autobonrun

Maybe this program will be better than the last reminder I posted on the Panamera program. (Should be less contraversial)

Thursday night at 7pm (I assume CT, better check) on National Geographic channel is a program on Porsche's factory at Zuffenhausen.
It should be interesting; part of the Ultimate Factory series.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.co.../4545/Overview

tj90

Channel 276 on directv 8pm PDT. Thanks for the heads-up!!

Arena993

Yes you are correct. 7:00 PM Central

Mike

autobonrun

good deal, just set to record.

993Brendan

Nice- I set my DVR a week ago and can't wait to see it. I think they are reshowing it again a couple of hours later as well (as to not to disturb the wife's simultaneous taping of Project Runway and Grey's Anatomy)!

autobonrun

That was one of the best programs I've seen on the Porsche factory and production. It more than made up for the Panomera commercial. What a good mix of history and engineering information. I had to go out and check out to the garage and just check out mine again after that show.

Man, do I want that blue GT3.

titleist1

Great show but sad, glad my 993 was all done by hand. At some point there will be no one but robots!

Cactus

Great show and the Rivi GT3 was creamy!

Falcondrivr

I just started watching it. That Rivi GT3 is giving me wood.

Slow Guy

We know who to thank for the Rivi Resurgence....

Great program.

ironimages

Thanks for the heads up, it was a fantastic show! I'd love to see how the factory looked when they were building 993's

Arena993

My wife and I watched I was very happy to see a Rivi Blue GT3. And they showed that car all the way through the show. Very cool.

Mike

Kein_Ersatz

Did a tour 2 + years back, boxer engines were done by one guy, for all stations, he moved with the motor down the line.

Did another tour in early Oct. this year, engine assembly has moved buildings in Zuffenhausen campus now one guy does just one step on the boxer motor assembly for 1.5 hours then changes stations, but only 5 stations total per day, so lots of hands build a single boxer motor now. Made me sad. :-(

Assume this happened when they changed buildings.

I did get to see 2 white cup cars coming together on the assembly line that day, it was interesting to see that the factory staff seemed to pay "extra" attention to those two cars on the line. :-)

nedsky

I enjoyed watching that. Thanks for the heads up. It's a helluva lot different now than when I saw some old film of a factory guy on his back using his knees to hoist up a rear axle on the production line.

fiz140

Thanks for the "heads up", great program.