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. …
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Watch 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 …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s New Training Center In Zuffenhausen Is Massive
As Porsche continue to grow, so does their need for talented and skilled new talent. In order to ensure access to that talent Porsche recently opened one of the most advanced training centers in the automotive industry. The new €30 million building comprises and area totaling 14,000 square meters (150,000 square feet) offers space for up …
Continue to the full articleThis Is What Happens To A 911 Before Leaving The Plant In Zuffenhausen
Like the other videos we brought you earlier showing the Porsche 918 assembly line and the birth of a 911 engine this video eschews music or voice overs. Instead, it's the silent symphony of Porsche quality checks that resonate. What struck me the most about this video, besides the heavy armor worn by the GT3 at the beginning, was the …
Continue to the full articleGrowth 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 Opens New Paint Shop in Zuffenhausen
Porsche continues to modernize its traditional Zuffenhausen location, this time with a new innovative paint shop. Completed in time to coincide with the beginning of the new Porsche 911 production, the workshop area is where the body shells are painted inside and out. Highlights of the new Porsche Paint Shop Cutting-edge technology; …
Continue to the full articleArachnophilia Porsche Style
Similar in presentation and style to other books in the Ludvigsen Library Series, Porsche Spyders 1956 - 1964 provides a brief yet compelling overview of the cars that came to be known as "Giant Killers". Ludvigsen's clear and concise writing style provides the reader with an introduction documenting the storied racing history of theses …
Continue to the full articlePorsche RS60: The Giant Killer
Porsche AG’s first fully purpose-built racing car came in 1953 in the form of the 550 Spyder. The first major win for the 550 came at the 1956 Targa Florio, driven by Umberto Maglioli. The 550 was further developed into the 718 RSK, another successful winning racer. These wins by the light, small-displacement Porsche race cars against …
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