Porsche Roll Out the 100,000th Latest Generation Cayenne

It wasn’t that long ago that the 250,000th first generation Cayenne was rolling off the Porsche production line to much celebration. This week, Porsche have announced that a similar milestone has been reached by their latest generation Cayenne as the Leipzig plant completed and assembled their 100,000th unit.

The 100,000th Cayenne, gleaming in ‘pure white’ , is to be delivered to its new owner in Brazil boasting a powerful V8 engine (this was also the case for the 250,000 first generation Cayenne which was also finished in white, but was the diesel model).

Huge Demand for Porsche Cayenne and Panamera Lead to Expansion

Wolfgang Leimgruber, Member of the Executive Board of Production and Logistics of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG told media: “Ten years ago the success story of Porsche Leipzig startet. What was a greenfield site, today ranks among the most modern car plants in the world. In addition to the Cayenne, Leipzig is also where Porsche produces the very successful Panamera luxury saloon, approximately 70,000 units of which have now rolled off the production line. That is why more than 93,800 vehicles left the Porsche plant in Leipzig in 2011, more than in any year before.”

 “Because of the consistently high demand for the Cayenne and Panamera we will be introducing a third production shift in Leipzig at the end of January. With the new production sequence, 500 vehicles on average will be produced each day,” Leimgruber added.

The implementation of the third shift is one of many challenges Porsche will face in the coming years. Major expansion work is underway at the Leipzig plant and construction of a new paint shop and assembly line will get underway in 2013 on a 17 hectre site. Porsche are investing over 500 million euro in the development of the site for the production of the Cajun that will generate more than 1,000 new vacancies.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Siegfried Bülow explained: “2012 will therefore be an eventful and exciting year in many respects. We are welcoming many new employees, holding topping-out ceremonies on the new site, celebrating the 500,000th Porsche “Made in Leipzig” and last but not least the tenth production anniversary.”

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