BARCELONA DREAMING

Barcelona Dreaming

Mateo Martín’s 3.0 litre Carrera and the challenges of keeping the car community alive in Barcelona.

Barcelona is a difficult city to drive a car like this in, but when the right moment comes there isn’t anywhere like it.

During the week, emission restrictions keep many classics out of the city. But when the weekend comes, Mateo Martín’s 1975 Carrera 3.0 returns to where it makes sense: between the sea, the architecture, and the roads that lead out toward the hills. For him, that rhythm is part of the car’s character, it’s something you savour when it comes.

Mateo was born in Barcelona and grew up with Porsche close at hand. Now 21 years old, he’s studies Transportation Design at IED, and car culture is a central part of life.

“Porsche has been in my life since the day I was born. I’ve experienced the brand firsthand thanks to my father’s passion, which he passed down to me along with everything it means to own one. Over the years, I’ve realised that a Porsche isn’t just a car or an investment; driving it is a total immersion into a sea of sensations.”

That idea shapes the way he sees both the car and the world around it. Since 2023, Mateo has also co-led the Young Community within Porsche Club España, helping create a space for younger enthusiasts to enter the marque on their own terms.

“Porsche has been in my life since the day I was born. I’ve experienced the brand firsthand thanks to my father’s passion, which he passed down to me along with everything it means to own one."

“It was a car only manufactured between 1975 and 1976. Very few units were produced, and those from ’75 are even harder to find.”

This particular 911 was already in Spain when Mateo’s father heard about it. What caught his attention was the model itself: a 1975 Carrera 3.0. “It was a car only manufactured between 1975 and 1976. Very few units were produced, and those from ’75 are even harder to find.”

If there is one place where the car feels most at home, it is Montseny. Roads like those are what keep older 911s relevant as something mechanical, tactile, and alive.

That same feeling is shared among the Young Community. For Mateo, the goal is not simply to gather owners, but to keep a legacy moving. Inside families, inside Spain, and between generations.