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Actor Steve McQueen’s camera car from the racing film Le Mans has sold at auction for $11 million – making it the most paid for an American car on the auction block.

The 1968 powder blue Ford GT40/Mirage Lightweight Racing Car, P/1074, finished in the Gulf team colors, landed the eye-popping final bid at a collector-car show hosted by RM Auctions in Monterey, California last week.

The auction house called the car the ‘star attraction’ of their California sale and said a bidding war erupted from among eager buyers   …  Pictures and more

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