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

Steve McQueen: The Mans and Le Mans leaves you in no doubt that McQueen was one stubborn son of a bitch.

A party that would roll across Europe for five days, taking in race circuits, nightclubs and five star hotels. A party where the super unleaded and the champagne would flow in equal measure.

For three years Detour has had the delight of driving this 1969 Giulia Super 1600. Together we took Detours to France, Switzerland and Italy, Wales, and North Yorkshire, to the Goodwood Members' Meeting and Revival.

The Supercar Capsule offers a bespoke tailoring service to Middle Eastern oil barons fans who want to put their collections on display.

California’s Thermal Club is a country club for petrolheads with money to burn, discovers Detour’s James Mills

The Rocket is a masterpiece in minimalism and one of the rarest sports cars ever made. James Mills pulls on his driving goggles, straps on the five-point harness and finds himself transported to a Zen-like state

Whether it’s a converted barn, a tower with a sky garage or an entire building designed by Porsche or Aston Martin, the garage has moved from being a purely functional add-on to become the centrepiece of stylish homes around the world.

What’s it really like to lap Silverstone in a Formula One car?

James Mills recalls the time he tried to catch top-secret prototype Ferraris prowling the hills around Maranello by giving chase in the new 599 GTO.

It was largely down to Jeremy Clarkson. He simply couldn’t fit in a GT40, so I was drafted in at the last minute.

Like all good things, it happened by accident. There had been no planning, no alarm set for an oh-my-Lord-o-clock start and no intention of driving into the mountains as the sun peered over the horizon.

Is there another sports car you could buy today that more intimately connects you with the road than the Caterham Seven?

Stopping only to refuel and snack we cut through France, arriving just before dawn. Dispatching the length of a country in a day (and a night).

It doesn’t matter who is driving. And it doesn’t matter what the car is. What matters is the moment the driver turns to the young, impressionable passenger and asks, ‘Would you like to change gear?’

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.

Milled from a single block of aluminium it’s the first of a limited series of just ten tables.

A gallery of faded glory by photographer Tom Salt