From tortuous mountain passes to empty desert highways, from curvaceous coast roads to scenic country drives, Detour 101 invites you to take the longer way on the world’s best road trips.

2024 has been another excellent annum for automotive adventures little and large. Check them out!

In 2024 Lexie Alford became the first person to officially lap the globe by electric vehicle and her EV adventure is now available to watch on Amazon Prime.

The 2026 Gaucho Trail Motor Challenge led by historic rally specialists HERO-ERA will cover 7,000 miles and six countries.

60 years since Goldfinger hit cinemas Rolls-Royce has gone back to the scene of one of the film’s most famous sequences – the Furka Pass in Switzerland.

In 1924 André Citroën set off from Paris to cross the entire African continent. Now rally driver Eric Vigouroux is set to celebrate the centenary of this epic drive with Citroen’s smallest EVs.

Every day, in every weather a trio of Torsus Praetorian buses take tourists up to 3,000 metres on Mount Etna. Detour’s Nik Berg gets behind the wheel.

YouTuber gtoscud is living his best life. Wearing driving gloves to match his yellow Ferrari F430 Scuderia, he’s taken a trip up one of Detour’s favourite Swiss mountain passes.

Carchitecture USA – American Houses with Horsepower is a celebration of the historic link between architecture and the automobile.

It’s 50 years since Porsche unveiled its first Turbo and to celebrate the German sports car maker let several examples loose on Romania’s Transfagarasan Highway.

A chance to drive through breathtaking Bhutan is being offered by automotive exploration specialists Kalmar Beyond Adventure.

Camp 911 Namibia will be the first Porsche Travel Experience to feature the 911 Dakar.

Move over #vanlife, car camping is fast becoming a popular way to extend road trips overnight.

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are back on their bikes for another epic ride.

To mark 50 years of the Porsche 911 Turbo the German sports car maker has teamed up with Puma to create a collection of snazzy sneakers.

To celebrate its 40th anniversary Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons has partnered with RBW to offer guests the chance to explore the Oxfordshire countryside in a zero-emissions classic roadster.

Detour lives the #vanlife in luxury with the most magnificent Vee-Dub van you can buy.

We can’t imagine a more appropriate way to take a Detour than in a car that shares our name.

Let our most adventurous Detourist Ben Coombs be your guide to getting your car to the start of an epic adventure.

Father and son Aston Martin adventurers Phil and Will Churchill have resumed their stop-start round-the-world road trip.