Bill_C4S

Quite the step change in 911 sales y/y. cf:

http://www.porsche.com/uk/aboutporsc...&id=2013-03-15

(did not see posted elsewhere apologies if a repeat)

Carrera GT

This seems like a lot of cars produced. Rather like the 997.2 causing the discounting of the 997.1 circa 2009 and 2010 during the first punch of the economic depression.

How many engines does (can) Porsche build a day? (I thought they said about 500.)

An increase in 14.3% of payroll employees seems dramatic for an industry that employs more robots and OEMs and contractors.

Well, good to see 911 sales out of the dog house. Porsche is now an SUV maker, but at least the 911 is not so much of a niche in their brand!

LastMezger

I don't remember the number but Porsche employs some incredible number of engineers. 3,000 maybe? As many are aware Porsche does a lot of engineering work for other manufacturers.

Carrera GT

The "mega factory" documentary video said it was 500/day max at the start of the 997 production. I doubt it's six times greater, but surely that number didn't include any of the Audi engines or V8s. Of course there's no law that they run to capacity every day and I imagine it's more cost effective to have less staff on regular payroll and have them efficient and "just in time" than to run to capacity, then shut down while production works through stockpiled inventory -- that's so 90's!

SB

Although the times are different, I can't help but think that fairly slow 911 sales are due to Porsche's quick run-up in prices, and especially a bump for 991. I bought my comparably equipped 997s for 20k less than 991s just 6 years ago.... that's a 25% jump in price.