r/thegrandtour

Official Trailer for the new TGT is up

Am I wrong, but I thought that was a kind of cash grab for people making a living off of YouTube? Nothing wrong with that if that is your source of income but does James really need to charge people to watch videos? It kinda rubs me the wrong way.

Clarkson was a man ahead of his time

Richard Hammond doesn’t seem to appear as much on TV anymore, whereas Clarkson and James May still show up. He only really has his car workshop show.

So if you were Richard Hammond’s agent, what would you do to get him back in the limelight again?

Personally I would try to push ITV to sign him for the next series of I’m A Celeb. Then Richard Hammond could use I’m A Celeb to become a game show host again, like when he used to do Total Wipeout.

Has anyone else found Clarkson’s Farm and Richard Hammond’s Workshop have completely changed their opinions of the two — in opposite directions?

I never expected Clarkson to become such an endearing figure. We see him vulnerable, getting older, dealing with health issues and, importantly, letting Kaleb, Charlie and the others be the experts and stars of the show.

Workshop has done almost the opposite for me. It started as Hammond helping Neil Greenhouse and his family build a restoration business. But gradually it seems to have become more and more about Hammond — even Anthony’s racing storyline eventually became Hammond racing. Now Neil has left under unhappy circumstances and the original dynamic has largely disappeared.

The contrast that strikes me is: Clarkson’s Farm has become less about Clarkson and more about the people around him, while Workshop has become more about Hammond and less about the people around him.

Twenty years ago I’d definitely have chosen Hammond for a pint. Today, though, I’d choose Clarkson for sure.

Anyone else see it this way?

Based on the teaser and the trailer that was released today, it looks like we'll be getting:

>!- A sports coupe challenge: Jaguar XK (Thomas), Nissan 350Z (James), Mercedes-Benz CLK AMG (Francis)!<

>!- Hypercars: Hennessey Venom (Francis), Pagani Utopia (Thomas?), Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (James?). There’s also a shot of the Mustang GTD and the ZR1 in the teaser, so maybe those two are in a different challenge entirely. This is a difficult one to figure out.!<

>!- Something with the hosts’ personal cars: Honda Jazz (Francis), Toyota Century (James), Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior (Thomas)!<

>!- A kei car challenge: Autozam AZ-1, Suzuki Alto Works, a third car that isn’t shown.!<

>!- Volvo 240 (Thomas), Ford Crown Victoria (James), Lexus LS400 (Francis). Seems like some kind of durability test.!<

>!- Sports cars in the desert: E46 BMW M3 convertible (Thomas), 996 Porsche 911 (James), Nissan Pulsar GTi-R (Francis)!<

>!- Random other stuff: Prodrive P25, an old Honda Civic crashing, a Tesla being flung through the air, something with bicycles, something with boats!<

>!It looks like they'll be sticking with the same format as the last few seasons of The Grand Tour, without a studio audience or many (if any) individual road tests. A lot of stuff in the trailers looks like it was shot in Japan, but with several different groups of cars. So maybe we're getting a Carnage a Trois-style special focusing on Japanese cars?!<

>!Any other thoughts/predictions!<

I referenced that today but I can’t find any videos because they’re all Jeremy going YEEEESSSS in excitement. Usually it’s Hammond asking him a question and he just replied very low “yes”. Anyone have any clips of that?

With so many hours of film I think it’s fair to say that it has taught us some amazing lessons, what have you learned?

I for one have learnt that removing doors from cars makes everything better.

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I looked up the episode and Gemini came up to give me incorrect information. Always annoying when it does this.