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 Kissimmee ...

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 ...

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 ...

Porsche’s 917 was one of the most dominant cars in motorsport during its era, and to showcase an example of the model in a Porsche collection today is akin to a natural history museum possessing a ...

Mecum's Kissimmee 2025 auction ended this weekend with hundreds of classic cars sold for millions of dollars combined. A 1966 Ford GT40 MkI Road Car became the event's most expensive vehicle with a $7 ...

The Porsche 917K once owned by Steve McQueen, and later, Jerry Seinfeld, made headlines back in late January for failing to sell at auction despite a $25 million bid. However, on a March 5 episode of ...

The hero car from Steve McQueen’s 1971 film Le Mans, a rare 1970 Porsche 917K, will be auctioned off by Mecum in January and seems likely to sell for well over $10 million. Indeed, it could become the ...

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 ...

The Porsche 917 was developed under Ferdinand Piech’s leadership to win Le Mans- and it did. Initially built as a racer, one of these monsters was converted to be road-legal for an Italian Count. This ...

James has been writing about cars professionally since 2012. After a bruising period freelancing in his native UK, James spent six years in Dubai, starting his new life abroad as Web Editor for ...

Mecum unveils 1970 Porsche 917K (917-022), Steve McQueen’s Hero Car from “Le Mans,” announcing it will be auctioned at Kissimmee 2025, The World’s Largest Collector Car Auction® The “Le Mans” Porsche ...