Thu, Oct 22, 2009
Since 1964, Porsche's Ultimate Factory in Stuttgart, Germany has made one of the world's most iconic sports cars - The Porsche 911. The factory runs like a precision machine as it builds more than 200 of Porsche's legendary flat-six cylinder engines a day. In the body shop, 105 robots and teams of human welders build the Porsche 911's body. The color coat for all bodies is hand-painted. And finally the cars pass through 117 assembly stations, the most dramatic of which is the "marriage" of the body and powertrain. By the end of every workday, 110 new Porsche 911's roll out of the famed German maker's Ultimate Factory (Mega Factory).
Thu, Oct 1, 2009
Lamborghinis factory in SantAgata Bolognese, Italy [ALT: 20 miles/30 kilometers north of Bologna) is building its fastest car ever the Murcielago SV, of which just 350 will be made. The $450,000 Murcielago SV launches from 0 to 62 miles per hour in just 3.2 seconds and can achieve a top speed of 212 miles per hour. The factory builds the car almost entirely by hand including its engine and body. The car is also painted and assembled by hand, including installation of the famous Lamborghini scissor doors. Every car is custom-built to order, and only 2.7 cars are completed per day.