Porsche Engineering acquires the Italian Nardo test circuit

As of May 2012 Porsche Engineering Group will take the responsibility of automobile Nardo test center, located in Puglia, in the south-east of Italy, and property until the Prototipo SpA company. With over 80 years of experience developing and automotive engineering, the subsidiary company of Porsche AG, Stuttgart, intends to optimize the technical site facilities to offer its customers new services and control test . On an area of ​​over 700 hectares, the Nardo test center in the province of Lecce, offers, besides a circuit of 6.2 km long testing maneuverability and handling, and a ring 12.5 km long, the possibilities of simulation on all kinds of coatings and in various weather conditions.

"With its high-speed circuit and his journey to test the maneuverability of vehicles, the site of Nardo is the perfect complement to our test center in Weissach. The continued development of the company Nardo, which part of the Strategy 2018 provides a Porsche assertive in Puglia also as an employer and a reliable economic partner, "stated Matthias Muller, President of Management of Porsche AG.

"With its dynamic surfaces, its acoustic paths and off-road course, not forgetting the many workshops, the center offers our customers will in future continue to benefit fully from Nardo site facilities to test their vehicles," adds Malta Radmann, President of the Board of Porsche Engineering. The mild climate allows the use of Nardo circuits throughout the year, seven days a week and 24 hours on 24, three sessions per day.

For over 80 years, in conjunction with the Porsche development center in Weissach, near Stuttgart, Porsche Engineering Group offers its customers from the automotive industry and other sectors, a complete knowledge of the rental test benches has car design from A to Z, which is based on the long experience of Porsche in matters of automotive development.

Source: Porsche France