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.
So, the Grand Tour (GT for short) will come from a tent, which we will put up in a different location every week. Your town?;— jeremyclarkson
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?
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
Sounds very much like a Renault.
What about the cheap car challenges?
Oh great, another name in the car world that is called ‘gt’ because we didnt have enough of those yet
Thought have been named Speed or Power
Thought it should have bee named Speed or Power.
I hope they bring their own mysterious racing driver to the team. An alternative to the Stig.
Yasss!!! Finally!!!
OMG YEA
Finally, I can sleep in peace awaiting the arrival of my saviour Grand Tour
Dat Click bait notification though