Porsche Leipzig. More emotions per hour. Please LIKE @ VISCOS Motion https://facebook/VISCOSmotion Porsche Leipzig is more than a production facility. Its the home of the Cayenne, Panamera and the Macan. But theres more to Porsche Leipzig than engineering excellence alone. Its also a place where you can experience the fascinating appeal of the sports car in every facet. Enter a world that inspires emotion -- whether youre collecting your new Porsche, touring the factory, taking part in an exhilarating driver training or attending an event of any size at our wide-ranging facilities. Welcome to an exciting world where the spirit of Porsche really comes alive. Its an emotion that is difficult to describe in words alone. The Porsche Leipzig GmbH ( also: Porsche works ) is a 100 percent subsidiary of Dr. Ing. Hc F. Porsche AG . At the Porsche plant in Leipzig, the Porsche Cayenne, the Porsche Macan, both called Sports Utility Vehicle ( SUV ), as well as the Porsche Panamera, a four-door sports car in sedan segment, made. The history of the Porsche plant in Leipzig i. ) Construction : 998 Porsche for the first time published its decision to make a sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) - the Porsche Cayenne. Since the factory in Zuffenhausen with the models Porsche 911 and Porsche Boxster hit the limits of both its production capacity as well as the spatial conditions, finally Leipzig was determined as the new production site. The decision follows a multi-step selection process in which 16 other cities were nominated. In February 2000, construction began on the new over 200 acres of beautiful grounds in Leipzig, at the same time recruiting the first employee was performed. Back in December of the year were the façade and the roof of the production hall closed. Soon after, in October 2001, which was already topping the newly formed Customer Center will be celebrated. At the end of the same year the 100th employee, just 22 months already signed by the recruitment of the first employee, his employment contract. ii. ) Developments 2002- 2011 With the completion of all construction activities, in particular the test track and cross- country course the Porsche factory in Leipzig was officially inaugurated after two and a half years on 20 August 2002. The opening ceremony was attended by the reigning at that time Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the former Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony Georg Milbradt and former Leipzig mayor Wolfgang Tiefensee part. After the inauguration of the Porsche plant in Leipzig took place in the same year the production launch of the Porsche Cayenne. Between August 2003 and May 2006 also saw the high performance was sportscar Carrera GT produced. This in handmade crafted Porsche exists in a limited edition of only 1270 pieces worldwide. With the development of the Panamera began in 2006, construction of a new 25,000 square meter production hall. Associated with this was also a 23,500 square meter logistics center, which provided the necessary capacity for the Panameraproduktion. Already in the spring of 2008, the test operation of the new Panamera- production facilities, with the installation of the first prototype are included. Also in the same year the number of employees exceeded for the first time the five hundred mark. With the beginning of 2009 the staff of the Porsche plant produced 250,000 Cayenne. Also found a Germany premiere with the delivery of the first Cayenne Diesel instead. On October 18, 2011 started for the model Macan the construction of two new production halls. On February 11, 2014 was the new factory in operation, which will have a total of 1500 employees. Thus, the company will employ in 2014 about 2,500 people in Leipzig, on the basis of a company agreement, as opposed to the factory in Stuttgart, not 34 have -hour week but a 38-hour week. The production The Factory of Porsche Leipzig plant has a total floor area of 45,000 square meters and is used for assembly of the Porsche Cayenne and the Porsche Panamera. From the third week of January 2012, a three-shift operation, since due to high demand, the night shift is introduced. Thus, daily 600 vehicles will be built. The production of the body of the Porsche Cayenne will be held at the VW plant in Bratislava, the Panamera at the VW plant in Hanover. In Leipzig, both models will then undergo final assembly. The German value added at the Porsche Cayenne is 12 percent. The Porsche Macan is completely made up on the compacts, which are supplied from the Bratislava plant in Leipzig. The customer center at the Porsche plant in Leipzig i. ) Architecture In the center of the Porsche facility in Leipzig between test track as well as the production, there is the customer service center. Its architecture resembles the shape of a diamond and is the basic structure of a solid base layer of concrete and a gyro-shaped, clad with metal panels 32 meter high tower. The design of the customer center is by the architects of Gerkan, Marg and Partners ( gmp ) from Berlin and includes the basic components of concrete, steel and glass. Taking into 76 columns, which are each anchored 15 meters deep in the earth, the already recognizable from afar striking building. A total of 170 were used for the construction of the Customer Centre kilometers high and low voltage electric lines, 912 tons of reinforcing steel, 6,450 cubic meters of concrete and 755 tons of steel installed for the steel structure. The routes i.) Test track The design of the test track of the Porsche plant in Leipzig comes from Hermann Tilke, racer and designer of several Formula 1 courses, for example, in Malaysia or Bahrain. For the design of the factory test track in Leipzig Tilke came up with something special : Ten major curves of world-famous race tracks were combined in a composition. Thats Suzuka S ( Suzuka / Japan ), Sunset Bend ( Sebring International Raceway / USA ), Loews ( Circuit de Monaco / Monaco ), Victoria Turn ( Rio de Janeiro / Brazil ), Mobil 1 S ( Nürburgring / Germany ), Curve di lesmo ( Autodromo Nazionale Monza / Italy ), Bus Stop ( Spa-Francorchamps / Belgium ), Suntory Corner ( Shizuoka / Japan ), Corkscrew ( Laguna Seca / USA ) and Parabolica ( Monza ). The total of 3.7-kilometer circular route is 12 meters wide and includes six full throttle passages with six braking points. Thus, on the start-finish straight as with a Porsche 911 GT1 will reach a top speed of 251 km/h. The test track also meets the requirements of a professional motorsports race track activities and is of the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile certified ( FIA ). Thus, theoretically could even Formula 1 - test drives are carried out on the test track. Basically, there are various possibilities of use of the circular course. So each new vehicle is on the loopback and the vibrating section of a final quality control subject. In addition, plant collector can their new when driving under the guidance of a Porsche instructor vehicle to know under different track conditions. ii. ) Cross-country course The off-road track at Porsche Leipzig is located in a 120 hectare large area right on the premises. The six kilometer long circular route leads through a former military training area and was already, since 1899, used to imperial times. Later he served as a parade ground of the Russian Army and the Peoples Army of the GDR. The surviving former bunker are now included Crossings in off-road training. A total of 18 premises modules, such as a 15 meter long and 0.5 meter deep water crossing, an extreme ramp with 80% slope, a forest drive-through, a hilly area or a slanting section with 30 ° inclination are overcome by the participants of the off-road rides. The ability of the terrain is Porsche Cayenne tested under various extreme conditions. With 70 hectares of the total area but only a small part of is grounds for the off-road course used. Separated from the track were aurochs and wild horses, known as Exmoor ponies, settled for a meaningful connection between economic and environmental considerations. In the natural environment also home to many small animals such as frogs, bats and various species of birds. Find more information: porsche-leipzig/ Please LIKE @ VISCOS Motion https://facebook/VISCOSmotion
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