The UK faces plummeting temperatures over the next few days, and snow will arrive in many places, in some cases for the first time this year. Time, then, to look at the greatest snow-beating machines there's ever been. After all, all-wheel drive will only get you so far.

Adding a set of studded snows into the equation will get you further but the only way to truly go off the beaten path in a cold, frozen landscape is with a purpose-designed vehicle. From purpose-designed vehicles that cost millions to home-brewed inventions, here are your best options if you need to drive from point A to point B this winter, even if a small mountain range separates the two: