The town council of Weissach authorised the application for planning permission by Porsche AG, for a new drive centre. This enables the German car manufacturer to begin with the clearing and digging work on the site of the Weissach research and development centre as early as mid-November.

The new construction is to be a joint workshop and office building in which all development activities for drive technology with engine and gearbox components as well as corresponding prototype assembly will be combined. At the same time, development work for the new sport coupé “Panamera,” which is due to be launched in 2009, will be integrated there. The building is due to be completed in its first stage of expansion by the end of 2006 and occupied at the start of 2007. The total investments for this amount to more than EUR 15 million. Following the final stage of completion, more than 500 employees will be occupying the drive centre, including those who Porsche is currently recruiting or will recruit in the course of the development of the “Panamera.”

A metallic facade with a technical look will ensure that it is not possible to look into the four-story drive centre from the outside.

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