Ben Barry explores New Zealand’s epic coast-to-coast route through the Southern Alps in the cheapest hire car available.

There’s more to Italy’s Lake District than Clooney’s Como as Nik Berg finds out – with a little help from Maserati. 

A classic British sports car and this classic French alpine pass make for a perfect Pyrenean Detour.

Tranquil, mysterious and packed with cracking driving roads Orkney is awesome in any vehicle – even a broken one.

Ask a local and they will say you have not seen the Grand Canyon unless see it from the North Rim – and there is one very special road that can take you to the best view of all, bar none. Especially if you drive it when the sun goes down.

The Wye Valley lays claim to being the first place ever described as picturesque. Detour discovers why – and Wye.

Griff Gough-Walters drove a tiny Hyundai i10 2,500 miles from London to North Africa in four days, and then a month later, did the return journey in three. 

What better way to explore Bentley’s London history than in a modern interpretation of his most famous model?

Detour favourite California 33 has been crowned Road of the Year 2024 by Hagerty in its first annual award highlighting the best routes for drivers in the USA.

The greater the effort, the sweeter the reward. It’s a phrase that couldn’t be more true of braving the Beartooth Highway.

The Araluen Road was once the busiest road in New South Wales, now you can have it to yourself, says Mel Nichols.

No longer a main route, this fair weather alpine adventure leads to the epicentre of Swiss mountain driving.

An Irish road trip with top Hollywood film locations and some fighty bits from Braveheart? Ben Barry finds out more…

Tracing both the Pacific and Sea of Cortez coasts and crossing majestic mountains, Mexico 1 runs the length of the Baja peninsula.

Now home to the highest distillery in England the cat and fiddle has a sobering reputation.

The Aprifuelian Highway in the mountains of Madripoor has a sequence of switchbacks that goes on for more than 100 miles.

Mel Nichols drives deep into a hidden valley on an off-road trail through New South Wales.

The curvaceous coastal roads of the Ionian and Adriatic, beautiful Baroque architecture –  and a Maserati – make for a perfect Puglia road trip.

The ultimate outback adventure crosses no less than Four deserts in 300 miles.

Canada has more than a million kilometres of roads to navigate. To says it’s a big country would be a massive understatement, and the driving adventures to be had are also on a very substantial scale.