Porsche Boxster Production Shifts To Volkswagen?

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Porsche marks the start of Boxster production in VWs Osnabruck plant image: Porsche

Heres something that many buyers of the Porsche Boxster dont realize: much of the cars production wasnt handled by Porsche. Instead, many of the last-generation Boxsters were built under contract to Valmet in Finland. Were not saying thats a bad thing, since Valmet has built many cars for many manufacturers over the years. The Fisker Karma is assembled there, as was the previous Porsche Cayman and decades of Saabs.

When the new Boxster was released, initial production was handled in Porsches Stuttgart factory. Now, however, demand has outstripped the lines capacity, forcing Porsche to turn to to a long time partner (and now, family member), Volkswagen.

Volkswagen will build Boxsters for Porsche at the former Karmann plant in Osnabrck, Germany. The plant is no stranger to the Boxster model, as it previously supplied rear and side components for the new Boxster. Over the years, Osnabrck has also supplied Porsche with bodies for the 356 hardtop coupe and the 968. It also assembled Porsche 914s from 1969 through 1975, building over 115,000 examples of the peoples Porsche.

Moving Boxster production to Osnabrck frees the Stuttgart line up to build more 911s, while Porsches Leipzig factory focuses on production of Panamera, Cayenne and (soon) Macan models.