In early June Porsche introduced us to their most powerful 911 Turbo S yet, the 2018 Exclusive Series Coupe. Limited to just 500 units worldwide, the Turbo S exclusive series makes 607 horsepower and 553 lb. -ft of torque. With that kind of power, great care needs to be given to its manufacturing, quality assurance and testing. This nearly …
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The Silence Inside the Porsche Factory is Deafening
It's striking how quiet the Porsche factory is. During engine assembly the loudest sound seems to be the gentle clatter of the machine which sets the pistons into the ring compressor. Even the chain hoists operate with a near silent "tick-tick-tick" as the chains move over the rollers. Six decades ago, when the 356 was in production, the Porsche …
Continue to the full articleThis is Porsche’s New V-8 Engine Factory
Porsche's newest manufacturing plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen is a state-of-the-art production facility where 400 employees will produce around 200 V-8 engines on a daily basis. “Porsche stands for sporty high-performance engines: from engine design to series production,” says Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG. …
Continue to the full articleWatch A New Porsche Get Built In 120 Seconds
A few weeks ago the folks at Donut Media brought us the evolution of the Porsche 911 in 90 seconds. Today comes their second video hoping to play off the success of the first. In it, we watch footage from the Porsche factory in Stuttgart as various Porsches are assembled. The footage is overlaid with a myriad of Porsche facts that may or may not …
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