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.

2017年1月8日 · Years later, Giotto Bizzarrini remembered that the first AMX/3 prototype was delivered to BMW around June 1969. No official documentation is available from the tests that BMW performed and a recent inquiry to the BMW museum in Munich yielded the rather uncharacteristic response that BMW had “nothing in the archives” about the E18 program.

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.

Nine original AMX/3 chassis survive and all current locations and complete provenance since 1968 are now documented. Seven AMX/3 complete cars, one AMX/2 restored fiberglass Design Concept Push-Mobile, one AMX/K raw shell and one AMX/3 fiberglass Design Concept Push-Mobile unrestored, all survive, and complete provenance is documented.

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.

February 1969 the fiberglass mockup AMX/2 is shown at the Chicago Auto show. This is a “teaser” project to draw publicity for the forethcoming AMX/3. 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.

Bizzarrini’s final AMC/3 featured the hallmark of sports engineering, a mid-mounted engine and rear transaxle. The Italian firm Melara developed the new gearbox while BMW completed final testing on the roadworthy AMX/3. It seemed AMC was serious about production.

Based on the Javelin, but patterned after European exotic cars like the Lamborghini Miura and the Lotus Europa, the AMX/3 was one of the most unusual cars to come out of Detroit in the late 1960s. The Italian firm of Giotto Bizzarrini handled the …

The AMX/3 Program Monza Test Car; Impeccable Provenance and History Engineered and Developed by Giotto Bizzarrini, ItalDesign, and BMW Renowned Achievement by Famed Designer Dick Teague

2019年11月27日 · According to its history, this car was delivered to BMW engineers in Munich after AMC entered a gentlemen’s agreement with the German automaker. Famed automotive artists Giorgetto Giugiaro and...