-> GALLERY UPDATE MAY 2009
Go to our gallery to see 57 cars from around the world.
Or....Click the photo to see just a few of the full collection!
Or....Click the photo to see just a few of the full collection!
-> NEW CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE!!
New scans featuring a Carrera 3 road test from Auto Motor und Sport dated 25th October 1975.
PLUS links to Porsche's current C3 model pages!
PLUS links to Porsche's current C3 model pages!
-> MOTORSPORT UPDATE NOVEMBER 2008
Read the final instalment of the story of Ian Wadsworth's 2008 season in his C3-powered PCGB Speed Championship racer. Congratulations to Ian on another fine season.
-> REGISTRY UPDATE JUNE 2009
The Carrera 3.0 Registry now contains 170 CARS - find Carrera 3s from across the globe, from South Africa to Sweden, Japan to Germany!
If you own a Carrera 3.0 please take the time to register your car - simply go to our
Registry page and fill in the form. And don't forget to visit
impactbumpers.com
where you'll find a lively and informal forum for C3, and other 'Impact Bumper' 911, owners.
Why a website about the Carrera 3.0?
Here at 911carrera3.co.uk we're huge fans of the Carrera 3. We think it's a hidden gem - the best of the 'impact-bumper' 911s and one of the best Porsches ever made. We love the cars' wonderful free-revving engines with their sensational power surge at 4000 rpm. We love their handling and their simple, purposeful styling. And we remember that these cars were the last in a line of brilliant 1970s Porsche 911 Carreras, cars that were the stuff of schoolboy dreams. Despite all of this, though, it's difficult to find much information about the Carrera 3 - there are no books written about it, it features rarely in the motoring press and web resources are very limited. 911carrera3.co.uk aims to help fill this gap - we hope you enjoy the site.
Here at 911carrera3.co.uk we're huge fans of the Carrera 3. We think it's a hidden gem - the best of the 'impact-bumper' 911s and one of the best Porsches ever made. We love the cars' wonderful free-revving engines with their sensational power surge at 4000 rpm. We love their handling and their simple, purposeful styling. And we remember that these cars were the last in a line of brilliant 1970s Porsche 911 Carreras, cars that were the stuff of schoolboy dreams. Despite all of this, though, it's difficult to find much information about the Carrera 3 - there are no books written about it, it features rarely in the motoring press and web resources are very limited. 911carrera3.co.uk aims to help fill this gap - we hope you enjoy the site.
Carrera 3.0 or Carrera 3?
The answer is both - although some sources insist that the name 'Carrera 3' is inaccurate, Porsche Cars Great Britain used both terms interchangeably. On 911carrera3.co.uk so do we.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Bert Roex for supplying lots of useful information, including a translation of the seminal Sport Auto road test from 1976, to John Glynn for suggesting a Carrera 3.0 registry and to the Carrera 3.0 forum members from inpactbumpers.com for allowing us to use photos of their cars across the site.
The answer is both - although some sources insist that the name 'Carrera 3' is inaccurate, Porsche Cars Great Britain used both terms interchangeably. On 911carrera3.co.uk so do we.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Bert Roex for supplying lots of useful information, including a translation of the seminal Sport Auto road test from 1976, to John Glynn for suggesting a Carrera 3.0 registry and to the Carrera 3.0 forum members from inpactbumpers.com for allowing us to use photos of their cars across the site.
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