It’s Official: Clarkson, Hammond And May’s New Show Will Be Called 'The Grand Tour'

After several months and thousands of pounds spent on research, Clarkson and co's Top Gear follow-up at last has a name
It’s Official: Clarkson, Hammond And May’s New Show Will Be Called 'The Grand Tour'

Cue the drumroll, the much-anticipated new Amazon Prime show from Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May at last has a name: The Grand Tour. The trio each commented about the new name on Twitter, with Hammond and May linking to the show’s new Facebook page.

The news comes just over two weeks after Clarkson claimed thousands had been spent on lawyer fees trying to find a name for the show, and while Gear Knobs was a very real possibility at one point, it was thrown out due to potential issues caused by having a name even remotely similar to Top Gear; the BBC still holds the rights to that name, of course.

The BBC also holds the rights to The Stig, the Cool Wall and the term ‘Star in the Reasonably Priced Car’, which is perhaps why the old studio format has been ditched. Instead, the show will broadcast from a tent which will be set up in a different location every week - hence the ‘Tour’ bit of the name.

So, what do you think of the name, and the new travelling setup of the show?

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Comments

Quack

To BBC

05/11/2016 - 12:43 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Quack

this is “10 best comments of the week” material right here

05/11/2016 - 13:02 |
932 | 32
Anonymous

In reply to by Quack

I liked the part where it spun

05/11/2016 - 13:11 |
90 | 2
Anonymous

In reply to by Quack

Yup gg Quack

05/11/2016 - 13:19 |
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Icekraks

In reply to by Quack

R8/8 m8, love not H8 ;)

05/11/2016 - 13:31 |
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Jack Reitz

In reply to by Quack

I guess the BBC thinks they’re the devil… (Look at the number of up votes)

05/11/2016 - 13:40 |
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Disklok

Grand Tour, Top Gear. Top Gear = TG, Grand Tour = GT. Think about it.

05/11/2016 - 12:43 |
1236 | 2

My thoughts exactly

05/11/2016 - 12:46 |
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Raregliscor1

In reply to by Disklok

O.o

05/11/2016 - 12:49 |
1366 | 8
ethosveritas

In reply to by Disklok

Lol this was my first thought 😂

05/11/2016 - 13:05 |
8 | 2

How about TG vs TGT?

05/11/2016 - 13:09 |
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Mitchell Boyd

In reply to by Disklok

The first few episode are going to be a p*ss take of the BBC and Top Gear.

05/11/2016 - 13:12 |
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A Fluffy Badger

Sounds great, although I’m confused as to why they couldn’t have gear knows because of the word gear, but they can shorten this to GT when top gear was shortened to TG.

05/11/2016 - 12:46 |
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On the Apex

Sounds promising! I am really looking forward to watching it! Besides the fact everyone will refer to GT instead of TG as their favourite car show 😂

05/11/2016 - 12:47 |
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Jakob

I would have suggested Sixth Gear.

05/11/2016 - 12:48 |
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Martin 6

In reply to by Jakob

What about high gear?

05/11/2016 - 13:08 |
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Freddie Skeates

In reply to by Jakob

They couldn’t have anything with ‘top’ or ‘gear’ in it

05/11/2016 - 13:10 |
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Prangowski

In reply to by Jakob

“Oh c*ck” is also a nice name if you ask me…

05/11/2016 - 13:38 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Jakob

6th change 😂

05/11/2016 - 13:44 |
2 | 4
DL🏁

I just can’t wait to see this. Its going to be spectacular.
And TG vs GT is going to be the most epic TV show competition ever

05/11/2016 - 12:49 |
76 | 2

Competition? More like decimation

05/11/2016 - 13:01 |
134 | 6

Everyone is gonna watch both i think

05/11/2016 - 13:23 |
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Driven by madness

Brilliant! Can’t wait :D I hope they Will set up the tent in locations outside the UK in countries they haven’t visited before.

05/11/2016 - 12:50 |
2 | 0

Why was this downvoted? XD

05/13/2016 - 10:16 |
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Lukas

Drop the “the”. It´s cleaner.

05/11/2016 - 12:51 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Lukas

OK there Justin timberlake

05/11/2016 - 13:23 |
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Anonymous

I bet tenting was hammond’s idea

05/11/2016 - 12:51 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Haha, this deserves to be comment of the week 😂

05/11/2016 - 12:59 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Probably was xD

05/11/2016 - 13:08 |
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RD675

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Hehe good old Hammond!😂

05/11/2016 - 13:43 |
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Schnee's Titan

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05/11/2016 - 13:51 |
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SkigE39

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Haha best comment I’ve seen in a while

05/11/2016 - 14:40 |
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Anonymous

Was still holding out for my suggestion of torque show

05/11/2016 - 12:55 |
2 | 0