2017年1月8日 · So when we started to research the history of the AMX/3 prototype No. 2, the car that was famously tested in Monza in 1970, we wanted to know more about the role of Giorgetto Giugiaro and ItalDesign and about the actual involvement of BMW. Dick Teague and his team won the design competition…

The AMC AMX/3 (alternate spelling: AMX III) is a mid-engine sports car produced by the American carmaker American Motors Corporation (AMC), which was presented to the Italian press in March 1970 and was to be produced in Germany by Karmann starting in 1971.

I created this site in early 2017 for one purpose: share historically accurate information on the AMX/K-AMX/3 project and fully document the entire project including all cars, answering all questions and correcting misreported information.

2022年7月18日 · In the spring of 1969, AMC and BMW inked a 1.5 million DM contract for the German company to test the AMX/3 prototypes and verify their performance, including a target top speed of 160 mph. At some point, however, BMW transitioned from simply testing the cars to developing them.

March 1969, BMW and AMC signed a $1.5 million DM contract (about $800k USD) to test the quality of the Italian prototypes, improve them and verify its performance. BMW Project E18. June 1969 the first prototype was sent to BMW for testing. “BMW engineers found the scope of the tested prototype No. 1 to be far too weak and yielding.”

2017年2月27日 · BMW was tapped for engineering and testing, internally coding the AMX/3 as Project E18. Giugiaro’s ItalDesign would structurally perfect the steel semi-monocoque body. Bizzarrini and close collaborator Salvatore Diomante would assemble the AMX/3 through a new joint-venture company.

2019年11月22日 · In June of 1969, under codename E18, BMW engineers took delivery of an aggressively styled mid-engine coupe for development and testing. Except the car wasn’t theirs, wasn’t even built in Germany, and was destined for the American market. That car, the first-built American Motors AMX/3, did eventually make its way to the United States, where…

TIMELINE of the AMC "AMX/K” “AMX/3” “BMW E18” project and notes of important dates for people involved in the project, and each car. This timeline helps establish reported information as possible, probable or simply impossible.

AMX/3 was more powerful (the output of Ford's 351 Cleveland in Pantera trim made 310-bhp vs. 340 for AMX/3's 390), but it was -years- (like 20-30 of 'em!) ahead of anything Detroit's finest have marketed to this date.

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