Porsche celebrates sixty years of production in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
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Zuffenhausen has been Porsche’s home address since 1938 and more than one million Porsche sports cars have been built in Stuttgart since 1950.
The first Stuttgart built Porsche 356 rolled off the assembly line in April 6th. In 1950 a total 369 cars were produced. In 1952 company opened there a second plant. In 1956 the 10,000th Porsche 356 left the plant. Porsche Plant 3 was opened in 1960, also housing the Sales and Customer Service Departments.
In 1964 Porsche KG(company name at the time) took over the Reutter Coachbuilding and Body Construction Company with its workforce of approximately 1,000 employees, that helped increase the production of the 911 model series.
To celebrate the 60th anniversary, Porsche Museum has a special exhibition from March 20th to May 9th presenting the beginning and the ongoing development of production in series of photos.
The Porsche Plant 2 at Zuffenhausen in the year of 1957
The Porsche Plant 2 at Zuffenhausen 1955
The model 356 Type A in front of the Porsche Plant 2 at Zuffenhausen – 1955
The assembly of the Porsche 356 B -1961
The 500th Porsche 356 left the plant in spring 1951
Porsche 911 in front of the Plant 2 at Zuffenhausen – 1965
Aerial view of Zuffenhausen
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