Ultimate Factory on NatGeo
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10-23-2009, 09:51 AM
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Ultimate Factory on NatGeo
Just saw the Porsche Ultimate Factory show on NatGeo and wow didn't know the factory was that automated. Amazing! Try to catch the show if you missed it. From the very beginning to almost the end, the show kept showing a blue 2010 GT3, and boy does that blue growing on me. Is that Mexico Blue? After I'm done w/ the current Turbo, I'm going back to the GT3 and that Blue will be my first choice of color.
#2
10-23-2009, 01:25 PM
Looked like either Mexico blue or a variant (Gulf)....Was that factory not amazing? A glass enclosed bridge 5 floors above the autostrada moving whole body shells to the next facility.... Little robotic carts shuttling parts to the correct building (using elevators w/o human intervention) arriving at motor assembly for the precise build time...electrostatic metal coating pre-primer submersion tank followed by a water spray that removes excess!....all done on a constantly moving line where every car is totally different from the next & made to specific requirements.....WOW!
#3
10-23-2009, 01:27 PM
Just saw the Porsche Ultimate Factory show on NatGeo and wow didn't know the factory was that automated. Amazing! Try to catch the show if you missed it. From the very beginning to almost the end, the show kept showing a blue 2010 GT3, and boy does that blue growing on me. Is that Mexico Blue? After I'm done w/ the current Turbo, I'm going back to the GT3 and that Blue will be my first choice of color.
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10-23-2009, 01:31 PM
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Just saw the Porsche Ultimate Factory show on NatGeo and wow didn't know the factory was that automated. Amazing! Try to catch the show if you missed it. From the very beginning to almost the end, the show kept showing a blue 2010 GT3, and boy does that blue growing on me. Is that Mexico Blue? After I'm done w/ the current Turbo, I'm going back to the GT3 and that Blue will be my first choice of color.
Thanks for the heads up. Just set the Direct TV to record it in HD this weekend.
-Troy
#5
10-23-2009, 02:13 PM
I must say, I was hugely impressed by the factory and how much thought has been given to their processes... Watching the guy doing the leather dash was very instructive, also the immersive process of how we get our paint jobs was fascinating...
#6
10-23-2009, 02:47 PM
Watched it last night; very interesting show.
I like the Riviera blue; my wife doesn't; I guess we'll have to both be satisfied with white for now.
I like the Riviera blue; my wife doesn't; I guess we'll have to both be satisfied with white for now.
#7
10-23-2009, 09:46 PM
Great show. Even better advertisement for Porsche... so good that I want to buy one now... must resist
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10-24-2009, 12:49 AM
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Must resist +9999999999999999999999999 I want to trade in my 997TT so bad now. Sh*$. Shouldn't have watch the damn show.
#11
10-24-2009, 02:32 AM
Just watched it on my tivo, great episode ! Interesting how they spin the engines cold several times during the assembly, i guess there's enough lube from the installation on each metal part...
#12
10-25-2009, 05:38 AM
I just watched NatGeo's Ultimate the factory tour, an absolute must watch ... i was there in 2000 and went on the tour i forgot how amazing the the factory is. Most impressive was the amount of time devoted to the GT3, my White GT3 (which they showed several times) will be at the dealer 11/7.
#13
10-25-2009, 06:43 AM
Yes, automation of vehicle production is great (didn't that start with Henry Ford?) - like buying a prefabricated house instead of one built by hand.
#14
10-25-2009, 02:37 PM
Just saw the Porsche Ultimate Factory show on NatGeo and wow didn't know the factory was that automated. Amazing! Try to catch the show if you missed it. From the very beginning to almost the end, the show kept showing a blue 2010 GT3, and boy does that blue growing on me. Is that Mexico Blue? After I'm done w/ the current Turbo, I'm going back to the GT3 and that Blue will be my first choice of color.
that assembly line if you noticed was SPOTLESS!
show may have justified Porsche prices
