Ice-Cold Driving Pleasure

Slippery surfaces, freezing temperatures and snow as far as the eye can see – what may sound like dreadful conditions for some motorists are actually the best conditions for Porsche Driving Experience Winter. The Stuttgart sports car manufacturer’s programme offers participants the opportunity to develop their driving skills for the cold months too, step by step – combined with a unique Porsche driving experience and a dream backdrop.

“It’s about testing limits,” explains Catja Wiedenmann, Head of Porsche Driving Experience. “We train the so-called muscle memory with these manoeuvres.” This means: drivers who have experienced a swerving tail under controlled conditions will be better prepared for real emergencies and react intuitively to the movement of the vehicle. It takes practice to be able to do this, though. And there can be no better way to get this practice.

Participants work on disciplines such as proper braking, evasion or controlled drifting on specially prepared handling courses and under the guidance of trained instructors. And not just in any car either. Clients take their seat in the latest Porsche models – even including super sports cars such as the 911 Turbo S.

The challenges escalate in each of the four successive constituent training levels: while in “Camp 4” the basics for driving on snow and ice are acquired, in “Camp4S”, drivers learn to optimize their car control with new exercises. “Ice Force” increases the engine power. The focus, among other things, is to control the car with the accelerator and the brake using advanced load-changing reactions for cornering confidence. With its sophisticated manoeuvres, “Ice ForceS” is designed for experienced drivers.