Quality assurance: Testing a Porsche 911 Speedster in the Audit department of the Porsche plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen (May 2011).
2011: Intelligent aluminium-steel construction With the exception of local reinforcement parts, the front body section and large parts of the floor and rear section are made of aluminium. This is also true of the lids, wings and the door structure. The coupe is 44 per cent aluminium and the cabriolet 43 per cent. A significantly larger proportion of the steel parts are made of super high-strength and ultra high-strength materials. The hot forged, press hardened steels provide an extremely high degree of occupant protection. (...)
Drive chain with exhaust system
Factory 2 in Schwieberdinger Straße in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen is supplied with fresh air through the chromium-plated inlet and exhaust ventilator cowls.
The bodies-in-white are transported to the paint shop by means of a conveyor bridge which links Plant 5 with Plant 2
Plant 2 at the Zuffenhausen location
Engine check during vehicle development: Leaks, performance, torque and fuel consumption are measured on the test stand
The Zuffenhausen factory premises covers 175,500 m² (approx. 43 acres).
Precise cutting of the loudspeaker cut-out for the cockpit
