Right. I do not see the Porsche DVD show on their site.

 

I have it home on DVD. I downloaded it from out on the web. All the episodes are out there if you know where to look.... PM if you want me to send you links.

 

Try Youtube- There is a Camaro, Corvette, Lamborghini, & R8 versions of the show there too.

 

i also saw the lambo one last night but now i'm wondering...does porsche test run all its engines before install like (the docu stated) lambo does?

 

http://isohunt.com/download/13865714...orsche.torrent

 

Nat Geo Ultimate Factory : Porsche

If anyone wants a copy of this documentary (on hard drive...AVI file) its only 500 MB. I have it.

Send me a pocket drive-travel drive (whatever you want to call them) of 1 gig or more and return shipping costs (or, self addressed stamp envelope, better) and I'll happily transfer the documentary and send it back to you.

Send me a PM if interested.

Steve

 

I DVR'd this and watched it last night - a great show. You can see how they are able to churn out so many cars but each is basically bespoke.

Every time I see a car in production, I marvel at how they are able to do it for the money. Yes, it's a $100k motor but there were 1000s people involved in the production and even at minimum wage, that's going to cost a lot of money! And that's not even considering the engineering and manufacturing side or the cost of all the infrastructure.

It's amazing that we can get cars so technically advanced at a relatively low price. Compare it to a house - no science there, very simple building techniques and materials but prices that are many times that of a car...

 

Does anyone happen to know when the hot dip galvanizing of the body occurs in the 997 manufacturing process ? It is not really mentioned in the in the series . . . but is a major contributer to the longevity of these great cars.

 

Looks like right after body assembly and before painting the undercoat. The cars cross the road on an overhead bridge and almost go straight into the dip tank.

 

Wood costs more than plastic. Also for the price of a Porsche you can get a very nice house in most of the world. We in the 1st world pay a big premium for the right to live here!

Though the reality is that we probably will all be buying plastic prefab houses made in factories in the future. And the Porsche of house makers will offer options like "full marble" and "natural wood"

 

You now have me dreaming of an Aqua Blue Metallic kitchen...

 

I watched this for the 2nd time.
The machine the cuts the leather hides using high water pressure is kewl.
This is a good video. Here it is again:

http://www.streetfire.net/video/nati...t3_2188316.htm

 

I love how the Ferraris are made from raw materials all in the same factory.

 

Thanks for posting that! I hadn't seen that video before, only heard about it.

I want to go there someday and see where my baby was born

 

Is this showing again anytime soon?