Very cool documentary, on right now on NGCHD (national geographic channel in HD), on the EastCoast.
Enjoy!
CATTMAN

 

Missed it - but its on again at 11:00 tonight. Just set my DVR to record.

 

saw it, was really neat with automated carts to send parts around

 

Thanks for the heads up.

V cool.

 

Ha - I almost go run over by one of those carts when I took a factory tour in Stuttgart a few years back.

 

Some cool notes:
-Full leather interior take FIVE hides!
-It takes a master craftsman over an hour to stretch and glue the leather to the dashboard.
-A factory paint department employee requires THREE YEARS of apprentice training before before being allowed to paint a car body.
-500 flat six engines are made per day, in over 20 variants.
-Each finished vehicle gets 5 gallons of gasoline.
-Each finished vehicle gets dyno tested.
CATTMAN

 

Great show - made me think that my 911 had once crossed that bridge a couple of years ago....

Made me also want that Powder Blue GT3 - when they pulled the GT3 rear wing out of the container to fit onto the car it looked fantastic..

we will have to see what 2010 brings...!

 

Very cool show. Does anyone know about the DVD that is mentioned on the NatGeo website.

• Porsche recently released a two-and-half-hour documentary DVD on the company’s history. The film covers the very early days of the Ferdinard Porsche and gives details of the history of the German car maker decade to decade.

 

Never mind, I found it:

http://www.porsche.com/usa/aboutpors...&id=2009-06-15

 

That dyno test seemed to be quite limited (75MPH max) and short. Noticed that engines are cold-tested (sans fluids) and apparently not hot-tested? That gives new meaning to break-in...

 

What they didn't tell you is it was 75 in 2nd gear...

 

I didn't like that the car is hand painted even if they do get 3 years of training before they touch a car. I'm pro-robot for that kind of stuff...

 

Is the show online anywhere?

 

Unfortunately, that DVD is only available in PAL and probably coded for the European zone. PCNA should bring it to the US along with the 100-years book.

 

Hmm, I thought they did the dyno right after the filling stage, where they put all the fluids into the car, then started it, then drove it into 2 rolling dynos. If you think about it, that's how they must have done it, as they couldn't even start it without fuel, and they did all the fluids at once.
CATTMAN