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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 ...
917-022 passed through some pretty prominent racing hands, as McQueen sold the car to Reinhold Joest after production of the film ended. Brian Redman and Richard Attwood, each Le Mans winners ...
Mecum hasn’t offered an estimate, but another 917K from the movie sold in 2017 at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach auction for $14,080,000, a record that still stands for 917s and the marque ...
C’est le symbole de la plus belle histoire d’amour entre les 24 Heures du Mans et un constructeur. En 1970, Porsche remporte la première de ses seize victoires en Sarthe avec une voiture qui ...
It's one of the most iconic race cars ever produced and the vehicle that kicked off Porsche's record run of 19 wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Additionally, the 917 is a fully-fledged movie star.
The Half11 is what would've happened if Porsche based its 1960s Le Mans prototypes off the 911, and the first example costs a cool $600K.
Revealed in full today in France a week before this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 963 RSP drew some inspiration from a similar project 50 years ago, 917 chassis No. 30 that’s seen here as well.
Spoiler alert: If you haven't seen the Steve McQueen's movie Le Mans and don't want to know how it ends, might we interest you in clicking to another Autoblog ...