The story of ASPHALTKIND begins, like many other stories, with the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Our founder and current CEO, Nils, bought a Porsche 911 in 2018. Naturally, he was walking on air after purchasing the 911—until his girlfriend at the time (and now wife), Stefanie, brought him back down to earth with a bump a few days later…
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She asked him what would happen if they ever had a child: “There’s not even room for a stroller in there, ” were her exact words. Feeling a bit nervous, Nils drove with Stefanie to the nearest baby store and tested how easily various stroller models could be stowed away. To Nils’ great relief, at least one model fit into the admittedly quite small trunk. Nevertheless, the car’s space issue—which would play a major role, especially in everyday life—couldn’t be ignored.
But since Nils didn’t want to part with his Porsche, he looked for ways to increase its cargo capacity. During his research, he quickly came across roof boxes. But which one was right for him? After all, there are a multitude of manufacturers and even more models… Sohe tested many different roof boxes and documented his experiences on ASPHALTKIND.de . And so the ASPHALTKIND brand was born. Nils couldn’t find a suitable roof box that met his high standards. The boxes he tested were often too heavy, difficult to handle, and simply didn’t look good. Furthermore, Nils wanted to be able to drive faster than 130 km/h with the roof box, but this simply isn’t possible due to the poor aerodynamic design and unstable materials of many boxes. He just wanted a roof box for his sports car.
And he wasn’t alone in this, as a wide variety of inquiries gradually started coming in from drivers of all kinds of car models: the Audi A6 driver who wanted to get from Frankfurt to the Alps in just a few hours, the Tesla driver bothered by the poor aerodynamics of current roof boxes, the C-Class Coupé driver looking for a sleek look, and even the car enthusiast who didn’t want to feel his empty roof box in curves due to its light weight. So he decided to develop the perfect roof box to design it himself.
And that’s exactly what he did. With great success.