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Chinese automakers are doing their best to break into the UK car market, and Jeremy Clarkson was intrigued by the new Jaecoo 7. As always, the preview before the paywall:

“Four years ago this car company didn’t exist. Now this is the third bestselling car in the UK.”

(Usual disclaimers continue to apply.)

Jeremy Clarkson noticed that the Church of England (aka the Anglicans) are having a hard time filling the pews in the UK, a country where Christians are now considered a statistical minority. He offered up a possible solution in his column:

“My idea to fill the pews would mean hiring out churches for parties — but a new report focuses instead on calming down neurodivergent vicars.”

(Usual disclaimers apply, and yes, that was all I could read from the article before I bumped into the paywall.)

Remember how the test tracks on both Top Gear and The Grand Tour have corners with certain names on them (such as Hammerhead and Gambon Corner)? Well, the iconic Silverstone circuit (where the F1 British Grand Prix is taking place this weekend!) took that concept and made it their own. 😅

(For those wondering how this topic is relevant to the subreddit, Silverstone was also featured in a few Top Gear episodes over the years.)

Someone on YouTube managed to compile all the moments on Top Gear over the years where the Americans were mentioned and made this video. Heads up, the runtime is almost an hour!

(Also, Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans on this subreddit!) 🧨🎆

He steals from the rich and he steals from the poooooor,
And once more, wants it all, and that’s appalllling…