PE_Magazin_2-08_EN:PE_Magazin_S4-9_RZ 03.10.08 15:39 Seite 1 Issue 2/2008 Porsche Engineering Magazine Carrera model range What’s around the corner? Impressive technology Porsche lighting technology red dot design award Sailing into the future Success all along the line The Porsche Cayenne hybrid is on its way PE_Magazin_2-08_EN:PE_Magazin_S4-9_RZ 03.10.08 15:39 Seite 2 Editorial Contents Dear Readers, Contents News 4 About Porsche Engineering The future thrives on curiosity. And curiosity is our stock-in-trade. Our thirst for knowledge drives us onward. Our motto: We start off where others stop. Porsche hybrid 5 We also keep a close eye on our customers’ Sails are set for the future individual goals. Product Design 9 Curiosity certainly got the better of our new Porsche Doppelkupplung helps to Design in keeping with the 911 engineers, for example, when they devel- reduce emissions. And just what is behind oped the condensation test stand for the technology used in the new Carrera ADA. Porsche Engineering made a sig- with direct fuel injection. nificant contribution to environmental Industrial Engineering 12 protection here, which will benefit all the The latest technology always needs an Complete vehicle development – automotive manufacturers involved. Natu- appealing, attractive look. Shape, colour something entirely different rally, environmental protection is a parti- and function – that’s what Porsche cu larly important factor in our day-to-day Design is all about. In this issue, we also development work. show you where and how the design Carrera model range 15 needs of industrial Porsche customers The new Porsche Doppelkupplung In the second last issue of the Engineer- are met. and direct fuel injection ing Magazine, we told you all about the historic Lohner Porsche with its Porsche And finally, we take a look at a somewhat hybrid technology from the year 1900. unusual “complete vehicle development” Red Dot Design Award 19 And because the Porsche developers for Grandhall. Design and engineering Success all along the line have been hard at work since then, we have worked hand-in-hand and the result can now present the current Cayenne is fantastic. You’ll be amazed! hybrid in this issue. Please join us on a brief journey through Lighting technology 22 The question in relation to the new 911 our current development work and expe- What’s around the corner? series was: Is it possible to improve on rience our day-to-day fascination and our an already perfect sports car? This idea of performance close-up. appeared to be a real challenge for the developers in Weissach. They set to work. We wish you a pleasant read. Condensation test stand 24 What they came up with is being greeted Reducing exhaust emissions enthusiastically by international technical Dr. Peter Schäfer and Malte Radmann publications. Read on to find out why the Porsche Engineering Management 2 3 PE_Magazin_2-08_EN:PE_Magazin_S4-9_RZ 03.10.08 15:39 Seite 2 Editorial Contents Dear Readers, Contents News 4 About Porsche Engineering The future thrives on curiosity. And curiosity is our stock-in-trade. Our thirst for knowledge drives us onward. Our motto: We start off where others stop. Porsche hybrid 5 We also keep a close eye on our customers’ Sails are set for the future individual goals. Product Design 9 Curiosity certainly got the better of our new Porsche Doppelkupplung helps to Design in keeping with the 911 engineers, for example, when they devel- reduce emissions. And just what is behind oped the condensation test stand for the technology used in the new Carrera ADA. Porsche Engineering made a sig- with direct fuel injection. nificant contribution to environmental Industrial Engineering 12 protection here, which will benefit all the The latest technology always needs an Complete vehicle development – automotive manufacturers involved. Natu- appealing, attractive look. Shape, colour something entirely different rally, environmental protection is a parti- and function – that’s what Porsche cu larly important factor in our day-to-day Design is all about. In this issue, we also development work. show you where and how the design Carrera model range 15 needs of industrial Porsche customers The new Porsche Doppelkupplung In the second last issue of the Engineer- are met. and direct fuel injection ing Magazine, we told you all about the historic Lohner Porsche with its Porsche And finally, we take a look at a somewhat hybrid technology from the year 1900. unusual “complete vehicle development” Red Dot Design Award 19 And because the Porsche developers for Grandhall. Design and engineering Success all along the line have been hard at work since then, we have worked hand-in-hand and the result can now present the current Cayenne is fantastic. You’ll be amazed! hybrid in this issue. Please join us on a brief journey through Lighting technology 22 The question in relation to the new 911 our current development work and expe- What’s around the corner? series was: Is it possible to improve on rience our day-to-day fascination and our an already perfect sports car? This idea of performance close-up. appeared to be a real challenge for the developers in Weissach. They set to work. We wish you a pleasant read. Condensation test stand 24 What they came up with is being greeted Reducing exhaust emissions enthusiastically by international technical Dr. Peter Schäfer and Malte Radmann publications. Read on to find out why the Porsche Engineering Management 2 3 PE_Magazin_2-08_EN:PE_Magazin_S4-9_RZ 03.10.08 15:39 Seite 4 News Complete Vehicle Cayenne Hybrid About Porsche Engineering Sailing into the future: The Porsche Cayenne hybrid At Porsche Engineering, engineers work directly with a specialised system de - meticulously on new, unusual ideas for veloper? We can offer both – because vehicles and industrial products. At the Porsche Engineering works right there request of automotive manufacturers where these two areas meet. and suppliers, we develop a variety of solutions – ranging from the design of The extensive knowledge acquired over individual components and the layout of the years by Porsche Engineering con- complex modules to the planning and verges in Weissach – and yet it is globally implementation of complete vehicle de - available. Even directly on-site, of course. velopments, including production start-up Regardless of where we work, we always management. What makes it special is bring a piece of Porsche Engineering that all this is done with the expertise of with us. To find out more about us, please a series manufacturer. request our image brochure by contacting us via e-mail: Do you need an automotive developer for your project? Or would you prefer to work [email protected] New Managers at Porsche Engineering Dr. Peter Schäfer (48) and Malte Rad- Dr. Schäfer was appointed chairman of mann (54) have taken over as managers the executive board and technical direc- at Porsche Engineering Group GmbH and tor. The mechanical engineer moved to The Cayenne hybrid will go into production during this decade. The new concept will not Porsche Engineering Services GmbH. Porsche in 2003. Before that, he was only reduce consumption by up to 25 percent at current rates, but will also improve Both have worked as general represen- Chassis Design Manager for passenger tatives with management responsibility vehicles at Volkswagen. acceleration and elasticity. duties at Porsche Engineering since 2005. Mr. Malte Radmann is the commercial director. He has worked in various man- Can you trust this rev counter? The want – but sometimes the rev counter the car and the silence when you drive Previously both these companies were agerial positions in customer develop- speedometer needle is somewhere bet - just doesn’t play along. Particularly when off. Or the continuous display in the cock- managed by Wolfgang Dürheimer, Direc- ment at Porsche since 1996. Before that, ween 50 and 60 km/h, the landscape is the hybrid manager (no, not the driver) pit showing which unit is currently being tor of Research and Development for he worked at Daimler-Benz Aerospace gliding by, yet the rev counter is at zero. has “cut off” the combustion engine. powered and which unit is supplying the Porsche AG. Dornier. In a Porsche! There is no clearer symbol power. Or the fact that the warning light of unrestrained power and performance. 25% less fuel for the same driving for the alternator is completely gone – as That’s a first for either the 911 or the experience is the entire alternator. Or that you can Boxster. Or even for the Cayenne. Except “sail” with this car. But above all, the fact for this Cayenne – a prototype with a The maiden voyage in the Cayenne that you can keep driving the way you hybrid drive. It drives like a Porsche, it hybrid promises even more new insights. always drive and still use a good 25% sounds like a Porsche, if that’s what you For example, the silence when you start less juice. 4 5 PE_Magazin_2-08_EN:PE_Magazin_S4-9_RZ 03.10.08 15:39 Seite 4 News Complete Vehicle Cayenne Hybrid About Porsche Engineering Sailing into the future: The Porsche Cayenne hybrid At Porsche Engineering, engineers work directly with a specialised system de - meticulously on new, unusual ideas for veloper? We can offer both – because vehicles and industrial products. At the Porsche Engineering works right there request of automotive manufacturers where these two areas meet. and suppliers, we develop a variety of solutions – ranging from the design of The extensive knowledge acquired over individual components and the layout of the years by Porsche Engineering con- complex modules to the planning and verges in Weissach – and yet it is globally implementation of complete vehicle de - available.