Porsches have traditionally been built in Germany but even an exclusive marque like the Stuttgart-based sports carmaker is not immune from the forces of globalization. Already we’ve seen it move production of its Cayenne SUV to a plant in Slovakia and now there are reports that it could even start assembling vehicles in India.
Porsche is keen to expand sales in India and one way it plans to is by assembling cars locally, reports
NDTV. According to the source, an official at last week’s Frankfurt Motor Show revealed Porsche would build cars in India for the local market and possibly the surrounding region as well.
If the plan goes ahead, we suspect any Indian manufactured Porsches will be assembled from imported knocked-down kits that only require final processing. The carmaker has recently set up a new office in India and will be working closely with VW, which is also expected to move production to the country.
Have an opinion?Join the conversation!
By Gus Posted: 9/21/2007 10:53am PDT
Oh well.
I wonder when the *@#! will hit the fan. Exporting so many jobs just can't be sustained forever, or can it?
By Ricardo Posted: 9/21/2007 12:05pm PDT
In the end it's probably just wealth redistribution on a global scale though, sooner or later it may even out as labour costs tend to rise with industrialization and the reason for exporting jobs will vanish. The future is probably global conglomerates with decentralized production processes. So, skeptical for the mid term, more or less relaxed on the long term.
The big question is: would you buy an Indian Porsche?
By Laba Posted: 9/21/2007 1:11pm PDT
By kt Posted: 9/21/2007 5:21pm PDT
"If it wasn't for the Japanese & Germany, you'd still be driving junk".
By MAURICE TURNER Posted: 9/30/2007 9:27pm PDT
By Rahul Posted: 3/13/2008 6:16am PDT
Have an opinion?Join the conversation!