If you like to live fast then perhaps your ideal home could be one of the new racetrack residences at the growing number of car country clubs across the globe?

Billed as “America’s Favorite (sic) Drive” the Blue Ridge Parkway stretches over 400 miles from the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.

La belle France is rich in racing history and marvellous mountainous topography. Here are five fantastic road trips that every petrolhead should take for a taste of both.

The fast and flowing roads of Salisbury Plain come with an added frisson of danger. Stray off them and you may find yourself in the middle of a war game with all-too-real consequences.

After plans for an epic drive fell through journalist Charlotte Vowden realised her Favourite Detour is anywhere that her, her father and her MGA go together.

In August 2020 6,000 tonnes of “car sized” rocks fell and blocked the A83 between Inverary and Crianlarich. Yet, amazingly, by the standards of The Rest and Be Thankful road, this was a relatively small disruption.

Norway, land of fabulous fjords and majestic mountains, is a driver’s delight thanks to a road network that zigs and zags along its coast and sends switchbacks up its peaks.

“Hang on lads, I’ve got an idea.” Take a drive up the stunning Colle de Nivolet and you’ll be following in the wheeltracks of Michael Caine.

Perched high on an Austrian mountain top, just like a villain’s lair is the incredible 007 Elements. Not simply a museum, but an immersion into the world of James Bond.

From horrifying hitch-hikers to phantom horsemen, America’s roads are rife with haunting stories. Here are five drives for wannabe Ghostbusters to seek out and the rest of us to avoid.

Atlantic Highway is something of an exaggeration. The A39 from Porlock to Barnstaple is a winding single carriageway, but it most definitely delivers on the Atlantic part of its name, with stunning views across the ocean.

First a word of caution. Not about the trolls that give this incredible road its name, but about the tourists who flock to drive it. The Trollstigen (Troll’s tongue) road is the most popular tourist drive in Norway with more than half a million visitors each summer.

Reims hasn’t hosted a Grand Prix since 1966, but the faded glory of its photogenic pit lane is still a draw for drivers.

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Costner has launched a new app that gives a live commentary as you drive.

Densely packed as it is with mountains and lakes, Cumbria’s road are seldom straight. The passes of the Lake District may not reach the dizzying heights of those in Europe, but they’re so close together that within a day you could tick off a bucket list of amazing drives.

Halfway between Cologne and Hanover is circuit that will torture tyres, test brakes and – best of all – stand the hairs on the back of your neck to attention.

Ah, Italy. Home of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo and Pagani. And some of the very best mountain roads to drive them on. Actually it doesn’t matter if you’re behind the wheel of a 500hp supercar or a Fiat 500 these five drives will make you fall in love.

Known as the Road to Heaven, the insane drive up Tianmen Mountain can trace its roots back 1,400 years to the Tang dynasty. More recently it’s found fame on YouTube thanks to stunts by Land Rover and Ken Block.

Autumn, or Fall as the locals prefer, is the most amazing time to visit the USA and now there’s a handy web tool to help plan your perfect trip.

Swanky hotel group Four Seasons is getting into the road trip game with a new ‘En Route to La Dolce Vita’ travel package.