Ruf CTR3

Ruf CTR3
Overview
Manufacturer	Ruf Automobile
Production	2007–2012 (CTR3) 2012–2023 (CTR3 Clubsport)[1] 2023–present (CTR3 Evo)
Assembly	Pfaffenhausen, Germany
Designer	Bennett Soderberg[2]
Body and chassis
Class	Sports car (S)
Body style	2-door coupé
Layout	Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Related	Porsche Cayman Lykan HyperSport Porsche 911
Powertrain
Engine	3.7L twin-turbocharged flat-6
Transmission	6-speed sequential manual 7-speed PDK (Clubsport)
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,625 mm (103.3 in)[3]
Length	4,445 mm (175.0 in)[3]
Width	1,944 mm (76.5 in)[3]
Height	1,200 mm (47 in)[3]
Curb weight	3,035 lb (1,377 kg)[3]
Chronology
Predecessor	Ruf CTR2

The Ruf CTR3 is a mid-engined sports car produced by German car manufacturer Ruf Automobile. The CTR3 was unveiled at the Bahrain International Circuit on the 20th anniversary of the original Ruf CTR on April 13, 2007 in conjunction with the opening of a new Ruf factory at the circuit.^[4][5]

Continuing the Ruf tradition of enhancing Porsche automobiles, the CTR3 shares the body style and engine type with the contemporaneous Porsche 987 Cayman and Porsche 997.1 Turbo. For the first time, however, it features a Ruf-designed body built on a dedicated platform engineered in conjunction with Multimatic^[6] and is particularly styled to reflect the visual feel of vintage Le Mans race cars of the 1950s and 1960s.^[5] Additionally, Ruf adopted the Porsche Cayman's mid-engine layout for the new car, rather than the traditional rear-engine layout of the previous CTR models (CTR and CTR2).