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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Think about it

[JustNiz]

Grand Tour (GT). Its an obvious comeback against Top Gear (TG).

Re:Amazon's coup - aye?

[KGIII]

As an actual automotive aficionado, with a fair collection of automobiles, I will say that I was quite fond of the show but only binge watched it. I'd do the entire season at once (once that became an option). I enjoyed the presenters. I also enjoyed the older version - I seem to recall it was from the 70s or 80s. That was a bit more technical and I preferred that information density but I admit that I enjoyed the antics of the newer show more.

Which is saying something - I'm not a television watcher. I've never really been big on it so I never got into the shows very much. I'm sure I missed many seasons. I did notice that they put the presenters under a great deal of stress. I'm not surprised that one lashed out and hit someone - I do not condone it, but I understand.

I have seen bits and pieces of an American version and it wasn't as bad as I'd expected. I understand there's a German version. And, for the record, as near as I know - I did not beat Jeremy's time when I went and played at the Nurburgring. Well, I certainly beat his van time. But, IIRC, he had an excellent (near record for the vehicle) Jag time. Even though I rented a few exotics, I'm reasonably sure that I did not beat his time.

As an aside, going and taking in-class and then in-seat lessons before renting and driving the ring was excellent. It's really not a tough track - it's just hard to memorize and there's a bit of variation depending on your line. Well, to be fair, there's more than one track. None are terribly difficult and I imagine just getting in there to practice for a few weeks would get someone up to speed - even if they'd never driven on-track in their lives. The crazy ones are the ones on motorcycles.