SHN
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- Svein Halvard
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I joined a tour at Zuffenhausen last Thursday together with 20 Norwegians. We were the third group of Norwegian last week. The factory tours will be available from March.
Thought I would give you some updates on subjects that we have discussed on this forum, that we picked up at the factory.
Production capacity
Currently Porsche is working two shifts, but they are not up to full speed. Porsche assumes that they will reach full capacity with two shifts in the fall, and they will have the ability to have a third shift.
Glass roof and aluminum roof
We saw production of Taycans with glass roof and aluminum roof. Porsche representative we spoke to did not know why US customers don’t get aluminum roof after June.
4S
We saw production of 4S together with TTS and TT. Doesn’t seem they have stopped the production for 4S (according to reported delays of 4S.)
Engine/Drive unit
The engine/drive unit for TTS, TT and 4S is the same. It’s SW tuned. In theory you could upgrade 4S to have same spec as the TTS and TT.
Wireless charging
Wireless charging of the car was delayed because of a factory that burned down. However, it is possible to retrofit wireless charging. Then you have to mount some extra HW.
Glacier Ice Blue light
A Porsche representative at Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur told me that it is not possible to customize the back light and the Ice Blue Porsche logo to light up in blue, nor the “print board” like in the video of CT. However, they can customize everything that is technical possible (for an exclusive price tag).
Cross Turismo
Porsche did not say anything of the Cross Tirisimo, but we saw one covered, and we accidental saw an uncovered body outside the Paint Shop, when our bus passed by.
Paint shop (updated)
All paint jobs are done in the Paint Shop at Zuffenhausen. Cars are not transported to other locations for paint jobs (rumors on the forums said that there were issues with the paint job and Porsche had to transport the cars to other locations. Not true)
The robots that paint the cars have paint patrons that contains exactly enough paint for one car. They chance patrons before each car, Manning they can paint cars in sequence in different color.
Thought I would give you some updates on subjects that we have discussed on this forum, that we picked up at the factory.
Production capacity
Currently Porsche is working two shifts, but they are not up to full speed. Porsche assumes that they will reach full capacity with two shifts in the fall, and they will have the ability to have a third shift.
Glass roof and aluminum roof
We saw production of Taycans with glass roof and aluminum roof. Porsche representative we spoke to did not know why US customers don’t get aluminum roof after June.
4S
We saw production of 4S together with TTS and TT. Doesn’t seem they have stopped the production for 4S (according to reported delays of 4S.)
Engine/Drive unit
The engine/drive unit for TTS, TT and 4S is the same. It’s SW tuned. In theory you could upgrade 4S to have same spec as the TTS and TT.
Wireless charging
Wireless charging of the car was delayed because of a factory that burned down. However, it is possible to retrofit wireless charging. Then you have to mount some extra HW.
Glacier Ice Blue light
A Porsche representative at Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur told me that it is not possible to customize the back light and the Ice Blue Porsche logo to light up in blue, nor the “print board” like in the video of CT. However, they can customize everything that is technical possible (for an exclusive price tag).
Cross Turismo
Porsche did not say anything of the Cross Tirisimo, but we saw one covered, and we accidental saw an uncovered body outside the Paint Shop, when our bus passed by.
Paint shop (updated)
All paint jobs are done in the Paint Shop at Zuffenhausen. Cars are not transported to other locations for paint jobs (rumors on the forums said that there were issues with the paint job and Porsche had to transport the cars to other locations. Not true)
The robots that paint the cars have paint patrons that contains exactly enough paint for one car. They chance patrons before each car, Manning they can paint cars in sequence in different color.
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