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Grossglockner High Alpine Road
Sweeping, wide curves instead of tight turns. A road that carries you, not fights you. Best taken early, before the tour buses arrive.
What You DrivePorsche 911 (993)
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Roads You Must Drive
Six European roads where driving becomes an event—and the cars built for them.
Some roads take you from A to B. Others make B irrelevant. We’ve gathered the latter, each paired with the perfect vehicle.Not the fastest. The right one.
The Signature Route
48 Hairpin Turns
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Passo dello Stelvio
South Tyrol, Italy
48 hairpin turns, 2,757 meters of elevation, a north ramp that winds into the mountain like a zipper.
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Prad at the Stilfser Joch
The start in the valley, where the air is warm and the first turn seems tame.
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The North Ramp
Forty-eight numbered hairpin turns, one after another. Here, rhythm matters more than speed.
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The Joch Pass
Up top, it gets cool and quiet. You stop—not because you have to, but because you should.
What You Drive
Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione
All-wheel drive, short wheelbase, a chassis built for turns like these. The car that turned rally dominance into a personal mission.
The Picks
Five More Favorite Routes
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Route Napoléon
Lavender, winding roads, the scent of warm asphalt and pine trees. The route where you open the top and never close it again.
With whatAlfa Romeo Spider
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Furka Pass
The road from the *Goldfinger* opening credits. Above the Rhône Glacier, there’s a stretch you should drive once in your life.
With whatAston Martin DB7
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Transfăgărășan
A road blasted into the rock in the Eighties, now looking like it was designed just for this purpose.
With whatLamborghini Diablo
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Madonie
The villages where the world’s toughest road race once ran. Today, you drive slower, but with the same reverence.
With whatAlfa Romeo SZ
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Schwarzwaldhochstraße B500
Dense forest, fast straights, mist lingering in the valleys at dawn. The home stretch for everything light and rear-wheel-driven.
With whatBMW M3 (E36)
The Dream Garage
Icons of the ’90s
Lamborghini Diablo
The wedge from Sant’Agata. Twelve cylinders, no driving aids, a car that takes you seriously.
Lancia Delta Integrale
Small, angular, uncompromising. The sedan that thought it was built for a rally.
Porsche 911 (993)
The last air-cooled Eleven. For many, the shape that all others aspire to.
Honda NSX
The voice of reason among supercars, co-developed by a certain Ayrton Senna.
Alfa Romeo SZ
Ugly, some said. A sculpture, others said. Both were right.
BMW M3 (E36)
Six-cylinder, rear-wheel drive, nothing to distract. The school of driving.
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