Z356

Here is Part A of my report on the visit I made to Porsche
Zuffenhausen today:

A) Re: European Delivery & 'Porsche Exclusive' Consultations
at Zuffenhausen. Here is the official statement by PAG as to
what is going on:


Temporary closure of the European Delivery, Exclusive Customer
Consultation and Selection Shop Zuffenhausen departments in
Zuffenhausen. Extensive building work is required at the Porsche
headquarters in Zuffenhausen to accommodate the new production
facilities being developed for the Porsche Mission E vehicle. For
this reason, the European Delivery department, Exclusive Customer
Consultation department and the Porsche Selection Shop in
Zuffenhausen will be closed to the public until the first quarter
of 2018.

European Delivery in Leipzig will continue to operate as normal
during this period. Exclusive Customer Consultations with the
Personal Design in Zuffenhausen will still be possible via telephone
or email. Please be aware that this does not affect Exclusive
Customer Consultations in the United States. The Selection
Shops at the Weissach and Ludwigsburg sites and the Porsche
Online Shop at www.porsche.com/shop will still be
available.


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To those that have been there before the changes
will be dramatic! I have been coming to Zuffenhausen
on factory visits often since 1981 & I was frankly taken
aback by the sheer size of this project! Visitors to PAG
might remember that the European Delivery area (next
to the original Museum) was at Porschestrasse by a gate.
It was also the offices of 'Porsche Exclusive' & its show
rooms. Behind the Euro delivery area was the 'Exclusive
Manufaktur' workshop were 'Sonderwunsch', or the 'Special
Wishes' program, came true for customers' cars. And
behind all of this was a park storage area for Porsches
waiting to be picked up by truck transports. It was accessed
via Adestrasse. It bordered on the railroad track that divides
Werk II from the residential area right next door & behind it.
See map below to remember how it used to be!



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For those interested in looking back how things used to be,
you might be interested in reading the threads I started here
on Rennlist after my visits in 2015 & 2013:

Visit to Porsche & Germany - July 2015
https://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3-...ly-2015-a.html

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A visit to Zuffenhausen (2013)
https://rennlist.com/forums/991/7515...fenhausen.html

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Here is a photo I took in 2015 of the park storage area at Werk II
from Adestrasse, near the railroad tracks that is the border of that
property owned by PAG:




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Here is a shot of that area (also taken from Adestrasse) as it
looks today:





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The European Delivery halls are gone...



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The ''Exclusive Manufaktur' workshop is operating somewhere in
WerkII but probably not in its old location since that entire block
of old buildings are being torn down for the new Mission E assembly
area. Barbara Boeckenhoff tried to get PAG to let me tour that
'Exclusive Manufaktur' area but at the last minute it couldn't be
arranged. But it's still operational...I don't know just where on
the Werk II property.

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According to my sources, the European Delivery & 'Exclusive
Consultation' is expected to resume at Zuffenhausen in early
2018 at Werk I, the oldest (brick) buildings dating back to the
Reich's 'People's Car' project of the 1930's facing Schweiberdinger
Strasse across from Werk II.



But that could change. There is also talk that it might be moved
to the current Porsche Zentrum across the street from both the
Museum & Werk II.




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From my walks around Werks I & II this morning, I noticed
that what appears to be the foundations for an overhead
transportation system is also being constructed behind Werk
I & Werk II bringing 'Mission E' chassis from the body & paint
shop (deep behind Werk I & never allowed to be toured). Its
destination appears to be the new 'Mission E' assembly plant
we have seen being constructed bordering Porsche Strasse &
Adestrasse. It will probably be similar to the current 'high' one
bringing 991 & 718 chassis to the Werk II assembly line:



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In the map below, the overhead Mission E chassis transport system
will be bordering the railroad tracks on the other side of Ostseestrasse:



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You can see in the photos I took of that construction for the
overhead transportation that has already started behind Werk I,
next to the railroad tracks:



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And also Werk II in the same location across Schweiberdinger Strasse
also bordering the railroad:



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The Mission E chassis transport system will end up near Adestrasse:



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That concludes the first part of my report on the visit today to
Porsche Zuffenhausen.

Saludos,
Eduardo
Romantik Hotel Friedrich von Schiller
Bietigheim-Bissingen

RealityGT

^Amazing.. Thanks so much for sharing. Looking forward to my ED in 2018 if plans go as expected.

RFGGT3

Thanks so much; my last visit to the old factory was in 1983 to pick up a new Carrera cabriolet.

911dr

Is 991.1 RS production ever going to cease? The second photo shows six. I wonder where they are headed.

robmypro

Thanks for sharing. I need to visit that place!

Blue Flame

Thanks Eduardo - very valuable informations, as ever.��

During my last visits at Porsche Classic at Freiberg am Neckar, I always got the Information, that they will move to Werk 1 in the future with a very bigger workshop than right now. I doubt, that there will be enough place for Exclusive, Delivery and Porsche Classic...

We will see.

Blueflame

jfr0317

Thanks, Eduardo! Hope you guys are having a fun trip. Looking forward to more photos and commentary.

Z356

Sorry for the confusion. My fault for not
specifying that this photo with the RS's
was actually taken in July of 2015. The
photo that follows shows what that SAME
parking storage lot facing AdeStrasse looks
like now...a massive hole in the ground!

Here is another photo of the site as it
looks today!





Saludos,
Eduardo
Romantik Hotel Friedrich von Schiller
Bietigheim-Bissingen

signes

Great info as always Eduardo.

Sonnen Porsche

Agreed! It looks very different from my trip in 2015!

john weires

Much appreciated, your report is. Yoda

bronson7

Great stuff Eduardo as always.
Doesn't look like the VW dieselgate has affected the growth of Porsche too much.

SToronto

Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to next instalment.

chaosoul

Nice! Thanks for the share and report

mcsmcs1

I send you all the way to Germany for PTS intel, and all you have for me are landscape photos?