The racer was driven by Steve McQueen during the filming of the 1971 movie.
The price was finally right for Jerry Seinfeld.
The comedian revealed that he has finally sold his Porsche 917K during his appearance on Spike Feresten’s “Spike’s Car Radio” podcast (via Road & Track) earlier this week. News of the sale comes just weeks after Seinfeld turned down $25 million for the race car that Steve McQueen drove in the movie Le Mans at Mecum Auction’s Kissimmee 2025 sale.
Jaws dropped last fall when Seinfeld announced that he was selling his 917K chassis 022. Enthusiasts weren’t just shocked the renowned Porsche lover was parting ways with the marque’s most famous vehicle but also that he’d chosen Mecum to oversee its sale, as opposed to RM Sotheby’s or Gooding & Company. The auction house has a proven track record, but it’s more associated with American-made muscle cars than the kind of historic European sports and race cars they write books about.
Seinfeld told Ferensten and his co-host, Paul Zucker, that he went with Mecum because of a meeting he had with its founder, Dana Mecum. During their conversation, Mecum outlined how they would use the auction as a marketing opportunity for the comedian’s car and his auction house, driving up interest in both. Seinfeld was so convinced by the idea that he claims he didn’t even bother to pay attention to the auction, where bidding topped out at $25 million, in January.
