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Jeremy, Richard and James go to Detroit with a brilliant idea. Jeremy test drives the new McLaren Senna on the fastest track in Europe, that isn't actually the fastest track. Jeremy, Richard and James go to Detroit with a brilliant idea. Jeremy test drives the new McLaren Senna on the fastest track in Europe, that isn't actually the fastest track. Jeremy, Richard and James go to Detroit with a brilliant idea. Jeremy test drives the new McLaren Senna on the fastest track in Europe, that isn't actually the fastest track.

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The Grand Tour Trailer Released As Series Comes To An Emotional End - WATCH

Saajan jogia | aug 22, 2024.

Motoring enthusiasts could dread the 13th of September as it marks the final time a motoring show with the three top presenters of the automotive world, Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond, head out on an adventure in Zimbabwe. This emotional and spirited journey, titled "One For The Road," is part of The Grand Tour series and will air exclusively on Amazon Prime.

The trio has been popular since its BBC Top Gear days, famous for its brutal car reviews, splendid British humor, high-speed action, a ton of car knowledge, and of course, for its Top Gear specials. However, it wasn't just the cars, it was the unmatchable chemistry between three friends who pretended to hate each other that turned out to work the most. Their playful banter and seamless camaraderie became the hallmark of the episodes of Top Gear, making each episode an unforgettable experience.

The show was a favorite among car enthusiasts in their twenties, thirties, and forties, with its specials standing out as particularly memorable. Highlights included the 1,000-mile motorcycle adventure through Vietnam, the quest to locate the source of the Nile in three second-hand estate cars, and the dramatic crossing of Africa's salt flats and game reserves in three worn-out cars with no doors.

The series also featured specials involving muscle cars in a journey across America to set top speed records on the salt flats and the polar expedition, which showcased a gripping man vs. nature scenario and marked the first car to reach the North Pole. These iconic events became the stuff of legend for car fans, who could only dream of such adventures themselves.

However, Clarkson, May, and Hammond left the BBC after Clarkson was involved in a 'fracas'. The three, alongside producer Andy Wilman, started their own production company to film The Grand Tour. They collaborated with Amazon to feature the show exclusively on Prime. After its first series in 2016, when it broke all records, the trio embarked on adventures every year, demonstrating that even as they aged into their fifties and sixties, their enthusiasm for high-octane exploration remained undiminished.

Sadly, it appears that the era of car explorations is coming to an end this year. The trio will journey to Zimbabwe, followed by a nostalgic return to Botswana, the birthplace of their Top Gear specials. They will embark on a breathtaking road trip through dramatic and challenging landscapes in a Lancia Montecarlo, a Ford Capri 3-liter, and a Triumph Stag, before wrapping up the episode with an emotionally charged finale on a strangely familiar island.

When asked at the Edinburgh TV Festival why the trio was ending the global phenomenon, as reported by Daily Mail , Wilman said:

"We are getting to the point where enough is enough. On top of that, there is the sense that we want to end things on our own terms. It had to come to an end and we wanted to be the ones who called it."

The episode was shot in September last year where the trio will return to Kubu Island, Botswana. Wilman described the episode as "deliberately gentle" as the three stars wanted to go back to where they started from. He added:

"They wanted to go 'unplugged'. We wanted to go back to 2005, leave the dynamite at home, we will go with s*** old cars. They give you more TV than modern new cars, they give you more stories, more laughs. So they wanted evocative cars that they adore and they wanted to be in Africa. It is the favorite continent we ever filmed in.

"Their comradery is next level. I think that you can see that they know this is the last time they will do this.

"We decided a long time ago. The one thing we wanted to be in control of is deciding when and where and how we landed."

In recent years, the three presenters have each pursued their own ventures. Clarkson turned to farming, leading to the expansion of several related businesses. May launched his gin and invested in a pub, and Hammond opened a new garage.

As life progresses and time moves on, some things remain deeply cherished in our hearts. For many, Clarkson, May, and Hammond are more than just television personalities—they embody our passions, the machines we love, and the thrill of adventure. Through their unforgettable journeys and insightful humor, they have taught us to appreciate, respect, and savor the marvels of automotive engineering, leaving a lasting legacy that continues to inspire and delight.

It remains to be seen if Clarkson makes use of his popular line in the upcoming episode - "And on that bombshell, it is time to end."

SAAJAN JOGIA

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Key Takeaways

• Top Gear trio, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, returned with The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime after leaving the original show.
• The Grand Tour evolved over 5 seasons, ditching the Top Gear format for adventure-based episodes filmed around the world.
• The Grand Tour will conclude in Zimbabwe after over 20 years of automotive adventures, as the trio pursue new projects individually.

If you were around, conscious and a self-proclaimed automotive enthusiast in the early 2000s, then you should distinctly know three names: Jeremy Clarkson , Richard Hammond and James May. These three British car enthusiasts hosted one of (if not) the most prolific automotive review shows, that started in 2002, named " Top Gear ." Top Gear was a no-holds bar, British automotive enthusiasts' show that had glitz, glamour and the Stig.

They had several different segments that covered automotive news, hot laps with new cars, celebrity guests and eventually turned it into a touring series where they would globe trot, partaking in all kinds of adventures with different automobiles. Unfortunately, the beloved TV series did not come without its fair share of controversies. As a result, Jeremey Clarkson was fired from the series. James May and Richard Hammond subsequently resigned in 2014.

Fast-forward to 2015 and rumors starting swirling around the internet that the three automotive musketeers were going to make a comeback in a "Grand" style. By the time 2016 rolled around, there was an official announcement that they were coming back to host their own TV series called, " The Grand Tour ." The Grand Tour is a carbon copy of Top Gear that has the guy's own twist on the series. We're going to go over the synopses of the series, tell you where you can stream it and cover the fact that it may be on its last tour.

HotCars has sourced information from IMDb and Amazon Prime, in order to bring you everything you need to know about streaming The Grand Tour .

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Here's Where You Can Stream Every Episode Of The Grand Tour

The Grand Tour consists of five seasons. Each episode is between one hour and 90 minutes in length. The first couple of seasons have a similar format to the original Top Gear. Instead of a dedicated location, they would film in a massive tent in different locations around the world. Finally, they ended up staying put in The Cotswolds, England.

When the third season premiered, they had completely trashed the idea of carbon copying Top Gear. Instead, they focused on making it a show of their own and really leaning into the "Grand Tour" aspect of the show. They sacked the studio audience, the tent and the hot laps for going on season-long adventures around the world .

When it comes to streaming these three famous gear heads, you have two options. It originally (and still does) air on Amazon Prime here in the US. Prime TV is included with your Amazon Prime membership, but if you do not want to buy a Prime membership for $140 a year, you can buy episodes in a pay-per-view format. You can also watch it for free (with advertisements) on FreeVee.

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• Amazon Prime: $14.99 per month.
• FreeVee - Free with created profile.

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The Grand Tour Seasons 1-3 Synopsis

Season one premiered November 18th, 2016 and is currently sitting at an 8.6 out of 10 rating on IMDB, titled: The Holy Trinity. The set-up of the first couple of seasons mimicked the format of Top Gear . The difference is that they re-titled the different segments to not only not be sued by the BBC, but also to give them their own style and flair. The first season had 13 episodes, and they went all over from Nambia to Stuttgart in Germany, engaging in their usual wacky antics.

They even poked fun at their last series. Whenever they have a "celebrity" on, they would have them perish in some horrendous accident behind the tent that was all a stunt to make fun of the "stars in a reasonably priced car" segment from Top Gear. There were hot laps, a news segment called "conversation street" and a Stig-like stand-in, who would actually show their face while driving the car of the week. Instead of the Stig, they employed "the American." Mike Skinner is his name, and he is a NASCAR driver that they would poke fun at while he was driving whatever car they threw at him.

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The Grand Tour Seasons 4-5 Synopsis

Releasing in December 2019, the producers scrapped the knock-off Top Gear format and instead stuck to their name and actually took the guys on a "Grand Tour." No longer was the studio audience, the segments, or the Stig with a face. In its place, they traveled to Cambodia and Vietnam, and even to Scotland. The year 2020 saw the inevitable COVID-19 pandemic which halted production.

Naturally, the pandemic caused complications for filming, but the trio persevered. In order to abide by UK laws at the time, which instructed individuals to restrict who they mix with, they each purchased a caravan in which they could travel in whilst filming, which was also the basis for the camera crew. By following these guidelines, the GT team were still able to deliver a new episode.

The Grand Tour Turned To "Special" Feature-Length Episodes

With the unfortunate rise of the pandemic, production of The Grand Tour turned season 4 into shorter specials that highlighted different adventures . Each episode was titled along the lines of: "The Grand Tour Presents: *Insert Special Title Here*" This is where the true nature of grand touring came into play. They took a detour from their typical four-wheeled vehicles and traded them in for speed boats to travel around Vietnam in "The Grand Tour Presents: Seamen."

The "Lochdown" episode is a cheeky title based on the fact that the guys take three of their favorite vintage American cars on a trip around Scotland. The final special consisted of the guys absolutely destroying different French cars by any means necessary and even driving some strange plane-type car.

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Ben Collins AKA The Stig, decided to purchase his very own farm to produce cider.

The End Of The Grand Tour Has Been Announced

In November 2023, it was announced that the series would be coming to an end. In an interview with Variety magazine , Jeremy Clarkson actually stated that, "I’m unfit and fat and old." Unlike the end of Top Gear , the guys are going to be ending it on their own terms because, in all honesty, they've been doing it for over 20 years at this point. When announcing the end of The Grand Tour in the final 'normal' episode, Jeremy was understandably emotional.

They have climbed the highest peaks, crossed the hottest deserts , driven the nicest cars possible and are basically throwing in the towel. Maybe Jeremy just wants to tend to his farm. The final episodes are currently streaming on Prime and Freevee. The last episode will take place in Zimbabwe, but there has not been an official announcement on the release date. The three gearheads now enjoy unique projects of their own, such as Jeremy's new show, Clarkson's Farm , which is also available to stream on Amazon Prime. James May also enjoys a number of his own shows, in addition to having recently set up a gin company. Hammond runs his own classic car workshop, with a show on Discovery+, dubbed Richard Hammond's Workshop .

Sources: IMDB , Amazon Prime , Variety

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Watch the trailer for the final episode of the grand tour.

The time’s almost here. The final episode of The Grand Tour featuring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will arrive on 13 September, and it looks like it’s going to be a tearjerker.

Entitled One For The Road, the final special will see the trio travel across the southern African nation of Zimbabwe in three classic cars from the 1970s: a Lancia Beta Montecarlo, a Ford Capri and a Triumph Stag.

That’s about all we know for now – the trailer features almost no dialogue, just the emotional soundtrack of The Hollies’ ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.’ All we do get is a brief clip of Clarkson saying: “So, for the last time, here we go…”

From what we can see, though, it’s going to be more of what we’ve come to expect from The Grand Tour’s feature length specials: lots of laughs, lots of arguments, and lots of gorgeous scenery. And that clip of the three cars speeding across a salt flat, minus doors, is a less-than-subtle homage, we can’t help notice, to Top Gear’s Botswana special – the show that set the tone for the big, international adventures the trio’s been doing for some time.

The episode will bring to a close nearly 22 years of the trio working together, after May joined Clarkson and Hammond for the second series of the rebooted Top Gear in 2003. They left Top Gear in 2015 when Clarkson’s BBC contract wasn't renewed after he was involved in an incident with a producer.

The Grand Tour debuted on Prime Video in 2016, and after three series of a studio-based format, moved over to feature-length specials from 2019.

We’ve put together everything else we do know about the episode, as well as the future of The Grand Tour, here . In the meantime: are you emotionally prepared for this? We’re not sure we are.

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The Grand Tour: One for the Road is dubbed the trio's final TV special together after 23 years of presenting, racing, arguing and shouting at each other across the world

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The iconic trio of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will be paying an emotional farewell to The Grand Tour in their final TV special. The Grand Tour: One for the Road is dubbed the trio's final TV special together after 23 years of presenting, racing, arguing and shouting at each other across the world .

It's a chaotic dynamic that made BBC show Top Gear attract millions of fans every week and see the trio reach cult status in the UK. Following an altercation on the set of a Top Gear challenge, Jeremy Clarkson was sacked and Richard Hammond and James May joined him to form a new motoring series on Prime Video.

The main series between 2016 and 2019 saw the trio join the world in a tent and interviewed celebrities, reviewed cars and motoring challenges. The Grand Tour shifted to focusing on motoring challenge specials afterwards including Eurocrash, A Scandi Flick and A Massive Hunt.

One for the Road will be released on Friday, September 13 and see the presenters travel to Zimbabwe in three cars they have always wanted to own. Despite the presenters' departures, the series will continue on Prime Video with a new set of presenters.

But why are Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May leaving The Grand Tour?

Why is The Grand Tour ending?

The current format Grand Tour is ending because the trio simply believe it's time to finish. All three presenters have often spoken about quitting the motoring show on a high, rather than fizzling out or being replaced.

ichard Hammond told Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley on This Morning that they wanted to finish their show and working on-screen partnership on their own terms.

"We always wanted to land it on our own terms," said Hammond, before remarking on Top Gear's whirlwind ascent to iconic status.

"It took off, we started on Top Gear together 23 years ago and it went berserk," he laughed. "We didn't know it was gonna do that, so that was kinda out of our control – we always wanted to make sure that when we finally landed our partnership together it was on our terms, at a time and a place and in a manner of our choosing, and we have.

"But having done it and the film is out Friday... it's really weird . I can't get my head around it."

May, now 61, told The Sunday Times : “Must it end? It must. We’ve exhausted our take on the subject, and we always promised ourselves that we’d land our legacy safely instead of flying it into a cliff.

“And we’re old now. I set off as a puffy-faced youth with lustrous long dark hair that seemed to be permanently tousled by a warm zephyr, believing I’d landed a gig that might last a couple of years. I parked up grey, stooped, with a bad back, looking for my glasses so I could write this down.

“I regret none of it; none of those 20-plus years of beige food and bad living. It was tremendous. Thank you for watching.”

The gang will now focus on their own projects and TV shows. Jeremy Clarkson will continue to film his smash hit series Clarkson’s Farm, focus on Hawkstone brewery and manage his new pub The Farmer’s Dog.

James May will continue to present a series of travel documentaries for Prime Video as well as focus on his pub The Royal Oak in Wiltshire.

Richard Hammond continues to work on a number of new shows including Richard Hammond’s Workshop on Discovery+ and has a podcast Who We Are Now with his daughter Izzy.

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The Grand Tour Scotland Special ‘Lochdown’: Full Trailer And Release Date

Confined to the UK by Covid, Jeremy, Richard and James embark on a Lockdown Special to celebrate the great 70s American cars they saw in TV shows as kids, and to find out just why it was, given their Dads were all driving terrible Austin Allegros, that these amazing vehicles never took off in Britain. 

At the wheel of a Cadillac Coupe De Ville as driven by Elvis, a Lincoln Continental as driven by Jock Ewing of Dallas fame, and a Buick Riviera as piloted by Clint Eastwood, the three hosts take their iconic Detroit machines on a road trip across the stunning scenery of Scotland. And even though they are on home turf this lockdown journey turns out to be one of their funniest, most action packed and most charming adventures in years.

Along the way they cause chaos on the ancient streets of Edinburgh, enjoy a hilarious, tyre torturing, high octane showdown with Abbie on the racetrack, before heading off to stage an epic Cold War shootout between the worst Soviet and American cars ever made. They also find themselves homeless in the Highlands after a series of housing-based crash bang wallop catastrophes, but still find time to use classic muscle cars to put an infamous Pizza Express journey to the test. After receiving a text from Mr Wilman, Richard, James and Jeremy modify their cars and head to the Outer Hebrides for one of their toughest challenges yet. At the far reaches of Scotland, they must build a homemade floating bridge across the Hebridean sea, capable of supporting them and their massive cars on a perilous journey to their final destination.

The Grand Tour Presents:   Lochdown   will launch Friday 30 th   July on Amazon Prime Video

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