How To Import Forza Motorsport 3 Cars in Forza Motorsport 4

Find out how you can import all cars from Forza Motorsport 3 to Forza Motorsport 4 using profile import feature.


When you will start Forza Motorsport 4 for the first time, you will asked whether you want to start a new game or import your profile from Forza Motorsport 3. If you choose to import, you will receive extra credits for being a loyal Forza Motorsport fanatic and a few of the cars that you had in your garage will now be transferred to Forza Motorsport 4.

Profile import doesn’t effect your level in Forza Motorsport 4 Career Mode, you will start at the beginning ‘level 0’. When you import the Forza 3 profile, you will get these cars depending on your level:

  1. Level 1 – 2010 Abarth 500 Esseesse
  2. Level 5 – 2009 Ford Focus RS
  3. Level 10 – 2010 Chevrolet Camero SS
  4. Level 15 – 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro
  5. Level 20 – 2009 Bugatti Veyron 16.4
  6. Level 30 – 2009 BMW #92 Rahal Letterman Racing M3 GT2
  7. Level 40 – 2006 Aston Martin #007 Aston Martin Racing DBR9
  8. Level 50 – 2009 Peugeot #9 Peugeot Sport Total 908

8 Free cars if you are Level 50 in Forza Motorsport 3 and import the save file in Forza Motorsport 4. Additionally if you have these cars in your Forza Motorsport 3 garage, they will be transferred to Forza Motorsport 4.

  1. 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
  2. 2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia
  3. 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
  4. 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS Coupe
  5. 2002 Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type-A
  6. 2006 Subaru Impreza S204
  7. 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia
  8. 2010 Lexus LF-A
  9. 1981 Delorean DMC-12

Finally, some of the cars from DLC packs will also be transferred to Forza Motorsport 4 when you import Forza Motorsport 3 save file.

Community Choice Classics Pack:

  1. 1982 DeLorean DMC-12

Hot Holidays Car Pack

  1. 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia

Stig Garage Pack

  1. 2010 Lexus LF-A

Forza 3 VIP Car Pack

  1. 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
  2. 2007 Ferrari 430 Scuderia
  3. 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera

Forza Motorsport 3 Unicorn Cars that will be transferred to Forza Motorsport 4 are:

  1. 2006 Subaru Impreza S204
  2. 2002 Mazda RX-7 Spirit R Type-A
  3. 1969 Chevy Camaro SS Coupe

Damage, Cockpit, and Shader Upgrades have been changed on all cars in between two games. Which means you can’t import your livery designs but you can import layer groups in livery editor area. Select ‘My Designs’ in Forza Motorsport 4 and import all groups.

The bottom line is, if you want to get the maximum out of the profile import feature, make sure you own these cars in Forza Motorsport 3 and you driver level in career mode is 50.

Once you have all these cars, it’s time you tune them for max performance. Read our Forza Motorsport 4 Tuning Guide for that purpose, we have covered every tuning option in great detail.

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Zawad Iftikhar is the founder of SegmentNext.com, an FPS enthusiast and a Call of Duty veteran, having participated multiple eSports competition.