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The Grand Tour: Eurocrash

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Every country Jeremy, Richard and James want to visit is either a trouble hotspot, or has banned them from entering. Instead, they head to Central Europe, on a road trip nobody has ever thou... Read all Every country Jeremy, Richard and James want to visit is either a trouble hotspot, or has banned them from entering. Instead, they head to Central Europe, on a road trip nobody has ever thought of, in cars nobody would ever dream of using. Every country Jeremy, Richard and James want to visit is either a trouble hotspot, or has banned them from entering. Instead, they head to Central Europe, on a road trip nobody has ever thought of, in cars nobody would ever dream of using.

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• Trivia This is the second episode of The Grand Tour that took more than 1 year for its release after filming was finished. The first one was The Grand Tour Presents: A Massive Hunt (2020) .
• Goofs When Jeremy and Richard are chatting in front of the Formula Easter cars you can see James' Crosley parked in the garage. According to the storyline, he had not yet arrived at the race track.
• Soundtracks The Final Countdown (uncredited) Performed by Europe

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The Grand Tour: Eurocrash — release date, first look, premise and everything we know

The Grand Tour: Eurocrash is the latest Prime Video motoring special.

The Grand Tour: Eurocrash is the latest motoring special from James May, Jeremy Clarkson, and Richard Hammond, which will see them touring Central Europe.

The ex- Top Gear trio will take on a 1400-mile journey in the Prime Video special, where they'll see some Soviet-style Formula 1 and recruit a famous racing driver, as well as being attacked by deadly archers and taking part in a spectacular climax, so there's plenty to look forward to!

Specific details are under wraps, but we do have a small amount of information about the newest Grand Tour special, which was filmed in Poland and Slovenia.

According to  The Sun , a TV insider has claimed fans will be impressed by their latest outing, and said: "This will be a special like no other — and fans are going to lap it up. Nobody thought Central Europe would be an option for a road trip."

The insider added: "But the lads have well and truly proven it’s a great destination for petrolheads." 

Here's everything we know about The Grand Tour: Eurocrash so far...

The Grand Tour: Eurocrash release date

The new special will arrive on Prime Video on Friday, June 16, and will be available worldwide. 

We don't know how long the runtime is yet, but previous The Grand Tour specials have been around 90 minutes, so we're expecting another feature-length one.

The Grand Tour: Eurocrash premise

According to Amazon, the premise is: "Jeremy, Richard, and James head to Central Europe on a road trip nobody has ever thought of, in cars nobody would ever dream of."

It adds: "This epic 1400-mile journey takes them from Gdańsk in Poland, through Slovakia, Hungary, and Slovenia. They sample some Soviet-style Formula 1, are attacked by deadly archers, recruit a famous racing driver and take part in a spectacular Fast and Furious climax."

The special follows their most recent release, A Scandi Flick, and Amazon says it will launch ahead of their next adventure which has recently finished filming in Mauritania, although we don't have any details about this one yet.

Is there a trailer?

Prime Video has not released a trailer for the new special yet, but we'll let you know if that changes.

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‘The Grand Tour: Eurocrash’ Takes Central Europe by Storm

Controversy be damned, Jeremy Clarkson remains on our screens whether you like it or not for the motoring reality TV series The Grand Tour , and this time, the special is dubbed “Eurocrash.” Current affairs aside (with Prime Video cutting ties with Jeremy Clarkson due to his comments about Meghan Markle), this is another highly entertaining yet standard offering from the Top Gear trio as they travel through Central Europe in weird, comical cars.

The Grand Tour: Eurocrash is a lot of fun

The fifth season of The Grand Tour continues with its second stand-alone special after 2022’s A Scandi Flick . In the latest episode, Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson, and James May take part in a road trip that no one has ever thought of doing before.

They travel from Gdansk, Poland, through the countries of Slovakia and Hungary before ending in Slovenia, where they conclude at the scenic Lake Bled.

Adding these ‘weird’ cars makes this unconventional road trip hilarious. Richard Hammond is first on the scene, driving a yellow convertible pick-up truck for the entirety of the 1400-mile journey.

Jeremy Clarkson can be found in a hideous, limited-edition Japanese gangster car that looks like something Cruella de Vil would drive. James May is there, bringing up the rear in a 75-year-old micro mini that is four feet wide and struggles to reach its top speed of 40 mph. This, of course, becomes a clear hazard on European motorways.

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As they travel through Central Europe, the presenters enjoy some gorgeous sightseeing diversions. They take in the history and culture of each individual nation while, as you’d expect, performing elaborate practical jokes on one another.

Between all the pranks, there’s room for some car analysis, with the trio using their standard sarcastic wit to inform viewers of their peculiar cars and the many other vehicles specific to those four countries.

This is all topped off with action-packed races and a captivating grand finale.

Eurocrash is a lot of fun. The trio gets up to their usual scripted shenanigans, deploying their trademark irreverent humor wherever they go as they plow through Europe. It’s painfully staged sometimes, but the old formula still works an absolute treat anyway. This special is sure to put a smile on your face at some point during its feature-length run time.

This installment offers nothing new or original, yet the trio is comforting and consistent nonetheless. Fans of the series and the trio’s previous work will not be disappointed. This entertaining road trip includes rebellious, silly comedy, detailed car analysis, and a cracking soundtrack.

Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson, and James May have been performing these sorts of specials for nearly two decades now, and very little has changed in their style or delivery in that time.

Yet even with such an overwhelming history of content behind them, the tried and tested formula still succeeds. It just feels a little dated now, is all.

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Amazon Prime released a full-length trailer for The Grand Tour 's next special, Eurocrash . The latest special will take Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May behind the Iron Curtain into four European countries formerly occupied by the Soviets.

The theme isn't clear yet, and there doesn't appear to be any connection between the cars. May is in a Crosley he bought while drunk, and Hammond is in the Chevrolet SSR, a car Chevy wants you to forget about . Both cars are American, with Clarkson's Mitsuoka Le-Seyde being the odd one out. Mitsuoka Motor is a small coachbuilding outfit in Japan, best known for the Orochi, which almost nobody has heard of . We quite like the brand's Rock Star, a Mazda Miata styled to look like a second-generation Corvette.

With no connection between the cars, the theme appears to be the weirdest car you could find for whatever amount of dollars.

Given James May's widely publicized crash in the previous Grand Tour special, you'd think the three unwise men would tame it down a bit, but no. The trailer starts with James May attempting to drive his Crosley into a moving cargo plane. It seems The Grand Tour won't stop until one of its presenters kicks the bucket. Our money is on Hammond, who, to be fair, has an unfortunate history of crashing .

Hammond also appears to have entered the Soviet alternative to Formula 1. Obviously, Mother Russia couldn't and wouldn't compete in F1 during the Cold War, but that didn't stop the people behind the curtain from racing. Since the Cold War, effectively nothing has changed. Russia and Russian drivers are still banned from F1 .

Naturally, the trio will do their best to offend whoever is willing to take offense. They visit the statue of Christ the King in Poland and a wax museum in Krakow with the worst depiction of Nigel Mansell's mustache we've ever seen.

The cars are also modified along the way and shot at by what appears to be a Mongol Horde. While on the outing, the team will also drive several interesting cars from the region, including a flying car. You know, standard Grand Tour stuff intertwined with the usual exciting facts and figures you never knew about the hosting countries.

Rumors about The Grand Tour 's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Amazon reportedly cut ties with Clarkson after he wrote a seemingly offensive column targeting Meghan Markle, but the crew was out filming another special in Africa just two months ago. We're glad they're still at it.

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The Grand Tour's "Eurocrash," 45 Percent of a Car Show

On June 16th Amazon Prime released the latest episode of The Grand Tour , “Eurocrash.” With a runtime longer than every previous episode of the show (1 hour 47 minutes), “Eurocrash” sends the presenters to central Europe for a long road trip. This particular installment is a bit different than past voyages though: The connecting thread between the presenters, journey, cars, and the episode’s events goes missing. 

Before you read any further, be advised this article contains spoilers for the episode. You’ve been warned!

The prompt for Eurocrash is “a road trip that nobody had done before.” We learn the road less traveled is a requirement, as all the known road trips across the globe are blocked by terrorism or governments that banned one or all of the presenters. It’s decided the trip will start in Gdansk, Poland, and end some 1,400 miles away at Lake Bled in Slovenia. The trip will cross four countries in total; Slovakia and Hungary are between the endpoints. The route is pointed out on the map by two delicate hands wearing jewelry and nail polish, and that’s probably a commentary on something.

Unlike prior episodes with a strong theme for the presenters’ cars (last time it was four-door rally-bred sedans), the directive is simply to select a car nobody has used for a road trip previously. To that end, Hammond selects a Chevrolet SSR. The yellow “pickup truck convertible” is introduced along with a hole in the editing where Hammond doesn’t actually say what he was driving. While familiar to U.S. viewers, others may feel a bit lost. 

Clarkson shows up in the baroque neoclassical Mitsuoka Le-Seyde, a Japanese take on the excessively gaudy coupes built by small American companies in the Seventies and Eighties. Under the bodywork, the Le-Seyde is Nissan Silvia with an automatic transmission. James is last to arrive, as ever, in a vehicle that makes no sense for the journey: A Crosley CC convertible from 1947.

While the Crosley is certainly interesting, its meager engine and near-single-digit horsepower meant it was selected only to fit the desired plot and scenes ahead. In no way would May realistically select such a car for a journey of that length. “I bought it when I was drunk!” he protests.

The first 10 or so minutes of the program are where the most time is spent on the presenter's cars. Viewers eventually figure out what Hammond is driving when Clarkson states it, and there’s some brief vehicular information given as the trio leaves the port of Gdansk. May quickly falls behind as the Crosley has a top speed of about 30 miles per hour, and the other two leave him behind because they have cars that are functionally modern. 

Within a couple of minutes, the journey pauses at a race track in Poland where some Formula Easter cars are gathered. The F1-style racers were built using the materials available behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, and though cobbled together are cool and interesting. Hammond is selected to be the driver as Clarkson is too fat to fit in the cockpit. May is far enough behind to miss the race, but not far enough behind to miss the day at the track. The racers seem not to try very hard as Hammond shoots to the lead, but then his car breaks down and spills fuel all over the track. 

Hammond doesn’t notice the leaking fuel, which causes all the other racers to spin off the track (with no flag raised). But then Hammond eventually spins off and has a “crash” into a barrier that is not shown to the viewer. Now there’s a red flag on the track. 

The fake crash gives May a chance to fetch Hammond in the unreliable Crosley ambulance he’s already prepared. Hammond didn’t have a radio to communicate with Clarkson and May during the race, as Clarkson and May had to write on poster board as Hammond passed the pit. But magically a radio appears in Hammond’s car so he can call for help after the crash.

Racing finished, the show takes a pause from car content for a while. The next destination is a statue of Jesus that’s billed as the second tallest in the world. There are some jokes about Jesus and internet pornography, intermixed with shots of James having trouble with the Crosley. 

Nearby is the Stalag Luft III, the German prisoner-of-war camp from which prisoners dug an escape tunnel. Their story was the inspiration for the classic film The Great Escape . Clarkson and Hammond explore the camp, where Clarkson mixes the reality of the camp and the fiction of the Hollywood film. 

May misses the camp entirely, but manages to catch up as he’s bailed on the Crosley and is driving the comedy backup car instead. It’s an old Ford Popular with a Jaguar inline-six, which has "TITTIES N’ BEER" printed on the side. The Popular is also uncomfortable and slow, but not as slow as the Crosley. Worth noting: The Crosley was still functional, May just didn’t like using it. This is a different use case of the backup car than any previous episode (even dating back to Top Gear ), but who cares!

The show continues with non-car content and a trip to the Krakow Wax Museum. Giggles and juvenile jokes ensue at the poor-looking wax figures of famous figures. They are actually that bad in real life, per online photos. The takeaway from the museum (literally) is a statue of Nigel Mansell. Our trio “steals” the statue quite surreptitiously, and starts a 25-minute-long string of jokes about the retired British racing driver. The jokes are humorous to any British person over the age of 45 and nobody else.

Much time is spent on these exploits, and between the 33- and 63-minute marks the show focuses on tourism spots. The trio leaves the city and stops at an airfield, where the car James isn’t driving (the Crosley) is allowed to race against a three-wheeled communist trike, a man on a bicycle, a tractor, and a dump truck. The Crosley loses, and the race is not interesting.

This folly leads to a highlight of the episode in Slovakia, highlighting the ingenuity and engineering prowess of the Czech and Slovakian people. A skunkworks of engineers inside Skoda built a Le Mans racer in secret, but never got to race it. There’s also the Czech-made Praga Bohema, a 720-horsepower supercar with a 0-60 time of under three seconds. Also featured is a fully-functional Slovakian flying car, the Klein Vision AirCar. Notable as the first flying car to ever travel between two airports, the impressive vehicle is probably the most interesting part of the episode.

Next up is a diversion to a field where some Hungarian archers fire arrows at the presenters’ cars, which are fitted with thick plexiglass windows. It doesn’t prove anything but does provide some more fodder for Nigel Mansell jokes. The Mansell wax statue is then sent down a ski ramp (sans snow) in the Popular, which is funny! Yes, definitely funny.

The last 15 minutes of the too-long episode take place at Lake Bled, the very beautiful end point of the journey. James is back in the Crosley by process of elimination and arrives late. Departing early for the airport, he steals a tire from the SSR and the Le-Seyde and puts them in a rowboat on the lake to cause general inconvenience.

And as a grand finale, the show wraps with the exact same lame ploy as “ A Skandi Flick .” The presenters hurry to the airport near Lake Bled to see a cargo plane taking off with its ramp down. All three manage to make it up the ramp but… oh no! 

The producer texts to relay they’re on the wrong plane again ! Their plane home is a commercial flight, not a cargo plane. Just like last time it was a commercial flight and not the private jet. Silly presenters!

“Eurocrash” is light on car content and heavy on tired, corny jokes. With tourist segments and a lack of cohesion in car purpose underneath it all, the show is more fragmented than ever. It’s not as good as “ Carnage a Trois ,” or indeed “ Lochdown ,” as those had stronger themes. “Eurocrash” is roughly on par with the mess that was “ A Massive Hunt ,” though it lacks a specific mission like the treasure hunt of that episode. 

In any event, the sun is setting on The Grand Tour. The show has been canceled (or “not renewed” in PR speak) after Clarkson’s incendiary comments earlier this year about Meghan Markle. Amazon did decide to renew Clarkson’s Farm , which will proceed through at least a third season. The Grand Tour will have its final handful of episodes throughout 2024. 

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The Grand TourThe Grand Tour : Eurocrash is the latest special to come from Jeremy Clarkson , Richard Hammond , and James May. And it is perhaps one of the best they have ever starred in, featuring a fantastic drive from Poland to Slovenia, in some of the most unusual cars they’ve ever driven. A Chevrolet SSR, a Mitsuoka Le-Seyde, and a Crossley CC Convertible. The brief was to get the three most inappropriate long-distance cars, and they certainly did that.

Despite the problems that May suffered with his Crosley being too slow, and his driving experience in the “Titties and Beer” hotrod, all three cars made it to the end of the trip. Showcasing just how good a drive through Central Europe can be.

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Clarkson’s Mitsuoka Was The Ugliest Car On The Eurocrash Special

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The Mitsuoka Le-Seyde that Clarkson chose for the special was perhaps the ugliest of the three cars the presenters had. The fact it even exists is a remarkable fact, but exist it does and amazingly 500 units were sold. As Hammond remarks in the special, it “is too many.” But Mitsuoka, a company renowned for ugly cars , claimed that they were all sold four days after they went on sale. The car uses a Nissan Silvia S13 from the 1990s as its basis. Then transforms it with an all-new body design that harks back to cars from the early 20th century.

Specifically, the Le-Seyde looks like the Zimmer Golden Spirit, which wasn’t built in the 1930s but in the 1980s along with other Zimmer models . Clarkson on the special however mentions that the Le-Seyde was meant to look like the Mercedes SSK. There are one or two minor similarities, but for the most part the two cars look nothing alike. While the hilarious exterior might look like something from the 1930s, the interior is anything but that. Mitsuoka did pretty much nothing to the original Nissan interior. The Le-Seyde looks the same inside as the Silvia S13 did, and in fact, the center portion of the car is still Nissan.

Under the hood the Le-Seyde still uses the same engine that the Silvia S13 did. This was a 1.8-liter CA18DE engine, used in the Nissan up until mid-1990. Remarkably, two more versions of the Le-Seyde were actually built. There was the Dore, introduced in July 1991, a convertible version based on the 1979-1993 Ford Mustang Fox Body. It also used the Windsor 4.9-liter 302 ci V8 engine that the Mustang did. A redesigned Le-Seyde, simply called New Le-Seyde was introduced in late 2000, and this time it was based on the Nissan Silvia S15. Not that you’d notice any differences between the old and new Le-Seyde as they were nearly identical .

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Hammond Brought The Heavy Chevrolet SSR To The Party

Hammond’s vehicle for the special made a little more sense than Clarkson’s, but still fit the ethos of the special nicely. His vehicle was a Chevrolet SSR, the retro-styled two-door convertible pickup truck. A great idea that Chevrolet would perhaps rather forget than remember. The styling was certainly quirky, and a 5.3-liter 300 hp Vortec V8 under the hood promised plenty of power for what was quite a small truck. Chevrolet upgraded the engine to a 390 hp LS2 V8 in 2005.

However, the good vibes were not there to stay. The proportions of the finished SSR were somewhat awkward , and it wasn’t a thin pickup truck by any means. The V8 was powerful, but a 0-60 mph time of 7.7 seconds was never going to set the world on fire. While it wasn’t a great sports car, it was also a terrible pickup truck as the ‘bed’ was effectively only there to store the folded-down roof from the truck. The reality was it wasn’t anywhere near as practical as a regular pickup truck.

Perhaps the biggest problem however for the lumbering SSR was the weight of the truck. The SSR, with all the bodywork and big V8 motor under the hood, came in at 4,700 lbs. Or just over 2 tonnes. The weight of the vehicle was a topic of conversation between Clarkson and Hammond on Eurocrash, as they awaited the rival of May and his Crosley. Chevrolet then priced the SSR at a spectacular $42,000 which rose up another $1,000 in 2005. As such, very few people ever drove the SSR as Hammond joked in the special, and with extra options the price could be pushed up to $50,000.

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May’s Crosley Was The Worst Car On The Eurocrash Special

May however surely wins the award for the worst car on the special. He chose a 1947 Crosley CC Convertible, a model that was actually one of the first mass-produced slab-sided cars in history. Under the hood of his CC was a 700cc engine, limiting May’s top speed on highways to around 40 mph. Crosley was the brainchild of Powel Crosley Jr. of Cincinnati, Ohio. He believed that cars had become too big and cumbersome , even as early as the 1940s, which was incredibly forward-thinking.

He set up Crosley in 1939, and it lasted until 1952. Developing a variety of microcars aimed at creating affordable, mass-market cars that could navigate roads easier than their larger counterparts. There was a huge array of vehicles offered, ranging from sedans, to pickups, convertibles, and even a sports car. But the most popular version of the Crosley’s were the station wagons, produced by the company from 1947 to their demise in 1952. In the special, May’s gave him all sorts of problems. Apart from being too slow even for Captain Slow , the Crosley kept cutting out on him as well as overheating.

May had a rather unfortunate mishap at the start of the special , driving into a barrier as they left the port in Poland they started from. A little later in the special, May decided to drive the backup car on the special just to keep up with the other two presenters, but he hated that even more than his Crosley. Having sent the backup hotrod down a ski slope, May was almost relieved to be able to finish the trip in the Crosley. It is safe to say that the presenters certainly chose three interesting cars for the adventure.

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The Backup Car Was Worse Than May’s Crosley

With its terrible slogan on the side, the backup car for the trip was a makeshift hotrod. A Jaguar engine was under the hood, as well as a tiny steering wheel and a horrible accelerator pedal. It was even worse to drive than the Crosley, so chucking it down the ski slope was perhaps the best thing for it . It took Nigel Mansell’s slightly melted wax figure with it, in one of the funniest scenes of the entire special. Eurocrash has to be one of the best specials the trio has ever appeared in, and we can’t wait for their next adventure.

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The Grand Tour is coming back with a bang for its latest Eurocrash adventure, teasing high-octane stunts that look like they could come close to rivalling Mission Impossible .

Fans of the trio – Jeremy Clarkson , Richard Hammond and James May – have been waiting with bated breath for the new programme to drop, with its release date nearing later this month.

The first official trailer for the new road trip in Eastern Europe has now dropped, as the presenters embark on a 1,400-mile journey through Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia.

The teaser opens with dramatic suspense, showing a shot of a plane as James, 60, faces the daunting prospect of attempting to drive his car onto the moving aircraft.

The Final Countdown begins to play in the background, amping up the intensity of the scenes as Jeremy, 63, informs viewers that they’re going ‘behind what used to be the Iron Curtain’ on their travels.

Jeremy and Richard, 53, settle into tiny racing cars… before the former admits that he ‘genuinely can’t get out’ of the miniscule vehicle.

‘What do you want me to do? Be less fat?’ he asks his co-star.

The programme sees James show off a miniscule vintage Crossley car – looking extremely precarious and wobbly on the road – which he admits that he overpaid for when he was inebriated.

‘£11,000 for that?’ Jeremy asks incredulously, as Jams confesses: ‘I bought it when I was drunk.’

Jeremy is seen stepping into the shoes of an iconic Disney villain, driving a car that he feels has a ‘Cruella vibe’, while he and his co-stars pay a visit to ‘the Soviet Union’s answer to Formula One’.

In a departure from the road, the stars of The Grand Tour take a trip to a wax museum in Krakow… and end up leaving with a kidnapped mannequin.

Prepare for fast-paced test drives, whirling around in hugely powerful race cars, as well as the TV personalities being attacked by arrow-wielding horse riders. As you do.

The very end of the trailer teases a bonkers prank played on James, when Jeremy and a host of muscly men picked up his co-star’s tiny car and carried it all the way inside a restaurant.

As they all grunt over the weight of the vehicle, Jeremy remarks: ‘This could sound like a porn movie.’

One fan wrote in response to the teaser: ‘The myths, the legends, the 3 idiots in cars, I’m so glad The Grand Tour is continuing gotta love watching them do what they do best.’

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The Grand Tour Teases Final Episode, Airs September 13

After 22 years together, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are parting ways

by Michael Gauthier

• Amazon has released a teaser video for the final episode of The Grand Tour.
• It marks the end of a 22 year partnership between Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May.
• The trio put Top Gear on the map and The Grand Tour ended up outliving it.

The end of an era is upon us as the final episode of The Grand Tour will air on September 13. When it does, it will likely mark the last time Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May appear on a show together.

The Grand Tour has been airing for eight years, but the team is more famous for putting Top Gear on the map. The show turned into a global phenomenon, before Clarkson’s infamous “fracas” put an end to things. However, in an ironic twist, The Grand Tour would end up outliving Top Gear.

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With all that being said, the final episode is called One For The Road and Amazon has released a new teaser video. It notes the trio have been together for 22 years and shows Clarkson saying “For the last time, here we go.”

That’s not much to go on, but the clip shows the hosts traveling across a desert and sharing numerous laughs. They also appear to encounter issues with their questionable cars which include a modified Lancia Montecarlo .

While the teaser doesn’t reveal much, the video is already a hit as it has been viewed more than 420,000 times in the first six hours. It’s also the #12 trending video on YouTube and is followed by another video featuring James May’s visit to Jay Leno’s garage.

James May’s Terrifying 70mph Crash into a Wall During The Grand Tour Filming

In a harrowing episode of The Grand Tour , James May crashed into a concrete wall at over 70mph, shocking viewers and his co-stars. The incident occurred during the filming of their latest Scandinavian adventure, highlighting the dangers of high-speed driving in challenging conditions.

Key Takeaways:

• High-Speed Crash in Norway: While filming The Grand Tour’s special Scandinavian episode, James May lost control of his yellow Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 in a tunnel and crashed into a wall at more than 70mph. The 59-year-old presenter was visibly shaken and required assistance to reach an ambulance.
• Challenging Driving Conditions: The trio, including Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, were navigating unlit tunnels at an old naval base. The pitch-black conditions, combined with the need for quick adjustments at high speeds, contributed to the accident, especially when the overhead lights flickered on as the car entered each tunnel section.
• Co-stars’ Concern and Audience Reaction: Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond were quick to respond to the accident, with Clarkson informing Hammond of the severity of the crash. Footage from the scene showed a dazed James being assisted into an ambulance, prompting a wave of support from viewers on social media.

In the latest instalment of The Grand Tour, James May, Jeremy Clarkson, and Richard Hammond ventured to a remote area in Norway for their episode titled “A Scandi Flick.” The premise involved the hosts driving at speeds exceeding 70mph through dark, unlit tunnels at an old naval base, testing their driving skills under extreme conditions.

Tragedy struck when James May, driving a yellow Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8, lost control towards the end of the course and slammed into a rock wall. The collision was intense, with footage showing May being violently jostled inside the car upon impact. Jeremy Clarkson, realizing the severity of the crash, immediately contacted Richard Hammond, saying, “It’s a big one.”

Richard Hammond, concerned for his colleague, hurried to the crash site. There, viewers witnessed a shaken James May being carefully extracted from the vehicle and placed on a stretcher. This footage, showing May being escorted to an ambulance, sparked a flood of support on Twitter, as fans expressed their shock and well-wishes for the popular presenter.

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