Are you tempted by the #vanlife pictures on Instagram? All those perfect couples in perfect camping spots, showering and snuggling together in the wilderness? While reality is rather different from what the hashtag hedonists portray, camping doesn’t need to be that cramped as these ingenious extending vans prove.

Every road trips needs a playlist – unless you happen to be driving on one of the world’s musical roads.

Jeremy Clarkson is a Yorkshire lad, so you can trust that he knows the local roads. He’s also pretty well travelled so when he describes the Buttertubs Pass in the Yorkshire Dales as “England’s only truly spectacular road” he’s probably not wrong.

For the pilot episode of Top Gear the producers called Nik Berg to put on the now-famous suit.

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have a lot to answer for. Before Top Gear visited Romania, the Transfagarasan Highway was near enough a secret.

Top Gear once called the Stelvio Pass the world’s best road. So, if you’ve got a passion for four wheels or two, a pilgrimage is obligatory.