S550 V8 Gives Jeremy Clarkson "The Fizz"

[sk8erord]

So does the Focus RS...

http://shiftinglanes.com/2016/08/did-your-car-make-jeremy-clarksons-list-of-star-cars/
https://www.driving.co.uk/car-reviews/clarkson/jeremy-clarksons-star-cars-201516/

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[jasonstang]

Grand Tour needs to do a Mustang review.

 

[wildcatgoal]

Grand Tour needs to stop the dead celebrity bit - it is f'ing stupid.

 

[sk8erord]

I love that we're on a list that contains the likes of the AMG GT-S, Ferrari 488 GTB, BMW M2, and Lamborghini Aventador.

 

[Shark77]

Grand Tour needs to stop the dead celebrity bit - it is f'ing stupid.

Yeah, but it's part of their middle-finger to the BBC.

 

[jasonstang]

Yeah, but it's part of their middle-finger to the BBC.

Enough is enough. More car reviews.
They used to be very detailed about cars. Now they are just accelerate, smoke, drift and call it good. We need more details.

 

[guncrazy72]

Enough is enough. More car reviews.
They used to be very detailed about cars. Now they are just accelerate, smoke, drift and call it good. We need more details.

I tend to agree with this as well. I love the old Top Gear and I know the Grand Tour is doing certain things as an F you to BBC but, its getting old. Ive found myself watching the show only to keep it open and go browse other sites while I listen to it. I really wish they could get some sense of the old Top Gear into the Grand Tour.

 

[TURTL3]

I watched a bit of episode 2 and 3 last night. I've noticed that it is very obvious how scripted the show is compared to classic Top Gear. The one-liners, jokes, and gags that where improvised in the past are actual lines that the three have memorized and are reciting. They're basically performing as themselves. It's weird. I'd like it more if the show was just the three of them in a pub, three pints of lager, a rolling camera and no filter. It's all so forced now.

Still great fun to watch tho.

 

[plc268]

I watched a bit of episode 2 and 3 last night. I've noticed that it is very obvious how scripted the show is compared to classic Top Gear. The one-liners, jokes, and gags that where improvised in the past are actual lines that the three have memorized and are reciting. They're basically performing as themselves. It's weird. I'd like it more if the show was just the three of them in a pub, three pints of lager, a rolling camera and no filter. It's all so forced now.

Still great fun to watch tho.

To be fair, the last few seasons of Top Gear with those three were going into that direction... they're just continuing it.

I don't like it either. I don't care much for the forced gags and wished their "films" came off a little more natural. I know they've always been scripted to some degree, but it used to be better.

 

[matteos]

Grand Tour needs to stop the dead celebrity bit - it is f'ing stupid.

True. But it is LESS irritating than when they used to interview them. I really don't care about celebrities or their opinions on anything, watching them die is better.

 

[SfSerge]

While entertaining, the special forces film they did was really just a slapstick comedy routine and not about cars. They redeemed themselves with the Italy roadtrip tho, that felt like the closest episode to the older top gear, also so did last week where they had to build their own cars. Its season 1 so they know what works, the road trips, the build your own stuff challanges, but they're also branching out a bit to see what else they can do to keep it fresh.

 

[uglygun]

We learned with BBC episodes that some episodes had bigger budgets than other episodes.

Freaking Reliant Robin Shuttle anybody????


So my guess is some stuff will be epic and some will be standard fare by the numbers.

They gotta get rid of NASCAR dude though. He might be able to drive but he sucks.

If you are gonna let the guy talk make it like a Randy Probst type who can convey why a car is good. Let that lend credit to exactly what the other 3 hosts are talking about. But then you have a 4th personality/host and that isnt needed.

The new track is kinda boring as well. Unless they start getting some bench marks up there like the Arial Atom and other cars it is kinda pointless. Rebuild the list with nearly every car that was on the TopGear list and it will mean something.

 

[Agent_S550]

I believe the American, the revolving door of dead celebrities, etc. will all fade with time. They're all smart enough to realize it's getting old.

 

[goldengooner]

I believe the American, the revolving door of dead celebrities, etc. will all fade with time. They're all smart enough to realize it's getting old.

A lot of stuff has been done for the US audience as Amazon is a US company. I'm Sure the 2 episodes in Whitby and the Traffic Lights in T Square have gone down great overseas
Episode 4 was as closest to Top Gear as will get, without getting sued by the beeb

 

[HISSMAN]

There best show was the tour through Vietnam while on TG. I've watched that 3 or 4 times. It's probably their most authentic episode.

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