Production and Sales
The headquarters and main factory are located in Zuffenhausen, a district in Stuttgart, but the Cayenne and Panamera models are manufactured in Leipzig, Germany, and parts for the SUV are also assembled in the Volkswagen Touareg factory in Bratislava, Slovakia. Boxster and Cayman production was outsourced to Valmet Automotive in Finland from 1997 to 2011, and in 2012 production moved to Germany.
The company has been highly successful in recent times, and indeed claims to have the highest profit per unit sold of any car company in the world.
Table of profits (in millions of euros) and number of cars produced. Figures from 2008/9 onwards were not reported as part of Porsche SE.
| year ending | revenue | pre-tax profit | production | sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2002 | €4,857m | €829m | 55,050 | 54,234 |
| 31 July 2003 | €5,583m | €933m | 73,284 | 66,803 |
| 31 July 2004 | €6,148m | €1,137m | 81,531 | 76,827 |
| 31 July 2005 | €6,574m | €1,238m | 90,954 | 88,379 |
| 31 July 2006 | €7,273m | €2,110m | 102,602 | 96,794 |
| 31 July 2007 | €7,368m | €5,857m | 101,844 | 97,515 |
| 31 July 2008 | €7,466m | €8,569m | 105,162 | 98,652 |
| 31 July 2009 | €?m | €-2,559m | 76,739 | 75,238 |
| 31 July 2010 | €7.79b | NA | 89,123 | 81,850 |
| 1 January - 31 December 2010 | €9.23b | €1,670m | NA | 97,273 |
| 31 December 2011 | €10.92b | €2,045m | 127,793 | 118,867 |
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