Minear has described the show's thematic tone by saying "a secret, illegal, underground road race can be anything from Cannonball Run to The Game to North by Northwest to Magnolia-on-wheels.

According to Tim Minear, "because of technology, we can actually create a cross-country road race and shoot it all in Santa Clarita.

Highway scenes were shot on Interstate 210 in Rialto, California on the finished but unopened portion between Alder Ave. and Linden Ave.

The two-hour premiere of Drive in the United States, broadcast on April 15, 2007 at 8:00 pm, was watched by six million viewers.

All six episodes of the show were previously made available for purchase and download from the iTunes Store[14] and Amazon Video on Demand[15] exclusively for United States residents, but are no longer available since then.

Executive producers Tim Minear and Craig Silverstein subsequently gave an interview that described what might have happened if the series had continued.

The show's title sequence had originally been submitted for consideration in the category of "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Drama Series".

After the sequence was posted for streaming on the Internet, it became eligible under the new "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie, or Special" category.