021.

As it turns out, Jay Leno bought his first Tesla Model S by way of an apology. And yes, as apologies go, that's a damn big one. Some time later, as Leno was preparing to film the JLG show on CNBC ...