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Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon Show To Be Called The Grand Tour (theguardian.com)
Jasper Jackson and Dugald Baird, writing for The Guardian: Amazon's new motoring show starring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May will be called The Grand Tour. In a statement, the former Top Gear trio thanked fans for taking the time to send in their suggestions for the name, which they said were "much appreciated". "Thing is," said Clarkson, "we'll be travelling the world hosting each episode in a different country, from a giant tent. It's a sort of 'grand tour', if you like. So we've decided to call it The Grand Tour." May said he was underwhelmed by the name. "I wanted to call it 'Nigel', or 'Roger'," he said. "We needed a name, and they're names." Hammond was more positive. "I already love camping," he said. "But this is something else. We are like our pioneering and prospecting forebears, sallying forth into a new frontier of broadcasting, and making our home where."
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Seriously, they took 6 months to come up with this name? Doesn't bode well for the rest of the show.
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Just saying.
Carry McCarface.
Should have called it Geoff.
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Whatever they decided to call it, its going to be call the "Sir Richard Attenborough Show" because that's how the world works now.
I voted for "Punchy Mc Lazy Shit Face", but they wouldn't let that name be used.
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He came up with it first in his fantastic series of Sci-Fi novels.
All we want to know is when it will hit Prime. What it's named is as uninteresting as watching Top Gear now that these three aren't on it.
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GT short for Grand Tour
The original show was all about big personalities and reality-star like hi-jinx. How the BBC lost sight of that is beyond me.
The Grand Tour is as good a name as any; at least they didn't call it the Grand Caravan. eep. I expect to see a smattering of cars I cannot afford but I will be more intrigued by what happens next. Though, I'm not sure I will get to see an episode until the reruns start airing outside the Amazonian biome. Here's to longevity to the series! None of the personalities involved could possibly get their show cancelled again, right?
Please?
Please?
I hope Jeremy Clarkson is killed by a boy racer.
In front of his family (sic).
They should have called it Frank. Then at the end of each review they could say, "To be frank...", and give their synopsis.
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Clarkson has America's respect from punching that walking piece of shit which calls itself Piers Morgan. We wish him all the best, and if he manages to sneak in another knuckle sandwich, I'll even personally nominate him for honorary citizenship.
Not to get in the way of your anti-US rant, but ... as *if* Top Gear was ever about the cars ... *that's funny*
Bashing the yanks like this just isn't on, old boy. There's so many other things you can legitimately bash them for because, well, they're human (like everyone else). The thing is, they really do know their shit about cars, they just have a different style over here - witness the Top Gear episode where all three of "the boys" enjoyed the road trip across the US in their muscle cars.
Source: Am Brit.
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Considering Clarkson's record on international diplomacy and pissing off the natives, is a world tour really a good idea?
He only pisses off the natives that were already pissed off before he got there. Particularly those who lack any sort of sense of humor, perspective or ability to laugh at themselves.
At least we know which side of the road to drive on... moron. And... British cars are shitboxes. Any time I open the hood of a car and see "Lucas electrical" I run for a fire extinguisher.
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It was May and Hammond who carried it, and maybe the other new presenters will carry Evans.
Jeremy was undeniably the star of the show but not in the usual sense. What really made the show work was the chemistry between all three of them. Jeremy was kind of a first among equals but take away May and Hammond and it just didn't work as well. That's a hard thing to replicate. Take the US version of Top Gear. All three of the hosts aren't Ferrera, Foust and Wood are all fine individually but they simply don't have the same chemistry as Clarkson, May and Hammond and the show simply isn't as good as a result.
The other thing that made Top Gear work and I think Clarkson was the driving force behind is because they didn't pull a lot of punches. Whether you agreed with their take on something or not, they definitely HAD a take and didn't seem to hold back much. Clarkson seems to be the driving force behind that. If they thought some million dollar supercar was crap, they said so. They didn't pretend to be fair, or objective or even competent but they did seem to say what they thought. Frankly their negative reviews were usually more interesting than their positive ones. Other shows like the US Top Gear version seem to be more hesitant to give a bad review, presumably for fear of pissing off advertisers or incurring lawsuits. But without those strong takes the show just isn't as good.
I had the fun job of fixing the wiring on a Triumph Spitfire. After a few hours of asking myself "WTF?"... I ripped it all out and started from scratch. Lucas is a flaming joke.
i loved that show & i dont give two shits about fancy cars.
It was all about Clarkson, Hammond & May. Those guys have a great "3-stooges" chemistry.
Very enjoyable to watch those 3... once you fast-forward past all the car-porn bits.
Grand Tour (GT). Its an obvious comeback against Top Gear (TG).
Nice language. Oh, that's ours too, except where you get the spelling wrong ("colour, etc.)
And, yes. Tongue in cheek here as I understand some of you don't get sarcasm...
Because it was popular before Clarkson et al (for 25 years, no less) and stands a decent chance of being popular again, and this time with a wider audience.
Given how successful the show was I think your notion of it appealing to an even wider audience is wishful thinking. The audience was already incredibly wide. Even people like my sister who could not care less about cars found the show entertaining.
The show has been on air in various incarnations since 1977 but it wasn't a breakout hit until 2002 when they found the combination of Clarkson, May and Hammond. I'm sure it will soldier on but it's going to be difficult to catch lightning in a bottle twice.
I don't think they took my name suggestion seriously.
You don't 'dumb down' Top Gear mate. It's a show for complete mongs.
Americans can blow shit up real good, and they do well with computing, but they know shit about cars.
For someone with a hatred of America, you don't half copy their fucking mannerisms. "blow shit up real good" and "they know shit"? lol.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
Right, because British cars are known for their stellar quality and reliability.
I'll bet my underpowered shitbox is faster, more fuel efficient, lighter, more environmentally friendly, more comfortable and safer with a smaller engine than your underpowered shitbox.
"Wait. Something's happening. It's opening up! My God, it's full of apricots!"
How many times did he genuinely piss off the natives, other than in Argentina (the Alabama "attack" was clearly fake, for those who haven't figured it out yet)?
Clarkson's Motorworld series shows he can probably pull something like this off, dropping in May and Hammond (with proven chemistry) to fill out the hour.
Us dumb Americans know better than to try and drive a $150k car at 168mph in the rain. That was one helluva spinout though, I bet he had to change his underoos after that one.
would be a bit more fitting for Mr. - I'm annoyed like Christian Bale on set but I don't bark, I beat - Clarkson.
I'll bet I can drift corner better than you in my shitbox '92 Toyota 22RE pickup, still pass Ca emissions, and still get 25mpg! I call it "Mr Toads wild ride" AKA "Texas Cadillac"
A Grand Touring car is a sporty, medium to large car that can nip you from Italy to Scotland, or from Florida to Alaska, in posh, comfortable style, and where possible, much throttle-induced hooning silliness.
Think Aston Martin, think big Ferrari like a 599 or F12 or FF.
Do people still do the traditional Grand Tour of Europe? Used to be a 'thing' to do after high school and before college.
The "Civilized World" jumped the shark ca. 1973.
Now it's called a 'Gap Year' as what's left of the Middle Class can't really afford 'Grand' anything anymore.
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The real reason the British drink warm beer is they keep it in Lucas refrigerators.
I could have swore I read they were naming it 'Gear Knobs', which would have been perfect.
Clarkson has America's respect from punching that walking piece of shit which calls itself Piers Morgan. We wish him all the best, and if he manages to sneak in another knuckle sandwich, I'll even personally nominate him for honorary citizenship.
This. Exactly this.
Pretty much everything in the UK sucks these days. The weather, the political correctness, their so-called "freedom of speech" which is non-existent.
But Clarkson deserves a medal. No, he deserves two. One for punching that cocksucker of a Piers Morgan, and one for Top Gear.
Yes, because if there is one thing Britain is known for, it's their superbly reliable automobiles.
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Thats right. It's almost like they make the Rolls Royce of cars, or something.
With the limited availability of Amazon Prime video this show is going to set new standards for piracy.
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I've not subscribed to any video streaming services before but this is the only show that could do it. I'm looking forward to it.
The Grand Tour
TGT
Top Gear Twits
This name pattern just works.
Britain doesn't really have many of it's own cars anymore though, everything now is owned abroad and that's affected the direction.
Actually British cars are renowned for their quality and reliability, like original Land Rovers, but the name has been tarnished now by Land Rovers made with a focus less on quality and reliability, and more on profits and mass-sales to demographics who don't need the reliability but just want a big car because they're too fearful of their inability to drive well and hence high likelihood of crashing to drive anything normal. The net result is that yes, the quality and reliability of these historically British brands has suffered, but they're also not really British anymore. The reliability drop of these ones great brands coincidences precisely with foreign ownership and change of direction - it's a double edged sword, because following down the original path wasn't massively profitable, so in some ways these take overs saved the brands, but in going more mass-market yes, it absolutely killed some of the things the brands were famous for. Effectively British stubborness to maintain high quality and reliability rather than giving the markets what they wanted - low quality, cheap fluff, is what risked sending those brands bankrupt
What's left as genuinely British are things like Lotus, Aston Martin, and McClaren where quality is about as high as it gets, though reliability always suffers with high end cars when compared to your typical family car because high end cars push the limits of engineering far more, but they compare very well though to other cars in their class. It's no coincidence that the brands that manage to maintain the historical British reputation for quality are the ones that sell at a premium whilst the cost impact that had was what risked sending the lower end brands out of business.
Perhaps the country with the most undeserved reputation for quality and reliability is Germany, German engineering is a complete joke when brands like Audi, BMW, and German owned brands like Bentley fair so poorly on reliability indexes. Japan is about the only country that seems able to do a good job of fairly consistently maintaining decent quality and reliability nowadays for what it's worth. Long story short, British reputation for reliability/stability was effectively priced out of the global market and they were left with a choice - decrease quality to increase profits as the likes of BMW have done, or go bust. They got taken over by foreign owners who weren't hamstrung by the sense of British manufacturing pride that previously made them stubbornly refuse to make that change and so were in fact forced to make that change leaving them where they are now.
Everything that is still wholly British does have high quality and good reliability though, but can only do so because it's retreated to the market where paying the premium for higher quality isn't a problem for the buyers in question.
I wouldn't even pay to watch him being gang-banged in a jail then flayed alive. (Though I might pirate the video.)
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Why is an article about a bellend who does car shows on /. ?