WE ARE PORSCHE | McQueen
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The undisputed “King of Cool” and an icon of 1960s Hollywood, Steve McQueen pursued motorsport with a passion that matched his love of acting. In this video, learn more about how Steve McQueen's son and grandson - Chad McQueen and Chase McQueen - talk about their family's legacy and how they keep it alive.
"I'm not sure whether I'm an actor who races or a racer who acts," he would note. He financed his racing with the money he earned from acting, and, like many automotive enthusiasts at the time, he was drawn to the performance potential and technical sophistication of Porsches. A black Porsche 356, purchased using his salary from the television western Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958-61), was the vehicle McQueen raced in his first competition in Santa Barbara, California, in 1959. By the 1970s, he was driving at the highest level and would even fund his own racing team through his company Solar Productions.
Porsche would bring McQueen one of the most successful results of his racing career. Competing as an independent team under Solar Productions, McQueen and co-driver Peter Revson drove to a second-place finish at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1970. This ultimately helped Porsche maintain its lead in the Manufacturers' World Championship, a title the company would go on to win for a second consecutive year. Le Mans, McQueen's 1971 racing epic, was the ultimate expression of the actor's love of motorsport.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Steve McQueen's History with Porsche
00:40 - Porsche Community
01:11 - 1958 Porsche Speedster
01:35 - "The Best at Everything"
02:11 - Share their Porsches with the World
02:32 - Growing Up Around Automotives
02:52 - Keeping the Legacy Alive
03:07 - McQueen Racing
03:42 - "I am Porsche"
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Glad to see the legacy lives on with the younger McQueens!
👌🏁✨Great story, & for you pronunciation hounds, he says Porsh~uh for ya at the tail end! BraVo Team McQueen 🏁👌✨
we just need a cobra kai cameo
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Did Chad have a stroke?
@Sonnymonster
7 күн бұрын
Looks like it. My wife’s uncle had a similar appearance and mannerisms😞
Is that Marlon Brando on the right?
Porsh.
Uh....porsch-AH. "Nothing Even Comes Close."
@ClassicCarCustodians
6 күн бұрын
Then start calling BMW Beh Em Veh too. Like a real German.
What’s a “porsh”?
@rolandnelson6722
7 күн бұрын
It’s Porsche in English. .
@bigstroke2069
7 күн бұрын
@@rolandnelson6722 It's a German name, like Beethoven. Smith doesn't become something else in French.😄
@rolandnelson6722
7 күн бұрын
@@bigstroke2069 I’m Australian. Almost every name is anglicised in the English speaking world. Including mine. Mine was Nielsen, Anglicised to Nelson. Porsch-a sounds both awkward and pompous in English.
@erolfox
7 күн бұрын
@rolandnelson6722 Do you call the shoes Nik & the country Chil?
@rolandnelson6722
6 күн бұрын
@@erolfox I call Nikes, Nike like like. And Chile chilli. So that people know what I’m talking about. The entire point of talking is not to boost about your pronunciation; it’s it convey information. If all the information you want to convey is that your pronunciation is correct…, That’s a form of innovation. Thanks for asking.
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To all you guys nagging about Porsch-UH pronunciation, Then start calling BMW, Beh Em Veh too. Like a real German. You all say Bee Em Double-Yoo, without hesitation. Cut the nagging will ya. So tired of all the language police Porsche guys.
@JJL206
5 күн бұрын
Why are you even here? Asking for a friend…
@r.aaronhible4214
16 сағат бұрын
I understand what you are saying, and I used to agree. Then in the Porsche Manual for my 2017 Cayman S it states the correct way to pronounce the name. If the factory says in their own literature that's the way to say it, then I thought it would be best to change my pronunciation.
Great stuff!!!! But PLEASE Chase - it's a PORSCH - A!! A Porsh is what you sit on in the country and wave to folks as they drive by!! LOL
Too bad they tell the kid how to properly pronounce Porsche. It’s a two syllable word
@themitsudas
7 күн бұрын
I was thinking the same thing..
@eSysmanSuperYachts
6 күн бұрын
After seeing that video that’s your takeaway? Petty
@ClassicCarCustodians
6 күн бұрын
Then start calling BMW Beh Em Veh too. Like a real German.
@themitsudas
6 күн бұрын
@@eSysmanSuperYachts When your late grandfather was Steve McQueen and he was a great ambassador of the Porsche brand, you should pronounce it the proper way. Steve never said it with one syllable. In his own movie, Le Mans, they didn't pronounced it with one syllable. The Porsche family doesn't even pronounce it that way. Look at every single Porsche commercial - the name is pronounced with 2 syllables. It's about respecting the name.
@missingremote4388
5 күн бұрын
More than one is two porschas
Chad knows it’s a two-syllable Family Name…Porsche (Por- sha). Petersen should know better. Chad…Thumbs Up, old friend. Lee
"porsh" 🤣🤣🤣 let's call them McQuee Family because we think everyone is French.
@ClassicCarCustodians
6 күн бұрын
Then start calling BMW Beh Em Veh too. Like a real German.