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Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0: Fast, responsive and agile, still stunningly quick more than 30 years after the last one was produced.

With a power unit derived from the fantastically successful Carrera 3.0RS and an aluminium crank-case shared with the lengendary 911 Turbo, the 'Carrera 3' was, for the short period between 1975 and 1977, the ultimate normally-aspirated 911, combining searing road and track performance with every-day driveability.

Relatively few of these wonderfully free-revving Carreras were made and the remaining cars are now becoming increasingly recognised as rare and much sought-after Porsches.

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.

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Read about Drew's fantastic restoration of a Euro C3 Read about Richard Lambert's racing C3 Read about Larry's sensational 12000 mile Carrera 3.0 Read how Jon came to buy his classic 1970s Copper Brown Metallic Coupe

What's a 1970s Carrera?

Since the mid-1980s all Porsche 911s have been known as Carreras, but in the 1970s things were different. The Carrera variants of the 911 range were the fastest of the 911 breed, developed for the track with more power, better handling and less weight. The Carrera 3 was the last of these supercars - raw, rapid and very rare.