North American sales of the now iconic Porsche Cayenne began in 2003. Since then, the Cayenne has hit production milestone after production mileston. Now, models from the Cayenne line-up make up more than one-third of Porsche's entire vehicle delivery count through the first 9 months of 2014. Late last week, Porsche announced yet another …
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Growth At Porsche Headquarters Drives On With New Engine Plant
Over the next few years Porsche will invest well over one billion euros in construction projects in Germany in order to sustain and stimulate continued growth. Along with the completed expansion of their Weissach R&D facility and the recent acquisition of a climatic wind tunnel Porsche today announced that construction of their new Zuffenhausen …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Completes Construction of their New Paint Shop Using Helicopters
Porsche completed construction of their new paint shop with a spectacular helicopter operation in which nine air vents were placed and installed on the roof of the building from a height of 40 metres. "This will complete the next major step in the preparatory stage of production of the Porsche Macan. The paint shop facilities have already …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Has Produced 500,000 Cayennes in Leipzig
When the first Porsche Cayenne rolled off the assembly line at the Leipzig plant in 2002, nobody could foresee how very successful the sports-car SUV would be. It took seven years to reach 250,000 units. “We started with around 70 units a day. Today we produce five times as much owing to the high market demand. In the past year alone, over …
Continue to the full articleCelebrating a milestone at Porsche: 100,000th Panamera leaves the factory
Last week, on the 15th of May, the Porsche plant in Leipzig, Germany, produced the 100,000th Panamera. Not bad considering it was introduced just four short years ago. The milestone vehicle is a new Panamera S E-Hybrid in “rhodium-silver metallic”. This vehicle, the world’s first plug-in hybrid of the luxury class, made its debut before a …
Continue to the full articleDriving the 887hp Porsche 918 Spyder
Chris Harris was among a number of journalists invited to Porsche's Leipzig track to drive the Porsche 918. Chris was only allowed 3 laps in the 918, but the video covers the best points of the technical presentation from the visit and provides tons and tons of details in a succinct and compact fashion. Enjoy! A Few Things To Point …
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