With spaces for 900 trucks it’s the biggest in the world, serving around 5,000 visitors every day. Since it was founded in 1964 Iowa 80 claims to have served over 65 million people - that’s the population of the UK.

It was only a matter of minutes outside in this vast, desolate oven before we were pining for the car’s ice cold a/c.

James Mills recalls taking the new Lotus Esprit S4 to the home of Stirling Moss and returning several days later to learn that Britain’s greatest race driver didn’t like what he found.

There’s nothing more synonymous with speed than a race circuit. So it’s not surprising that car makers have been taking track names for their swiftest machines for decades.

Find out why the B257, the road from the Nürburgring to Bonn, is almost as good as the race track.

Fiorio is the mastermind who put Lancia on the motorsport map. He created cars like the Lancia Stratos and 037, which to this day remain some of the most exciting machines ever to put spark and fuel to good use.

I would enter a first-generation Toyota Prius in the Midnight Sun to Red Sea Marathon Rally. Starting from northern Sweden, we would have 5,000 miles and ten countries to cover, arriving in Jordan in just 20 days.

The Isle of Man TT is the most revered of motorsport landmarks. Join Detour for a lap of the island circuit.

Detour co-founder Nik Berg reckons that the best driving road in Europe isn’t in Italy, but Austria.

Road testing new cars is a serious business, but anyone who has ever been to Millbrook Proving Ground can’t help but think of it as a massive playground.

200 miles of parched desertscape separate Swakopmund on Namibia's Atlantic coast from its capital Windhoek. The quickest route is to take the paved B2, but the more adventurous option is to tackle the undulating gravel of the C28.

It’s often said that stepping onto the Isle of Wight is like stepping back in time. If you like uncrowded roads and seaside attractions, that’s no bad thing.

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.

The cars are the obvious stars, but the most fascinating part of the Ferrari Museum is the exhibit dedicated to the man himself.

The Jebel Jais road leads to a massive mountain adventure playground, but the road itself is worth the adventure alone.

Long before the MAMILs took over, the extinct volcano of Mont Ventoux roared to the sounds of motorsport.

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.

There are just three numbers you need to know when it comes to the Tail of the Dragon: 129, 11 and 318. The first is the road number, US129, the second is the distance between Robbinsville, North Carolina and Marysville, Tennessee, and the third, the number of corners on this legendary road.

As one of the most impressive collections of landmark cars in Porsche’s motorsport history, it would have been a crime for the Brumos Collection to live behind closed doors. But that’s exactly where it used to reside - until now. Detour enjoyed an early tour of the outstanding car collection.