Chancellor Gerhard Schröder tightens the last screw on the first Cayenne to mark the start of series production at the Porsche manufacturing facility in Leipzig (August 20, 2002)
Chassis made of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CRP)
Clutch development for lowest center of gravity of mechanical assembly
Computer frontal crash simulation with 40% overlap at 56 km/h
Controls for Porsche twin-clutch gearbox (PDK) in a Porsche 962
Cornering Light
Cornering Light
Craftsmanship and sensitiveness coupled with state-of-the-art technology: the electronic scanner records the Cayenne shape and feeds the collated data to the design computer.
Cutaway model of a Porsche twin-clutch gearbox (PDK)
Cutting the ceramic clutch disk with a water jet at 3,000 bar pressure
Dashboard of the new 911 GT3
Dashboard of the 911 GT3 RS
Decisions relating to components are always made taking not only quality, function and optics into consideration, but also production and repair suitability.
Detailed work in the design studio: the Cayenne instruments have to transmit more data than the ones in the Carrera.
Different noises are evaluated in the sound studio using headphones.
Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking and Gerhard Schröder next to the Porsche Cayenne during the official opening of the Porsche manufacturing facility in Leipzig.
