The Grand Tour Sacks The American, the Boys Hunt for a Replacement

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The Grand Tour Sacks The American, the Boys Hunt for a Replacement

This article was published by Joe Donaldson (@Joey D) on November 28th, 2017 in the Car Culture category.

 

[LogiForce]

I think they should try one of those new fashioned sim racers that seem to be as quick as real ones nowadays.

 

[Lord Protector]

Who else than Drift King himself??
Keiichi Tsuchiya



He is the icon of JDM world and probably the craziest driver I have ever seen.

 

[Jay84]

Hire The Stig

 

[Corsa]

Oh why can't you ever do anything right James? Pleeeeeease just do something right for a change!

Where do we sign up? I nominate myself and will wear a power ranger suit while I woo the world with sideways automotive theatre.

 

[Joey D]

Hire The Stig

I mean Ben Collins is the obvious choice.

 

[TomBrady]

Hire Chris Harris. Top Gear sucks, he deserves to work for a better show.

 

[andrew84555]

Hire Chris Harris. Top Gear sucks, he deserves to work for a better show.

Chris Harris drives is great, it's what TG should have been all along. He doesn't deserve to have to put up with those three morons and their tired brand of unfunny scripted bollocks.

 

[Sting]

Finally. There is a video going round of Mark Webber auditioning for the role. Hope he gets involved, he’d fit in well I think.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Chris Harris drives is great, it's what TG should have been all along. He doesn't deserve to have to put up with those three morons and their tired brand of unfunny scripted bollocks.

I can agree that Harris would not fit Clarkson, May, and Hammond. Although, I can't complain about having two different car shows. I certainly enjoy Top Gear now more so than The Grand Tour. But you can sometimes enjoy their childish comedy. Hence...sometimes.

 

[AlexandaHonda]

Is no one else annoyed that the car they crash is not a Clio but a Megane. And they ruined a perfectly good Megane RS!?

 

[Joey D]

Is no one else annoyed that the car they crash is not a Clio but a Megane. And they ruined a perfectly good Megane RS!?

They crashed both of them though. There's no way that Clio survived a plunge off a ramp into a building.

 

[imported_rik19]

 

[andrew84555]

Is no one else annoyed that the car they crash is not a Clio but a Megane. And they ruined a perfectly good Megane RS!?

Yeah, that was pretty appalling. Two great new cars trashed for stupid minute long YouTube videos. What a waste, embarrassing that such drivel is labeled car culture, continuing the downward trajectory of the later TG seasons but now with Amazon's money to piss away. /rant

 

[Famine]

Is no one else annoyed that the car they crash is not a Clio but a Megane. And they ruined a perfectly good Megane RS!?

Yeah, that was pretty appalling. Two great new cars trashed for stupid minute long YouTube videos. What a waste, embarrassing that such drivel is labeled car culture, continuing the downward trajectory of the later TG seasons but now with Amazon's money to piss away. /rant

It's every Megane RS's ultimate fate - to end up on its roof. Admittedly it's usually at the Nurburgring, but still.


(also the cars were probably stolen/recovered or Category A/B/C insurance losses; they're not that stupid)

 

[Dennisch]

It's every Megane RS's ultimate fate - to end up on its roof. Admittedly it's usually at the Nurburgring, but still.

Dammit!

I came here to post that you would pop in telling this!

 

[Small_Fryz]

I love the Webber video,

This is good fun

I think Mika Hakkinen could be fun too

 

[Biffco]

I was lucky enough to attend a filming day of The Grand Tour a couple of weeks ago, the new tame racing driver is a lady, though they didn't reveal her identity she looked pretty handy driving the new McLaren round the track.

Also, Celebrity Brain Crash has been replaced with a pair of celebrity guests in the studio who compete against each other round a short rallycross type track in a Jaguar F-Type.

 

[cjr3559]

Gan-san!

 

[TB]

As an American, I'm glad The American is gone.

I'm never too bothered about who they have driving but Skinner needs to go.

 

[1241Penguin]

Keiichi Tsuchiya

Gan-san!

The Best Motoring drivers will probably tolerate Clarkson for about 5 minutes before scrambling for a flight back to Japan.

 

[Lord Protector]

Gan-san!

isn't he like hundred years old already?

The Best Motoring drivers will probably tolerate Clarkson for about 5 minutes before scrambling for a flight back to Japan.

maybe yeah but they have met already and it looked kinda ok

 

[Stotty]

Utter brilliance.

Clarkson and May looked like every US news anchor I've seen