In these books, two handsome and popular telly adventurers consider, from viewpoints that are sometimes overly autobiographical, the culture of internal combustion in two of its most distinctive forms. Ben Fogle is obsessed by Land Rovers while Richard Hammond is fascinated by motorbikes.

Fogle came to notice in 2000 when he survived a harrowing year in front of the cameras on Taransay for the reality show Castaway.