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 on cloud nine after purchasing the 911—until his girlfriend at the time (and now wife), Stefanie, rudely brought him back down to earth a few days later…
The trigger for ASPHALTKIND
She asked him what would happen if they had a child: “You can’t even fit a stroller in there,” were her exact words. Feeling a little nervous, Nils and Stefanie drove to the nearest baby store and tested how well various stroller models fit in the trunk. 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—could not be ignored.
But since Nils didn’t want to part with his Porsche, he looked for ways to increase the cargo space. During his research, he quickly came across roof boxes. But which one was right for him? After all, there are a variety of manufacturers and many more models… So he tested many different roof boxes and documented his experiences on ASPHALTKIND.de/en/. The ASPHALTKIND brand was born. Nils couldn’t find a roof box that met his high standards. The boxes he tested were often too heavy, difficult to handle, and simply didn’t look good. In addition, Nils wanted to drive faster than 130 km/h with the roof box, which is simply not possible due to the poor aerodynamics 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 requests from drivers of different car models came in one after another: The Audi A6 driver who wants to drive from Frankfurt to the Alps in a few hours, the Tesla driver who is bothered by the poor aerodynamics of current roof boxes, the C-Class coupe driver who is looking for a stylish look, or even the car enthusiast who doesn’t want to feel his empty roof box swaying in curves due to its light weight. So he decided to simply develop the perfect roof box (link to information page) himself.
And that’s exactly what he did—with great success.