A drive arrangement is provided for motorized pivotal movement of a vehicle door. The drive has a self-locking motor unit, a gear connected downstream of the motor unit for producing linear drive movement, and a clutch connected therebetween. The clutch can be moved into an engaged state in which the motor unit for nominal operation is engaged to the vehicle door. When the motor unit is turned off, manual movement of the vehicle door is blocked. The clutch can be moved into a released state in which the motor unit is separated from the vehicle door in terms of drive engineering. The clutch can be moved into the intermediate engaged state with reduced transmission moment and force so that the vehicle door is kept in its current position at any time by self-locking of the motor unit, but can be moved by manual actuation with a minimum actuation force.