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Steve McQueen’s Le Mans Porsche 917K could fetch £13m at auction

Published 16 July 2021
By Liam Shard
A classic Porsche racing car, driven on film by Steve McQueen, is expected to sell for as much as £13 million at auction in August.
Top 10 best movie car chases

The 10 best car chases in movie history

We nominate the greatest motorised pursuits committed to film
Published 29 January 2021
Top 5 cars owned by Hollywood icons

Top five cars owned by Hollywood legends

Jeremy Clarkson recently beat Steve McQueen to be named screen's greatest automotive icon. Once we'd got over the shock, it got us thinking...
Published 08 May 2020
Jeremy Clarkson voted screen’s greatest automotive icon

Clarkson voted screen’s greatest automotive icon

Jeremy Clarkson has beaten Hollywood legend Steve McQueen and three James Bonds to take the title of screen’s greatest automotive icon.
Published 27 April 2020
Video: Guy Martin attempts to jump barbed wire fence that foiled Steve McQueen in The Great Escape

Video: Guy Martin's Great Escape stunt

It's one of the best-known stunts in cinema: now Guy martin is attempting to recreate Steve McQueen's motorcycle leap from The Great Escape.
Published 01 December 2019
1968 Ford Mustang GT390 Fastback Bullitt

Bullitt Mustang heading to auction next year

One of the most iconic cars to ever grace the silver screen could be yours after the Ford Mustang that starred alongside Steve McQueen in 1968...
Published 16 August 2019
An electric Ford Mustang is on the way — but it's an SUV

An electric Ford Mustang is on the way

It's one of the most famous cars ever made, but the Ford Mustang as made famous in Bullitt will soon spawn a pure-electric coupé-crossover.
Published 28 March 2019
Me and My Motor: Chad McQueen, son of Steve McQueen, on catching the racing bug from his film star dad

Me and My Motor: Chad McQueen

Steve McQueen had a reputation as a hellraiser but according to his son, Chad, he was a great father. “Every other kid wanted him as their dad...
Published 19 June 2017
The chase is on: hunt begins for missing Ford Mustangs from Steve McQueen's Bullitt

Hunt begins for missing Mustangs from Bullitt

For Steve McQueen fans and car enthusiasts alike, it is a mystery as gripping as the car chase that made the 1968 crime drama Bullitt famous. Now
Published 16 March 2017
Me and My Motor: Ricky Wilson, The Kaiser Chiefs’ singer on his love of riotous revs

Me and My Motor: Ricky Wilson

Ricky Wilson, lead singer with Kaiser Chiefs, is no fan of name-dropping, but can’t resist mentioning he’s “sort of” become mates with the...
Published 27 February 2017
Me and My Motor: Derek Bell, Le Mans legend

Me and My Motor: Derek Bell

His name may not be as instantly recognisable as the likes of Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart or Lewis Hamilton, but to true motor-sports...
Published 20 February 2017
Products: Steve McQueen in Le Mans graphic novel review

Products: Steve McQueen in Le Mans graphic novel

It's a common idea that a true genius must be a little unhinged mentally, and by that criterion Sandro Garbo, the artist behind new graphic novel
Published 10 February 2017
Chad McQueen and Ford Mustang GT: faster than a speeding Bullitt (video)

Chad McQueen and Ford Mustang GT: faster than a speeding...

Remember the scene in Bullitt when Steve McQueen in a Ford Mustang pursues a pair of baddies in a Dodge Charger through the precipitous streets and...
Published 08 May 2016