Does anyone know as a fact if the quake in Japan can have any impact on production for cars which are scheduled for April/May production? I wonder how much electronics are coming from the Japanese suppliers.

There are all these talks about MBZ and GM being impacted. (even iPad2)

 

I remember the window sticker on my '09 stated that the manual transmission was produced in Japan. I wonder if the PDK transmissions are?

This is just a wild-assed guess, but I bet that Porsche's electronics do not originate in Japan, considering the number of aftermarket tuners there and here that cover almost every Japanese auto manufacturer's products but do not provide any upgrades or tunes for Porsches. Most of the aftermarket suppliers that do provide Porsche products seem to be stateside or European.

 

Here's a link to an article discussing the impact to Porsche/VW (see section halfway down called 'Earthquake Impact'):

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...ebt-level.html

In short, Aisin Seiki Co. does make transmissions for Porsche. While supply chains are still in tact, the short term impact looks negligible but there could be issues with future production. They simply don't understand the full impact yet.

 

just spoke to my dealer, No impact whatsoever.