Daily factory output in 68, 69 & est. for 70 following new production plant

[911MRP]

Folks with cars made in that period might be interested in these numbers found among my old papers. Slightly precedes my own car's production date in late calendar 1972 but sharing information here for owners and other folks with interest in Porsche during that period.



Source is a Review of 1969 from Porsche Press Dept reproduced in a PCGB publication in the spring of 70. This information may be known already or available elsewhere I couldn't see it from quick search of forum.

Interesting to note that cumulative production from the very beginning to end 1969 was 140,575 cars

Total production in 1969 15,275 cars

Further facts about Porsche in 1969 here from the same source:


Hope it is of interest

Steve

[davep]

Good information. Thanks.

[Alan.uk]

Very cool info. Thanks for posting and if you have anything else I for one would be pleased to see it.

Thanks
Alan

[911MRP]

Hi Alan,

No hard numbers on this but informative on the growth several years on, especially to us folks in the UK



Coincidentally I have an old metal shelf from this Isleworth facility or the original PCGB stores. It was given to me by a good friend who has been independent Porsche specialist since 70s. Sure you'll recognise who I'm referring to He had acquired it many decades ago when no longer required due to the new HQ facility referred to being opened -- he'd used it for storage in his various business premises. Not the smartest piece of garage kit but I really like it and store some of my NOS spares for my 1973 British market car -- seems appropriate use given that old shef's Porsche history and provenance here in UK.

Pictured announcement was written around late Summer/early Autumn of 73 so just as pre-impact bumper cars were being superseded. Presumably the 1973 oil crisis was just looming due to world events/OPEC, it began around October 1973. That fact does not seem to feature in the bullish growth tone of the announcement so presumably penned before issue was evident (There's still tucked among the paperwork in my car folder are original owners petrol rationing coupons issued by HMG, but don't believe these were ever actually used to get supplies that 73 oil crisis)

Steve

[haul]

thank you for the info.
what is of even more interest would be the turnover and the ebit data from 1970, as the 912 sales had been stopped and only a handful of 914 went into sales. ".....in june 1969, 4 cylinder production was still over 40%."
see text from Panorama 12/1969 titled "The end of another era -- 912"
thx yomi

[911MRP]

Haul, the article posted was originally written by Barry Dukes of Porsche Club GB, apparently I saw the following in Porsche Post the British club's equivalent of PCA Panorama. Coincidentally it is referring to the item you just posted! Obviously some sharing in Porsche international community of enthusiasts long before web forums existed.



I'll see if I have any press release 1970 review.

[haul]

Steve,
so we perfectly are making the circle round.

ebit data . . ##

concerning the follow up 912 = 914 and the output numbers
1969–1976
118,978 produced
914/4: 115,646
914/6: 3,332

[911T1971]

What I know is production/sales numbers of 1970 couldnt be held as 1971 was a recession year in Germany.
I recall even union strikes at the plant were held, a period Christophorus documented this.

Even before 1973, problems occured as also Nordhoff of VW died..which soon ended lucrative contracts for Porsche developments of a Beetle replacement and let the company even buy off the 914 VW/Porsche car replacement (renamed as Porsche 924 and to be built with goverment help at the old Audi/NSU plant, to prevent that plant to be closed and workers laid off) , a project once agreed to be made with a simple handshake btw Ferry and Nordhoff (his daughter was married with a Porsche...).

1970 was the last of the true good years for Porsche and one reason they changed in late 1971/early 1972 from a family held ltd. (KG) to a shareholder company (AG) with CEO Fuhrmann.
The risk for losses was too big and so Piech left for Audi, Butzi opened his studio while both families including Ferry continued to control the firm by being board members, minimising future risks which started to threat the whole company and its products.

One reason why they also ventured again further into military contracts by developing tanks (Leopard) and 4x4 (the seed for the later Audi Quattro) for the German military, being less dependant to market changes since those military contracts were state controlled, something their company always did before, being it for the Austro-Hungary empire, later for (Nazi)-Germany and finally for the BRD/Nato, once Germany was rebuilt under the allied forces.

If you look to what the company built/developed at their Weissach compound by the mid seventies, one can see without those vast subcontracts the firm probably couldnt survive in difficult years by producing and selling only cars with the Porsche logo. As late as the 90ies this was common use and to be busy in slow selling years, they agreed to even built MB 500E and Audi RS2' at their Stuttgart factory plant. Selling only Porsche Sports cars generated not enough cash until Wiedeking turned around the company...and even today Porsche is selling more 4x4 then 911 models.