Highlights Iconic VW Beach Buggy Bold, head-turning example Built to a high standard 1300cc twin port engine with EMPI exhaust Many new parts Low miles Registered as an historic vehicle Overview When he wasn't tearing up the streets of San Francisco in that iconic Ford Mustang GT 390 in Bullitt or jumping fences to escape the Nazis on a Triumph TR6 Trophy dressed to look like a BMW R75, Steve McQueen was also known for going full send in a VW-based Beach Buggy as the titular character in 1968's The Thomas Crown Affair.

Having been consecrated by pop culture's most legit petrolhead all three vehicles have since been imbued with a certain reverence that still rings true today, with the Beach Buggy being arguably the most exciting of the bunch.

It's certainly true that any self-respecting motoring enthusiast would be proud to own the Mustang or the Triumph but when it comes to sheer smiles per gallon we reckon the Buggy takes the biscuit.

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