Porsche has created a new road trip phone app that will warm the hearts of lead-foots everywhere, allowing its owners to navigate to their destination via the area's finest driving roads.
Think of it as the world's coolest form of satellite navigation, because rather than calculate the most direct route to a destination, the Porsche Road Trip App will instead take you to the most exciting way possible, often happily dropping you back where you began.
“Our goal is to support the emotional driving experience with digital solutions. With Porsche Road Trip, we’re intelligently organising trips for our customers, making them as eventful and comfortable as possible,” says Porsche's Digital CEO, Thilo Koslowski.
The idea is simple; the app is pre-loaded with road trips that run from four hours to two days, complete with hotel and restaurant suggestions along the way. The roads have been hand-picked by Porsche, so you can be confident there will be plenty of twists and turns along the way.
Alternatively, you can simply ask for a customised driving route from wherever you are, with the app designing a drive program that will drop you back at your door.
For now, the app only works in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the USA, with Porsche adding more countries in later releases. You can access the service from the infotainment screen in the new 911, or from your phone if you're driving an older Porsche.
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Andrew Chesterton
Contributing Journalist
Andrew Chesterton should probably hate cars. From his hail-damaged Camira that looked like it had spent a hard life parked at the end of Tiger Woods' personal driving range, to the Nissan Pulsar Reebok that shook like it was possessed by a particularly mean-spirited demon every time he dared push past 40km/h, his personal car history isn't exactly littered with gold.
But that seemingly endless procession of rust-savaged hate machines taught him something even more important; that cars are more than a collection of nuts, bolts and petrol. They're your ticket to freedom, a way to unlock incredible experiences, rolling invitations to incredible adventures. They have soul.
And so, somehow, the car bug still bit. And it bit hard.
When "Chesto" started his journalism career with News Ltd's Sunday and Daily Telegraph newspapers, he covered just about everything, from business to real estate, courts to crime, before settling into state political reporting at NSW Parliament House.
But the automotive world's siren song soon sounded again, and he begged anyone who would listen for the opportunity to write about cars. Eventually they listened, and his career since has seen him filing car news, reviews and features for TopGear, Wheels, Motor and, of course, CarsGuide, as well as many, many others.
More than a decade later, and the car bug is yet to relinquish its toothy grip. And if you ask Chesto, he thinks it never will.
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