THE LONGER WAY
Take the longer way with Detour and enjoy epic road trips, perfect pit stops and stories from the road. Powerful photography and words to inspire you on your next journey.
Rolls-Royce Returns to the Furka Pass with One-Off Goldfinger Phantom
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.
Vintage Rolls-Royces re-enact 110-year-old alpine adventure
Victory in 1913’s arduous Alpenfahrt endurance race secured Rolls-Royce as “the best car in the world” and now a group of enthusiasts has rerun the route to prove that the title still holds true.
Detour #203: Before the war, Ukraine
Ten years ago Kyiv was just another waypoint on one of Ben Coombs’ madcap automotive adventures. Now he takes a poignant look back at his trip through a Ukraine at peace.
Driving the best car in the world on the best road in Africa
A silent Rolls-Royce Spectre gives Sudhir ‘Banzai’ Matai a different perspective on his favourite Franschhoek Pass.
Detour #190: Across communist China in the most capitalist of cars
A Rolls-Royce and a Corvette whisked Ben Coombs from Kazakhstan to the V8-Nam border.
This really is the Rolls-Royce of campers
A German 4x4 firm has taken a Rolls-Royce where it’s never gone before and turned it into a go-anywhere glamper.
This 110-year-old Rolls-Royce just made it from London to Edinburgh
In a reenactment of a landmark reliability trial a 1911 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 1701 has driven between London and Edinburgh.