VIDEO: Chad, fast and charming, like father Steve McQueen as he visits Cork

Almost 40 years after his death, Steve McQueen remains the definition of cool. Within minutes of meeting his son Chad you realise that more than a little of his Dad rubbed off on him.

He’s in Ireland to drive the new Ford Mustang V8 5-litre Fastback — the first made for Europe. Taking it on a trip around Ireland’s narrow and winding roads is something that you know is right up his street.

It’s also fitting that Chad should roll into the county Henry Ford’s father left well over a century ago driving a car his father immortalised in the legendary 1968 film Bullit.