A Porsche 917 used for filming of “Le Mans” didn't sell at auction despite a $25 million bid The car is one of three 917s used for filming and the example owned by Steve McQueen The car's ...

Possibly the most iconic and recognizable race car in the history of four-wheeled anything, the Gulf-liveried Porsche 917 ...

The Gulf Oil-liveried car was the star of the film, and helped push Porsche to the win at the real non-theatrical 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970 and 1971. With a 4.9-liter flat twelve engine making ...

What’s the deal with Porsche’s 917 ... t know the extent of the car’s racing success, there’s a good chance you’ve seen it in one of the most famous racing movies ever: Le Mans.

Introduced in 1969, the Porsche 917 has quite a few ... Productions for the movie "Le Mans." It was finished in Gulf colors specifically for filming. McQueen didn't hang onto the Porsche for ...

The 917 was a serious bit of kit, that was confirmed what with it being the first Porsche to win the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1970 ... bit of wear and tear. Don’t mind the flock of uncovered ...

the esteemed Martini Porsche 917 KH which took the title at the 1971 Le Mans with Gijs van Lennep and Helmut Marko at the helm. Amalgam will only be making 100 examples of each model, each of ...

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen ... out which Le Mans car deserves which accolade, though. The parsing is made more difficult by teams running eight 917s in the 1970 race, Porsche rebuilding ...

Explications. Ceux qui suivent Porsche sur Twitter ont pu découvrir un étrange tweet le 25 mars dernier. Un tweet dans lequel la marque évoque le sort de sa légendaire 917. On décortique ce ...

La Porsche 917 qu’a utilisée Steve McQueen pour le tournage du film « Le Mans » était mise aux enchères, à Kissimmee, en Floride. Le prix est monté jusqu’à 25 millions de dollars.