Porsche Museum
Jul 10, 2017 17:24:35 #
Had the opportunity to tour the Porsche Museum and Factory in Stuttgart,Germany.The 3.5 hour factory tour was fascinating.Porsches are built nearly entirely by hand.They use fewer robots than any other major automotive manufacturer.They produce only 256 vehicles per day.They utilize 187 different work stations for each car produced and the techs get to work on all 187 stations by rotating every few minutes.This technique allows each tech to work on the entire car without getting bored.Porsche hires about 187 tech apprentices each year out of over 8800 applicants,so their hiring process is very vigorous.Maybe that's why they cost so much.Please view the downloads.
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Jul 10, 2017 17:29:39 #
bnewmk wrote:
Had the opportunity to tour the Porsche Museum and... (show quote)
Did you pick up your new Porsche at the factory and drive it to the pier for it's trip home to you?
Jul 10, 2017 17:54:32 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
Did you pick up your new Porsche at the factory and drive it to the pier for it's trip home to you?
Unfortunately,no;but it would have been nice.
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Jul 10, 2017 19:48:44 #
coj wrote:
Excellent cars, excellent pix!!!
Thanks for your comments and for viewing.
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Jul 11, 2017 07:04:06 #
Very nice set of photos. The 919 hybrid has a mere 4 cylinder engine that produces only about 500hp but is supplemented by about 400hp of electric power. Not exactly your family Prius. I think another reason that Porsches are so expensive to buy is that they support an extremely expensive racing program.
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Jul 11, 2017 09:43:40 #
cdayton wrote:
Very nice set of photos. The 919 hybrid has a mere 4 cylinder engine that produces only about 500hp but is supplemented by about 400hp of electric power. Not exactly your family Prius. I think another reason that Porsches are so expensive to buy is that they support an extremely expensive racing program.
Thanks for your comments.Porsche uses their racing program to develop new technology that is often transferred to their passenger cars.It is also used as a marketing tool.
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