The South West 660 is a new and soon-to-be iconic route around the British coastline from Dorset to Somerset. Simon Heptinstall helped plan it so who better to be our tour guide?

Wales may be small, but it is perfectly formed for drivers, with its hills and valleys shaping a road network into one of the most entertaining on earth. Here are five of Detour’s favourite Welsh drives.

To the delight of YouTubers worldwide Polestar has unveiled a sleek hardtop convertible that has an integrated drone to film you as you drive.

As sakura season brings a pure joy to Spring in Japan, Sachin Rao crosses the country chasing its fabled cherry blossom.

Most people just see a scrapyard, but the Wijnlands Auto Museum on the way out of Cape Town holds some real treasures.

The Virtual Roads project from Porsche aims to enable drivers to record their favourite routes to drive later using a simulator.

If you’re a Detourist and not just a tourist then avoid the crowded coast and head for the hills of Madeira reckons Simon Heptinstall.

Try as he might Sudhir “Banzai” Matai just can’t shake a well-driven, but scruffy European hatchback.

Behind the traditional Victorian facade of this restored mansion is a fantasy world of themed rooms that makes Los Alamos a diverting pit stop on any California Detour.

Rare are the locations that provide perfectly scenic drives come sun or snow but the Wisconsin peninsula region does just that, says Ruksana Hussain.

India’s motorsport valley is home to an eclectic car collection that celebrates the life of local philanthropist GD Naidu.

Love is in the air and on the asphalt of Germany’s fabled Romantic Road.

Discover the most colourful road trip in Europe with Odiel Mennink.

Road tripping is an experience that’s as American as apple pie, so why not combine the two with a Pit Stop in Pie Town, New Mexico?

All petrolheads should visit the Italian ‘motor valley’ at least once in their lives. If you do, a stop at the Museo Horacio Pagani is a must, so says Sudhir “Banzai” Matai.

Erin O’Brien takes a trip through the ancient and modern ruins of south east Turkey where danger and beauty sit side by side.

Porsche has continued its record-breaking run with the Taycan by driving from Los Angeles to New York and charging in the shortest time ever.

Gianni Danesi, the enterprising owner of La Fiaschetteria, a small inn in Bergamo, has devised a two-day tour that takes in the best of the Italian alps.

A team of acoustics experts has named the finest-sounding road tunnels in Britain by driving an Alfa Romeo through them and recording the sonorous soundtracks.

Simon Heptinstall hugs the coast of Northern Ireland and finds Narnia among its many treasures.