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 current ...

In 1970, Porsche's first overall victory at Le Mans was achieved with a 917 short-tail bearing the number 23, and it was dressed in a striking red-and-white livery. This became known as the Salzburg ...

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 ...

Porsche’s 917 was a prototype endurance racing machine that saw dominant success. The Porsche 917 Chassis 30 was sold to Count Rossi and was driven on public roadways. This could be an elaborate way ...

One of Porsche’s most alluring services is its Sonderwunsch Factory Re-Commission program. Provide the Sonderwunsch team with your car, a vision and a boatload of cash, and you can transform it into ...

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 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 ...

The 963 RSP, as it is called, was made in partnership with racing legend Roger Penske and Porsche Penske Motorsport, the team running at Le Mans next week. Roger Penske’s initials, in fact, complete ...

Originally, the 917 was a pure race car. Porsche never intended for it to be used outside the track. But that changed thanks to one determined Italian aristocrat—Count Teofilo Guiscardo Rossi di ...

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 first implemented turbochargers on its race cars The first turbocharged Porsche was the 917 Porsche turbocharges many of its road cars today and some EVs even wear the badge Porsche was one of ...