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Amazon Making the same mistake as the BBC did with Top Gear. The Grand Tour with new hosts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 9/7/26 at 5:58 pm
How hard is it for these idiots to understand the show was awesome because of the chemistry between Clarkson, May and Hammond?
This post was edited on 9/7/26 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 9/7/26 at 6:04 pm to DCtiger1
Grasping. Got to realize actual gear heads made up a small portion of the audience. Normal folk that might just have a passing interest were watching for the hosts not the cars.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 6:09 pm to wareaglepete
Clarkson is why Clarkson's farm has been a massive hit. If it was random farmers farm nobody is watching that shite.
I love cars, but as you said watching the show was about the hosts
I love cars, but as you said watching the show was about the hosts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 6:15 pm to DCtiger1
That trio was announced what, 6 months ago, and I swore at that point I’d never watch.
Why the frick is the weird train guy one of the three?
All of the posts Clarkson, May, and Hammond did around the premier had overwhelming comments about not watching it
Why the frick is the weird train guy one of the three?
All of the posts Clarkson, May, and Hammond did around the premier had overwhelming comments about not watching it
Posted on 9/7/26 at 7:20 pm to Lsut81
Dosnt Clarkson own the show though?
I thought GT was kind of their production in partnership with Amazon.
I thought GT was kind of their production in partnership with Amazon.
Posted on 9/7/26 at 8:39 pm to Lsut81
quote:He’s definitely a train guy but if you watched any of his other content the dude is definitely a gear head that loves cars and is very intelligent about them. I believe he has a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Nottingham
Why the frick is the weird train guy one of the three?
Posted on 9/7/26 at 9:51 pm to Lsut81
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Why the frick is the weird train guy one of the three?
Francis has a huge baked in online following.
He is a train nerd first, but he is a huge petrolhead as well. He does a lot of car projects, his K20 swapped Jazz and his OM606 (even more legendary than the K20) swapped SL.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 10:33 am to DCtiger1
There was always going to be life after Clarkson, May and Hammond. Their departure from Top Gear was not planned, but with the Grand Tour, they were not forced out. They aged themselves out.
The Throttle House guys are pretty good and have some of that Top Gear chemistry. It is worth giving them a chance and they are much younger. Go back and watch some of the original Top Gears, it took them some time to become what they became.
The Throttle House guys are pretty good and have some of that Top Gear chemistry. It is worth giving them a chance and they are much younger. Go back and watch some of the original Top Gears, it took them some time to become what they became.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 10:57 am to DCtiger1
Bourgeois guy is an odd one, I guess trying to get women to watch?
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:31 pm to DarthRebel
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There was always going to be life after Clarkson, May and Hammond. Their departure from Top Gear was not planned, but with the Grand Tour, they were not forced out. They aged themselves out.
That is irrelevant. Top Gear has failed massively with any cast they try as hosts.
If you look at The Grand tour once they ditched the tent and did specials, the show became even less of a car show and more about the interactions between those three. They are the show.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 1:52 pm to DCtiger1
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They are the show.
They are 66, 63 and 56 years old, they cannot physically keep doing it. We have had over 20 years with them and we should be grateful, but it is time to find the next hosts.
Posted on 9/8/26 at 2:13 pm to DarthRebel
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They are 66, 63 and 56 years old, they cannot physically keep doing it. We have had over 20 years with them and we should be grateful, but it is time to find the next hosts.
I am well aware of their age. Clarkson's farm is on to season 6. My point isn't about them not being up to do the show, it's that any combination of replacements will fail because they were the show. It's like trying to do a shitty remake of a classic movie and it bombs terribly.
Posted on 9/9/26 at 12:03 pm to DarthRebel
Watched it last night. It's bad
Posted on 9/9/26 at 5:31 pm to DCtiger1
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Top Gear has failed massively with any cast they try as hosts
Even though it failed and most people hated it, I kind of liked the American version of Top Gear with Adam, Tanner, and Rutledge. They didn't try to duplicate the chemistry of the original three guys and let them be themselves.
You can't beat the original BBC series. It was a great combination of adventure, humor, science and a huge budget. Admittedly, I fast forwarded through a lot of the "star in a reasonably priced car" segments.
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