5 books to inspire your next road trip
“All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.” You may have seen that Kerouac quote on Detour’s homepage. It’s a passage that I immediately identified with as a teenage driver and has remained with me ever since. On The Road is one of many road trip reads that led me to a career in car journalism and my own automotive adventures. here are five favourites.
An Irish road trip with top Hollywood film locations and some fighty bits from Braveheart? Ben Barry finds out more…
Ben Barry retraces the route of one of Hollywood’s most nail-biting car chases, underwear intact.
Britain’s drivers are being distracted by the music in their motors, according to the latest research by road safety body IAM RoadSmart.
Thunder Road may not be a real place but Bruce Springsteen lives up to being Born In The USA by filling his songs with these all-American destinations.
It’s the year-round sun and sand that attract most visitors to the Canary Islands, but in 2012 Dom, Brian, Letty and the gang took a typically explosive trip to film Fast & Furious 6.
20 years after the live-action Scooby-Doo movie hit cinemas, the Mystery Machine is available to rent out for a spooky stay.
With 50 songs from the past 50 years Honda reckons it has devised the perfect sound track to your next road trip.
If it’s an on-screen smash hit then it’s shoe-in for a sequel. That’s certainly been the form for the James Bond franchise, so it’s time to add to our previously popular list of 007 drives.
To the delight of YouTubers worldwide Polestar has unveiled a sleek hardtop convertible that has an integrated drone to film you as you drive.
Here are the apps that we’d recommend you download before your next adventure, use them wisely.
Rolling Stone recently released an updated list of the Top 500 songs ever. The magazine polled more than 250 musicians, artists and producers to come up with its definitive list and we trawled through it to find the top ten road trip tracks among them.
From midnight club meetups to mountain touge runs, the frozen beauty of Hokkaido and the musical thrum of “melody roads” driving in Japan has so much to offer. Here are five of our favourite automotive adventures.
Imagine a car museum, packed with your favourite TV and movie machines, but where the exhibits are actually for sale. Well, that’s Volo Cars.
Claude Lelouch’s dawn dash across Paris has become movie and automotive legend. Gavin Conway attempted the devil-may-care drive himself.
Every road trips needs a playlist – unless you happen to be driving on one of the world’s musical roads.
It’s the strangest summer ever. But 2020 has seen a resurgence in outdoor cinema, theatre, concerts and comedy that you can enjoy from the comfort (and COVID-19 safety) of your car.
California calls itself the Road Trip Republic so it’s no wonder that Hollywood loves a silver screen tribute to driving. Here are our top 20 movie Detours.
Steve McQueen: The Mans and Le Mans leaves you in no doubt that McQueen was one stubborn son of a bitch.
We all have a film that we remember as first inspiring us to hit the open road. For many, On Any Sunday is one of those films.
Terror took hold of the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard in 1975 when Jaws hit cinemas. Detour tracks the infamous shark sightings and movie locations on a road trip around the Massachusetts island.