pauljmcnulty
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As I understand it, the 924 was built at Neckersaum, but the 944 was produced by Porschew in their own factory at Stutgart. Have I got this correct, all my books are still packed away after the house move.
Where did they build them?
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Both were built at Neckarsulm
The 968 was built at Zuffenhausen
The 968 was built at Zuffenhausen
Suffolk944
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I read somewhere that the last 944's were also built at Stuttgart and those that were have the Vin number as per Simons post.
Chelmsford are the rarest
Paul,
I think you are partly right - they were all assembled in Zulu-Land. Apart from the Cabrios, which were made in Cabriostan (which borders Afghanistan - can't beat the feel of shellfire in your hair on a warm day, eh?)
Oh, and the Turbos, which were made in, ummm, Tongo. Yes, Tongo. Porsche set up an assembly part there specially, on the outsikirts of the city of Ow-dee, which is why a lot of people thought that they were made by Audi.
Oli.
(Edited in the light of Post 28 - below.)
I think you are partly right - they were all assembled in Zulu-Land. Apart from the Cabrios, which were made in Cabriostan (which borders Afghanistan - can't beat the feel of shellfire in your hair on a warm day, eh?)
Oh, and the Turbos, which were made in, ummm, Tongo. Yes, Tongo. Porsche set up an assembly part there specially, on the outsikirts of the city of Ow-dee, which is why a lot of people thought that they were made by Audi.
Oli.
(Edited in the light of Post 28 - below.)
Copperman05
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As I understand it the 924 and 944 were both assembled in the Audi factory at Neckarsulm just 60km north from Stuttgart. Some later 944's (1992 year only I think) and the 968 were made at Zuffenhausen in Stuttgart.
Not sure about the engine mind, but considering it shares some of the machining in manufacture as the 928 engine then perhaps we can assume the 944 engine was also produced at the same place as the 928's?
Edd
Not sure about the engine mind, but considering it shares some of the machining in manufacture as the 928 engine then perhaps we can assume the 944 engine was also produced at the same place as the 928's?
Edd
Suffolk944
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Well, glad we managed to come to a definative answer on that one ! 
pauljmcnulty
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Thanks all. I did root around the loft and find a book that gives a definitive answer. This will be published in the upcoming magazine shoot-out. Watch for Classics Monthly issues, probably November or December editions. [8D]
sawood12
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Porsche don't manufacture cars, they assemble them. Parts and engine components would have been manufactured at many facilities all over the world and the parts brought together at the assembly lines at either Neckarsulem or Zuffenhausen. They probably would have sub-conned the actual manufacture of key components into the VW/Audi parts maufacturing facilities. It is like most products these days. For example there are only three companies that actually manufacture LCD TV screens and all brands source from those three, so whether you've got a Sony, LG or any other brand the chances are they share the same screen.
I'm pretty sure from previous posts that all 924's were assembled in Neckarsulem and 944's were split across the two facilities as there was not enough capacity at either for 100% assembly. Does it really matter? I've never understood this inferiority complex people have about the 924's and 944's built by Audi. Doesn't make it any less Porsche in my mind - in fact i'd wager they were probably better put together as the Audi line would have handled a higher production rate therefore the guys were more practiced.
Copperman05
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Isn't that what I said? I dont think anyone is feeling inferior Scott, just merely answering Paul's question for his magazine article..[
]Edd
Ahhh ... that's what I thought; we're writing an article on behalf of McNulters here, aren't we?ORIGINAL: Copperman05
... answering Paul's question for his magazine article..[
Bit of a cheek, eh? PCGB - the club whereby you can write your own magazine articles which you then pay to read!
I'm in the wrong business, clearly. I need a money-making scheme like that which PCGB has ... that overdraft would evaporate in a second if I had one of those. And I may be able to afford something better than a poor man's Porsche! [
]Oli.
P.S. This post is in jest. Should anyone have any doubt. No children or animals were harmed in the writing of this post. Other clubs are available.This post is carbon-neutral as we are planting one tree for each character typed. This organisation certainly contains nuts.
Scott: You're right of course, it doesn't really matter, and neither do I understand any inferiority complex about the cars being built at Neckarsulm. In fact, it's well known that Porsche had both capacity and quality problems at the time, and the cost of 911 production was disastrously high because of the need for so much of 911 output to go straight from the end of the line and into Rectification....
Subbing out 924/944 production to Audi enabled Porsche to manufacture for the demand, and control the cost of quality. The benefit for us is that the cars incorporate the best of Porsche technology at the time, and they were well built.
Arguably this strategy was key to Porsche's emergence from the 80's as a profitable player...thank goodness for that, eh!!
Subbing out 924/944 production to Audi enabled Porsche to manufacture for the demand, and control the cost of quality. The benefit for us is that the cars incorporate the best of Porsche technology at the time, and they were well built.
Arguably this strategy was key to Porsche's emergence from the 80's as a profitable player...thank goodness for that, eh!!
Super_Marv
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So basically, Porsche didn't have the capacity to build the 911, 928 and 944 in the same factory, so they farmed out the 944 to be built elsewhere. As sales figures dropped in the early 90s, they started building the last of the 944s and its replacement, the 968, in the Zuffenhausen factory, as sales were low due to the recession, so the factory now had the capacity to build the 911 and 944/68 in the same factory.
Sound familiar? We're in a recession now and Boxsters are not being made built by Valmet anymore, IIRC, they're being built in the Zuffenhausen factory...
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