Hi

I was told that I would have to make a reservation to be allowed on an english speaking tour as it is hard to be included on one. Does anyone know the web site to make that reservation?

Hi Kappy,

These reviews are pasted over from the Rick Steves website:

German Car Factory tours
The Porsche factory tour in Stuttgart was incredible. Making reservations involved some paperwork via your local Porsche dealer. The adjoining musuem is not real great, but it is right there. The Mercedes factory tour in Stuttgart (singelfinden) is also good, and making reservations only takes a phone call. The mercedes museum in stuttgart is very good, went twice....
doug <email>
Rochester, mn USA 10/24/03


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Porsche plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
Last march, my wife, myself and her German intern toured the Porsche plant. I don't know if you can just walk up and take a tour, her former intern lives in Germany and got us an invite to go on the English tour and it was well worth it. I don't own a Porsche but have always loved them and needed to see this "holy grail" of Porsche lovers. The tour was excellent. It was amazing how the cars were built. I was amazed on how small the factory was, but also how many cars were being made at the small plant. We arrived during a break and the workers were hanging out, having a beer and talking. Then the bell rang and the line started up again. When you are taking the tour, you are feet away from the workers doing their work and you had to watch out for the robot parts truck on the line. My manager at work has a 911 and I called him and said I could have got you spare parts, that's how close to the line I was. If you're going to Germany, contact the factory in advance to get a tour. They have a cool display of old cars too. You can get some cool Porsche shirts and mugs at the store. Next time, I'll have to take the VW tour, since it's the only real German car that I own right now.
George <email>
PA USA 10/08/03

Not sure of the validity, but I found this on the Internet:

To reserve a spot on a tour from the U.S., call the PCNA number, 1-800-PORSCHE. Ask for "factory tours," and they will give you a number and contact. If you can't arrange reservations but just happen to be in the area, check at the front counter of the Porsche museum no later than 9:30 a.m. Be warned, it seems that Germany is always on "Holiday," especially in spring and summer, so the factory may be closed.

The parking around the factory is virtually nonexistent, so either get there before the workers or take a taxi.

"The adjoining musuem is not real great, but it is right there."

That is an understatement. We entered the museum, looked at the handful of cars in the first room (mostly race cars) and were looking for the door at the back to the rest of the museum, when someone finally informed us that was it -- we had already seen the whole thing. We really laughed at the time as we had allowed all morning to do it, and it took us maybe 5 or 10 minutes tops.

But the factory tour would be great. Our BMW factory tour was kind of bleak as a strike was just ending and hardly anything was being done. The tour was a lot of "this is normally where you'd see the cars being painted".

Hi Everyone,

Thank you very much for all your great information.
Kappy