What car did james dean die in?

At 5:45 PM on this day in 1955, 24-year-old actor James Dean is killed in Cholame, California, when the Porsche he is driving hits a Ford Tudor sedan at an intersection. The driver of the other car, 23-year-old California Polytechnic State University student Donald Turnupseed, was dazed but mostly uninjured; Dean’s passenger, German Porsche mechanic Rolf Wütherich was badly injured but survived. read more

Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean sit in a car on the set of the movie Giant, which was released on November 24, 1956, more than a year after the actor's death Ten years ago, the Volo Auto Museum in Chicago put on an exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of Dean’s death. read more

On September 30, 1955, actor James Dean was driving his brand new Porsche 550 Spyder to an auto rally in Salinas, California when he was involved in a head-on collision with a 1950 Ford Tutor. James Dean, only 24 years old, died in the crash. read more