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    Boxster production coming home to Zuffenhausen

    According to German carmag AMS Boxster production will move from Finland to Zuffenhausen from March 09:

    http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/porsche-boxster-ab-maerz-wieder-in-stuttgart-939298.html

    Obviously there is plenty of unused capacity in the factory (less than expected orders for 997.2 ?)

    Cayman production will stay "for now" in Finland.


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    Re: Boxster production coming home to Zuffenhausen

    Porsche-Jeck:

    According to German carmag AMS Boxster production will move from Finland to Zuffenhausen from March 09:

    http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/porsche-boxster-ab-maerz-wieder-in-stuttgart-939298.html

    Obviously there is plenty of unused capacity in the factory (less than expected orders for 997.2 ?)

    Cayman production will stay "for now" in Finland.


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            If true it will make "factory collection" at Zuffenhausen as special for Boxster customers as it is for those collecting  a 997 - collecting a car from there that was actually built in Finland felt a little bit artificial to me, somehow. 


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    Re: Boxster production coming home to Zuffenhausen

    Thanks for posting P-J, this might be another good reason for me to get a new car, whenever I'm asked where my car was made its been impossible for me to pronounce Uusikaupunki without people bursting out laughing. Smiley

    Re: Boxster production coming home to Zuffenhausen

    Didn't they plan to move the Boxster/Cayman production away from Finnland anyway? If memory serves me right, there was a press announcement some month ago about moving it to Austria. 
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    Matt C
    2005 997 C2S / 1988 911 3.2 Conv.


    Re: Boxster production coming home to Zuffenhausen

    However, when the contract with the Finnish company expires in 2010(?) production of the Boxster/Cayman is moving to the Steyr (Magna) plant in Austria.

    Perhaps they had some extra capacity in Stuttgart because of the drop in demand in recent months, and they are using it up.


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    Re: Boxster production coming home to Zuffenhausen

    Matt C:
    Didn't they plan to move the Boxster/Cayman production away from Finnland anyway?

    Yes, Matt - but that's going to happen in 2012 only (next gen Boxster). I agree with reginos: the move to Stuttgart is not a "strategic one", probably just a measure decided ad hoc due to decreasing order backlog for the 911.

    @ DC: maybe the factory pick up for the next gen Boxster with the 4 cyl engines will take place in Wolfsburg (just being sarcastic) ? Smiley

            


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    Re: Boxster production coming home to Zuffenhausen

    Porsche-Jeck:

    @ DC: maybe the factory pick up for the next gen Boxster with the 4 cyl engines will take place in Wolfsburg (just being sarcastic) ? Smiley       


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    Re: Boxster production coming home to Zuffenhausen

    Using a google translator, it is unclear whether all Boxster production will shift to Germany starting March 2009.   The article seems to imply that Boxster sales dropped off much lower than expected.  Given that the Cayman has more horsepower and a Club Sport model is being introduced, Porsche seems to be concentrating its sales on the Cayman lineup.   Of course journalists are already making comparisons between the 987.2 Cayman and the 997.2 Carrera, concluding that the Cayman is the better bargain.

    What was clear from the production article is that Cayman production will continue at Valmet through 2011, then both Cayman and Boxster production will switch to Austria.  

    Looks like there is a window to buy and honest to goodness German Boxster made in an honest to goodness Porsche factory. RearShot1-26-09large.jpg
     

    vincesf  


     
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