Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The collector-car world is currently in a frenzy. The legendary Porsche 917K that Steve McQueen, Hollywood’s “King of Cool,” owned ...

Possibly the most iconic and recognizable race car in the history of four-wheeled anything, the Gulf-liveried Porsche 917, owes a lot of its star power to the kind of terrible 1971 Steve McQueen ...

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 post? As far as we can tell, this chassis ...

WALWORTH, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following its unprecedented unveiling before a stunned crowd at the 2024 Mecum Monterey auction, Steve McQueen’s Porsche 917K, the “Hero Car” from the 1971 film “Le ...

Introduced in 1969, the Porsche 917 has quite a few things to brag about. 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 ...

Steve McQueen was many things — racing driver, Hollywood star, motorcycle enthusiast — but among watch collectors, he's remembered just as much for what he wore on his wrist as anything he did on scr ...

Bevan Weston on the right wearing the Heuer Monaco while rallying in Australia in the late 1970s. Sotheby’s. Courtesy of Bevan Weston After enjoying the watch for 40 years, Weston sold the watch to a ...

Steve McQueen picked what would become one of the most famous watches in history out of a lineup. 1971’s Le Mans was in pre-production, and McQueen, playing pro racer Michael Delaney, needed a watch.

“Here was an essentially rusted and beaten-up 1968 Mustang, typically worth around $20,000, that brought $3.74 million because it was the Bullitt car and driven by Steve McQueen. The 917 from Le Mans ...

Fred Smith's love of cars comes from his fascination with auto racing. Unfortunately, that passion led him to daily drive a high-mileage, first-year Porsche Panamera. He is still thinking about the ...

Celebrated movie cars typically owe their fame more to the silver screen than to their mechanical pedigree or striking design. However, there is one exceptional case where cinematic star power ...