Great Drives

The scenic A-roads to embrace the dying art of driving for pleasure

From Sussex to Sutherland, these are the most spectacular A-roads in the land

By Greg Dickinson 26 May 2023, 2:52pm
Britain’s 10 greatest road trips

On four wheels or two, these scenic routes open up some of the UK’s most beautiful destinations

By David Williams 10 Jan 2023, 3:13pm
The scariest – and safest – places in the world to hire a car

From traffic deaths and road quality to urban congestion, we’ve crunched the numbers to reveal the safest and scariest options for a trip

By Amanda Hyde 11 Nov 2022, 8:00am
Britain's best posh hotel minibreaks (with a high-end car thrown in)

By Daniel Pembrey 27 Nov 2021, 7:00am
The endless battle to save America's greatest road from its own demons

By Chris Leadbeater 18 Feb 2021, 10:16am
Great British Drives: Maserati Ghibli in the Surrey Hills

By Adam Hay-Nicholls 7 Feb 2021, 6:30am
Great Drives: 'starry night' tour in Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire and Somerset by Range Rover Evoque

By David Williams 21 Nov 2020, 6:33am

The sun king: Morgan Plus 4 on California's Pacific Coast Highway

Although the latest models have retro charm in abundance, is the last of the old-school Plus 4s the more authentic Morgan experience?

By Alex Goy 4 Oct 2020, 6:30am
Great British drives: classic Toyota through rural Essex and Suffolk

By Martin Gurdon 30 Aug 2020, 8:57am
Great British Drives: 15 of the best scenic routes to savour as lockdown eases

15 May 2020, 10:08am

Great British Drives: Lamborghini Aventador SV in Edinburgh and the Borders

By Daniel Pembrey 23 Feb 2020, 6:33am
Hark the Herald: a festive Cotswolds adventure in a classic Triumph

By Lucy Denyer 22 Dec 2019, 6:00am

Great British Drives: classic Mini from Cowley to Longbridge

By Vicky Parrott 15 Dec 2019, 6:33am
Great British Drives: a tour of Edward Elgar’s Malvern Hills with singer Mollie King in a Range Rover Evoque

By Jeremy Taylor 8 Dec 2019, 6:32am
Great British Drives: sampling Cheshire in a BMW i8 won't drive you batty

By Jeremy Taylor 1 Dec 2019, 6:32am
Great Drives: Bentley Bentayga on the Faroe Islands, which quit the EU in 1973

By Jeremy Taylor 31 Oct 2019, 11:05am
Great British Drives: Audi e-tron in the long-lost county of Westmorland

By Martin Gurdon 20 Oct 2019, 6:30am
Great British Drives: a journey through Sussex to England's former capital city in a future British classic

By David Williams 6 Oct 2019, 8:00am
Great British Drives: Roseland Peninsula of Cornwall in a Volvo XC60

By Jessica Salter 29 Sep 2019, 6:12am
Great British Drives: North Coast 500, the best driving route in Scotland – but is it best by car or motorcycle?

By Alex Robbins 19 Sep 2019, 6:32am

Great British Drives: spectacular coast, castles and more in Northumberland

By Richard Webber 26 Aug 2019, 6:22am
Great British Drives: baring all at a nudist beach with a Vauxhall Cavalier

By Jeremy Taylor 13 Aug 2019, 12:24pm
Great British Drives: classic Bentley Continental on a stately tour of Cheshire

By Martin Gurdon 28 Jul 2019, 6:31am

Great British Drives: 1984 Bentley Mulsanne Turbo on George Orwell's Suffolk coast

By Jeremy Taylor 9 Jun 2019, 7:03am
Great British Drives: the majestic Northern Ireland coastline in a Peugeot 508

By David Williams 2 Jun 2019, 6:26am

Great British Drives: a gourmet tour of Devon in a Citroen C4 Cactus

By Richard Webber 26 May 2019, 6:00am
Great British Drives: Lamborghini Urus in the Scottish Highlands

By Anthony ffrench-Constant 12 May 2019, 6:34am
Great British Drives: Ferrari Portofino along Hadrian's Wall

By Daniel Pembrey 28 Apr 2019, 6:17am
Great Drives: a trip back in time with Lucy Worsley, television's queen of castles

By Jeremy Taylor 14 Apr 2019, 6:00am
Great British Drives: Volvo V60 Cross Country tackles the Peak District

By Jessica Salter 7 Apr 2019, 6:00am
Great British Drives: big surprises in Bedfordshire in a tiny classic Suzuki

By Martin Gurdon 31 Mar 2019, 5:57am
Great British Drives: Bentley Continental GT in the Cotswolds and Chilterns

By Adam Hay-Nicholls 22 Mar 2019, 12:49pm
Great British Drives: Ferrari Portofino to the spectacular Llyn Peninsula

By Nick Freeman 17 Mar 2019, 6:02am