{"id":34369,"date":"2013-12-13T09:39:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T09:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=34369"},"modified":"2022-06-21T16:23:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T15:23:55","slug":"features-steve-mcqueens-rides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/features\/features-steve-mcqueens-rides\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve McQueen’s Cars & Motorcycles"},"content":{"rendered":"

words: Neil Siner<\/em><\/p>\n

Whatever you think of the exploitation of his image and his myth, Steve McQueen had impeccable taste in cars and motorcycles<\/strong>. Here is a fistful of our favourite rides that will be forever branded McQueen.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Bronze Ferrari 250 Lusso<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe 250 Berlinetta Lusso was the final incarnation of Ferrari’s big 3 litre 250 Gts. Its V-12 engine produced around 250 BHP and with a man like McQueen on the pedal it would top out near 150 mph. Mrs McQueen paid $14,000 for it for her husband\u2019s 34th birthday. The sensual, achingly beautiful Pininfarina design was delivered to the McQueen home in an unusual hue Ferrari called ‘Marrone’. Sounds better than ‘brown’. The slim roof pillars and mass of glass exposed an interior luxuriating in beige hide. Combined with the classic wire wheels, bumperettes and ‘eggcrate’ grill this machine is more plush than McQueen’s other vehicles of choice. One for and from the lady.<\/p>\n\n\t\t