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Car Driven in Movie "LeMans"
by Michael Rose

Every year the world's snootiest car show selects several featured marques to honor. This brings out the best examples of the cars that have been squirreled away in museums, private collections and corporate collections from around the world.

This year Porsche was one of the chosen and people such as comedian Jerry Seinfeld brought out their pride and joys. Seinfeld's car was once owned by Steve McQueen who drove it in the movie, LeMans.



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by Michael Rose
A visitor to the Jaguar factory in Coventry gets a treat when he's offered a spin in a brand new Jaguar E-Type. We forget how revolutionary this car was. It was an icon of the swinging '60s.

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In 1955, America was in a tizzy about teenage rebellion and Hollywood had a newly minted spokesperson who could explain the angst contagion -- James Dean.

Months before Rebel Without a Cause was released Dean was tapped to sit with Gig Young and tell America's troubled youth they should slow down on the highway. Ironically, he was killed in traffic accident a short time later.


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