Steve McQueen started filming Le Mans — his 1971 racecar movie to end all racecar movies — with a broken foot. By the end of the on-location, way-over-budget shoot, he had broken friendships ...

Steve McQueen's No. 20 Porsche 917 featured in the movie "Le Mans" has been restored as is expected to bring $15 million in an auction at Pebble Beach in California.

McQueen scored two race wins with the Porsche in 1970 before it was fitted with cameras and entered into that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans. Driven by Herbert Linge and Jonathan Williams, the car was ...

The 917K was sold to Steve McQueen and Solar Productions for the movie "Le Mans." It was finished in Gulf colors specifically for filming. McQueen didn't hang onto the Porsche for long.

The legendary Porsche 917K that Steve McQueen, Hollywood’s “King of Cool,” owned and drove in his 1971 movie Le Mans, is coming to Mecum’s Kissimmee auction on January 18, and it’s ...

Fifty years ago today, Steve McQueen's Le Mans had its premiere. McQueen apparently didn't attend, as the production of the film devolved into chaos quickly, and the actor was forced to hand over ...

Steve McQueen’s Porsche 917K, the “Hero Car” from the 1971 film Le Mans is unequivocally this exceptional case. It is not only a cinematic icon purchased new by the King of Cool, but also a ...

The collector-car world is currently in a frenzy. The legendary Porsche 917K that Steve McQueen, Hollywood’s “King of Cool,” owned and drove in his 1971 movie Le Mans, is coming to Mecum’s ...

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For instance, in 2021, RM Sotheby's Monterey Auction offered a 1970 917K that raced in Le Mans and appeared in the movie Le Mans, saying 917-031/026 was "Immortalised as the winning car in Steve ...

(Motor Authority) – A 1970 Porsche 917K driven by Steve McQueen in the Hollywood icon’s racing opus “Le Mans” will cross the block at RM Sotheby’s 2021 Monterey auction, scheduled for ...