MGS996

A few pics from my visit to Porsche Zuffenhausen last week. Toured both the factory & Museum (2 hr tour of the assembly plant, interior shop & motor assembly plant). Amazing tour and highly recommended. No photo’s permitted in the factory…It is incredible that all 911’s & Boxster’s are built on the same one line, 160 cars per day. One minute you seen a Turbo , then a 997S, then a GT3, then a Boxster. In the assembly plant the only automated (robot) function was the mounting of the windscreens, all other functions are by hand. You see lots of unmanned (Automated) part deliver trolleys moving about the assembly floor for ‘just in time delivery’ to work stations.

Here you see the cars moving from the body shop to the assembly plant.





A few pics from the New Porsche Museum.







And one for the Turbo guys..........

wross996tt

Yeah, I remember the tour....I happened to be there while they were first preparing to introduce the 996TT. They had large sections of the plant with curtains hiding things. When I was there the museum was a small building jammed with cars...the new one looks nice. Thanks for the pics.

manny_g

nice pics, thanks. why is porsche so paranoid about not allowing pics to be taken of the plant? a couple of years ago a saw a program called "ultimate factory" where the producers vedio taped the inner workings of the ferrari plant during the assembly of the new then 599. it was incredible to see. subsequent shows have depicted the assembly of the corvette z06 and bmw z4.

MechanicalEng

I just came back from Sttutgart 2 weeks ago, the museum was awesome! did you go to the dealer? they had 2 CGT for sale..

MGS996

Saw the dealer across the road. But time was limited & headed to Frankfurt for my flight out....it looked to be a large showroom.

MechanicalEng

it has 3 floors, here are some pics..

CPTdooberhead

Great pictures! I remember taking the tour back in 99 when I lived in Germany. My Dad was test driving a Boxster and he pulled over and let me drive for a bit. Very exciting for a 16 year old with a new license!

Dock

I'm going the 22nd of this month. Did you have to have reservations for the factory tour?

How long does it take to tour the factory and see the museum?

MGS996

Yes reservations needed for the factory tour...can be made via your local dealer.

Factory tour takes 2 hours (you meet at the museum then walk across the road).

Musuem, allow say 1.5 hours.

Hope this helps

Dock

That's a big help...I have to drive to Innsbruck the same day as the factory visit, so knowing about how long it takes will make planning the day easier.

David A

Thanks for posting! I was there last Oct but the new museum wasn't open yet.

adam_

Make sure you check, the museum is closed on Monday, and Monday is the only day the factory tour is offered in English- at least this was what I was told.... jet lagged and all. I have a contact for the factory, PM me.

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MGS996

Porsche may have changed tour programs...I toured the factory on a Wednesday in English.

fstede1

Was at the factory just last month and toured it Wednesday. Keep an eye open for Panamers on the streets surounding the factory when you go.

Dock

I was in Zuffenhausen this past Wednesday. I wasn't able to get a factory tour, but did go through the Porsche Museum. It was fantastic.

I did see several Panameras driving around the factory. I really like the car after having seen it in person...

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