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tpence1982@reddit

Yesssss, when Clarkson says, my arse is this far away from the seat and Hammond says, "Oh dear..", something about the way he said it just CRACKED ME UP.

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djg88x@reddit

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1947-crosley-convertible-1

found the auction for James' Crosley, seems to have sold last May

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AdPure5348@reddit

Didn't James say that he brought the Crosley when he was drunk? Hasn't anyone else noticed the "sold" date on the auction site?!?

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iHoller913@reddit

Love that it was purchased from a museum. Would love to hear the guy who lovingly restored and saw James hit a security gate 20ft from the start

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Milospesh@reddit

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ivosr@reddit

Yeah, It would Be Nice see they talking how trash our cars and road are... Anyway, I've got curious why they cant go to many asia cointries

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QF_Dan@reddit

They were planning to come to Malaysia in one of the articles in 2019 but the pandemic following year pretty much killed all hopes for that

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MadMan1244567@reddit

A mega trip trip from going from Florianópolis-Sao Paulo-Rio de Janeiro-Ouro Preto-Belo Horizonte then up into the centre west and finally into the Amazon (or the other way around) with cheap older cars that used to be popular in South America (eg Chevrolet Astra, Fiat Uno, etc) would be an all time great - you’d get a combination of developed global cities, amazing driving roads and difficult spots in the north.

The reason they can’t do this is because i believe in Brazil you need a permit and partnership with a local media entity to film as a foreign company. There’s quite a lot of bureaucracy involved with this.

Why would the rear bay be open if it was taking off?

Besides, no aircraft that large can take off at a speed slow enough for the Crosley to make it onto the ramp.

QF_Dan@reddit

Speaking of South East Asia, part of me wished they went back to Japan again to do some tour especially at race tracks like Fuji or Suzuka.

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LupineChemist@reddit

There's nothing I'd want more than TGT special in the Himalaya or South Asia overall, would be a fantastic final special too.

There was an India special when still with Top Gear. Jeremy is really banned from India.

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michaelloda9@reddit

That one was mediocre. I want to see a TGT special, which means better production and modern quality, and in the more remote parts of Himalaya and Nepal. I don’t believe he’s actually banned from India, the evidence is lacking, even if there are some problems I’m sure Amazon can manage. Or they can just go to Nepal and avoid India.

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ZizZizZiz@reddit

The grand finale of Grand Tour really should be a ride off into the sunset version of the opening of the very first episode with all the cars they drove along the way joining in.

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michaelloda9@reddit

Yeah, something like that would be very cool

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OldButtIcepop@reddit

It was amazing. Well worth the wait.

Next up, waiting for Clarkson's farm

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Chief-Aldo@reddit

Have Amazon not stoped all work with Clarkson? No more GT or Clarkson’s Farm…. Did that not get announced in Feb?

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OldButtIcepop@reddit

I looked it up. It's unclear if they will make new seasons. But we will get at least season 3 in 2024

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rhb4n8@reddit

Going to be a while I'm betting January

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fudgeller83@reddit

I believe he said recently filming wraps up in October, so I reckon it'll be April/May for Clarkson' s Farm.

Our Man In India wrapped up filming before they filmed Mauretania. I believe Japan was filmed around the same time of year, so that could be a January release like India was.

Mauretania....I think this could as easily be Christmas or next year. We've seen they can edit an episode in 6 months, but I almost wonder if they're more likely to wait if they don't have another film in the pipeline yet

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rhb4n8@reddit

I'm really looking forward to more our man in ... James is brilliant at that

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Bestrang@reddit

Damn, they cut out the part in the Kraków market being followed by hordes of people, and also the small desert in Kraków

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paultheparrot@reddit

The company that designed it declared bankruptcy, so...

It drives and flies though now, does it not? On proper roads and between airports, I’d call that success.

not anymore I'm afraid.

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Abetok@reddit

It's a bit of a gimmick but it actually makes sense if it's reasonably affordable in the sense that you can go faster than on a highway, as the crow flies, and then you don't have to rent a car on the other end of your journey and don't have to pay hangar fees or anything like that.

wtfingyourmom@reddit

Hey bim guess what

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HumanByProxy@reddit

RoBoHon, tell me something interesting.

But not the bit about the bridge or I'll throw you out the window.

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Arbordaymascot@reddit

Wuu wuu wuu

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Rikuddo@reddit

Hey bim guess what

Hey bim guess what

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Milospesh@reddit

and you believed it ?

You do realise they're staying ' in character ' ?

Do you seriously think may would sign up for a road trip of misery/ frustration/ pain/ suffering/ nerve shredding terror ?

Just because may 'couldn't be bothered / was too tired / too busy' to show up doesn't mean he wasn't there.

If you'd driven for miles in a crosley scared to death, annoyed, worn out, and in pain you'd say ' piss off, let me sleep'.

Bottom line : if they script the show why not an interview to keep the 'illusion' of the special alive.

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RoyMunsun@reddit

True

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dragnabbit@reddit

He literally missed everything, cause of his crappy car choice!

I'm pretty sure they were out there for a month filming this episode, getting the weather conditions right, going back over shots, waiting for and planning events, things like that.

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FSMDxb@reddit

i'm pretty sure that was all scripted, May is too intelligent to actually pick a 70 year old car for a 1000 mile roadtrip

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inno7@reddit

Amazing special. I wish they had given May a decent car. It is getting a bit tiring seeing him always with the shitty car and he misses the conversations with the other two.

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Loading2121@reddit

You do realise it’s all staged, don’t you?

They just shoot a couple of scenes before being helicoptered onto the next location

If you think about the most successful specials, you're probably thinking Bolivia, Argentina, Burma. What made these episodes great was that they had a set of rules at start they had to abide by - a limited budget or a forced category (supercars, lorries).

What connects a 1947 city car, a Frankenstein's Nissan and an american V8 convertible/pickup? Nothing. There's no connection. There's no competition. Clearly May's car was the worst but it was always going to be. Clarkson's and Hammond's cars were a complete afterthought. The only time I actually physically registered Hammond's car was at the end when it broke down. Up until then, nothing. Only the Crowley had any air time and like I said before, the joke got really old really fast.

I don't understand why they couldn't have just copied the formula that worked. Give them a budget and force them to buy a car built behind the iron curtain before 1989. There's hundreds of options. There's old Skodas, there's Fiats (polski), there's Yugos, there's many, many cars that would have been comparable AND interesting.

Make the show about the presenters AND the cars. Trying to do presenters OR cars doesn't work. It's boring. They have nothing to work with if you spend 95% of your time on the motorway.

I had such high hopes for the Grand Tour but it's turned into a disjointed, overscripted mess that doesn't know what it's supposed to be anymore.

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ryanmcgrath@reddit

Give them a budget and force them to buy a car built behind the iron curtain before 1989.

100% this.

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Imaginary-Round2422@reddit

If you think about the most successful specials, you're probably thinking Bolivia, Argentina, Burma.

dragon_fire_10@reddit

Yeah but I wish that they didn't include it in the trailer

I really love this episode. The road trip between Hammond and Clarkson, them visiting the places are pretty interesting to watch. I also laughed at James's struggle to drive his Crosley while being overtaken by traffic, it was so bad that he missed out on what the two were doing. The Formula Easter racing is fun to watch although i wish Hammond didn't cause trouble to everyone.

But then, it was somewhat ruined by James being a "cheater". Getting towed by Tities and Beer before driving the hotrod to catch the two is not too nice. Then of course, James would had his revenge on the two cars which were pointless.

I love the individual car segment. All three were really interesting especially the AirCar, that got me hooked.

The Nigel Mansell scene were funny too with Hammond using his accent to impersonate him. The archery segment was fun but i felt worried because the arrow might hit the three as Nigel unfortunately lost his head.

The last bit where the two tried to catch James was exciting and i was rooting for either Hammond or Clarkson to win and it should've ended with May getting left behind but nope.....they all drove into a plane that just landed.

It's a better special than Carnage A Trois and the Treasure Hunting One.

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404merrinessnotfound@reddit

Good to see an SSR in an episode, one of my guilty pleasure cars!

It was good to see the cars not being totally mutilated.

Also funny to see a top gear reference lol

Griffisbored@reddit

Am I the only one who found this special pretty underwhelming?

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keithplacer@reddit

Yes. They really mailed this one in. I didn’t understand the ending, though to be fair I kept falling asleep through much of the last 30 minutes.

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malevolentheadturn@reddit

It was god awful. This has to be the last one.

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7Stringplayer@reddit

This is their best work since Mongolia. But my biggest complaint is still the lack of James. They gave him the slow, dinky boat in Cambodia and he was often far behind the other two. We lost him in Sweden due to the tunnel crash so for a good stretch of that special he wasn't with the other two. And now in this one they gave him the slow, dinky car again that had him miles behind the other two.

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LupineChemist@reddit

I'd really like to know if they actually get to pick their cars or the producers come to them and say "here's what you'll be driving".

I can't imagine they scripted that moment. Infinitely funnier than any of the planned jokes that they like to do.

Really great episode overall.

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LupineChemist@reddit

This episode was a really good mix of fully scripted, made-up stuff, kind of scripted stuff where they just go and put them in a weird situation to see what happens and completely unexpected hijinks.

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racer951y@reddit

Mays face when Hammond said that was great

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Tech-Architect@reddit

It’s a good laugh. Loved watching it!

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Thebritishdovah@reddit

It's alright but it just doesn't feel like a proper Grand Tour special or a Top Gear of old, Special. I think, because the lads have had virtually no restrictions, they have done everything they wanted with Amazon's backing and it's not as good as a Scandi Flick where it really is entertaining. Maybe, it's just because of the locations but it just felt lacklustre.

Graaaaaahm@reddit

"Good thing this runway is 26 miles long..."

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nomad_raptor_@reddit

Longer than the one in fast and furious

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itiskindafunnyname@reddit

To be honest, I miss the original SPECIALS, even though they have moved on to the Grand Tour. For me, Mongolia was the best because it was all about the car and surviving the trip (like Mongolia, Colombia, old ones like Africa, Burma, Vietnam, and even Patagonia), not scripted racing challenges putted in between driving . I know they are getting old and has had to change a lot, but I do not feel it as much with each new episode and that makes me sad. And we all have to be prepared for the last episode to come as well.

That and the James-not-keeping-up-with-the-other-two gag was God awful. We get it. He's slow and it's a sh*tty car.

The wax museum was probably the hardest I've laughed at a Grand Tour bit in a long time. It just felt like they were straight up having fun for a change.

One thing I wonder about - Was the Hammond/oil thing scripted? I assume they the 'turn the car into an ambulance' bit after the crash, but maybe the actual nut and bolt was legit?

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veevoir@reddit

Was the Hammond/oil thing scripted?

That is something extremely risky for everyone racing. Oil on track makes it very unpredictable and people (who are not TG team) could really get seriously injured in crashes. Very doubtful that was for a scripted gag.

Moturr and "An... (hot rod in this ep)" will always make me chuckle

Its literally been like 15, 20 years and it still gets me every single time

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Competitive-Crab2313@reddit

https://i.ibb.co/kmx5LSk/4e6c303d7d26a6cb4e4bf874b8af1e2817b48c49db965fd74dd2420ac6c1dbe1-RI-SX1920-FMwebp.webp

Where is this scene?

https://i.ibb.co/kmx5LSk/4e6c303d7d26a6cb4e4bf874b8af1e2817b48c49db965fd74dd2420ac6c1dbe1-RI-SX1920-FMwebp.webp

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HecatesCats@reddit

I'm a bit late to this. I'm sure that everybody got the "Italian Job" reference with the cars driving up the ramp at the end. But did anyone notice the very pointed reference when James says at 1:43:-

>"I can't do it. Shoot me, shoot me Allen!"

Although the subtitles mistakenly say "Hammond" instead of "Allen"

This is a reference to the 1978 British film "The Wild Geese" starring (amongst others) Richard Burton and Richard Harris.

They are attempting to escape at the end of the film in an airplane while being shot at. Richard Harris (younger people may know him as Professor Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films before being replaced by Michael Gambon) is wounded and can't get to the plane which is about to take off. He pleads with Allen to unalive him rather than let himself be captured. The actual quote is this:-

>"Allen, Allen, [unalive] me, for God's sake [unalive] me!"

[The Wild Geese (1978) - FINAL BATTLE](https://youtu.be/kchkfqXxa0k?t=443)

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the_drew@reddit

When his car slipped off the ramp, I was fully expecting him to say "Emilllllll".

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Low-Wolverine418@reddit

Hi, I'm new to this subreddit and I just want to say that Eurocrash is now of my favourites GT specials along with: Sea Men and Survival of the fattest and the Colombia special.

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PapiSurane@reddit

"How much was this?"

I don't want to come across as a hater or anything. I enjoyed it, I had many good laughs at numerous parts. It bums me out to think that someday there will be a time when the three aren't filming anymore.

Sometimes though, the scripted parts were a little too scripted for me. I try to shut my brain off and just enjoy it for what it is, which it is is hilarious stuff. During the first half or so with May missing everything due to his poor car choice, there were times when I felt like maybe the GT team filmed a bunch of things without May and then later on had to figure out a way to tie a story behind why he wasn't there or barely there? Do we know when they are on one of these road trips from point A to point B they are actually doing that trip? Or is it possible at various times in a year they film these moments (soviet F1, Harry tunnel, etc.) and then later on piece it all together as one big coherent trip?

I understand that you have to suspend belief during these shows, but you'd think if they are actually doing this big road trip, May wouldn't pick such a horrible car for the job, and even if he actually did they would figure out a way to still keep him involved or still around the other two guys, as things are best when they are all together.

TLDR: I would need to rewatch but during the first half of this episode I kind of wondered if all three of them were really even together on this road trip or if some clever video editing magic made parts of this trip happen?

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Schwartzy94@reddit

Im sure they are doing the trips and they have huge caravans of cars following them (film crew etc)

SEspider@reddit

I love the guys and show. But if I'm honest, this episode was pretty weak. It had it's moments for sure. But James seemingly missing out on everything just came off as bullish. I know that kind of stuff is scripted and he didn't really miss out. I just find it more intertaining when all three are interacting with one another and enjoying themselves.

James's car was a nice gag. But the joke dragged on for too much and kept repeating itself. We get it. It is very slow and small. I ended up doing something I've never done during a Grand Tour episode. I paused it to check my phone!

I don't mean any ill will towards the guys nor crew. Seeing Richard, James, and Jeremy together is the highlight of every year for me. And I love each of their shows. But when it's a show of them together, I want to see them together. Not in every scene of course. To me, the best part of the episode was the wax museum. It also happens to be the only time all three are genuinely together. I don't count the race track because Richard spends most of it alone. The second was Richard's fat jokes at Jeremy's offense.

Anyway, last week....

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StrawHatRiot@reddit

Yeah, I was surprised they carried this gag for so long. I legit thought they would eventually mod the car and replace the engine with something absurd so he would actually join them for the rest of the trip.

In the end May barely featured in it and it loses a little bit of the fun when they are not together.

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SEspider@reddit

IKR?! I fully expected one of two things to happen. 1) James would fully dump it for the faster (bust still annoying) "titles and beer" car. 2) OR James would show up with the T&B car but with the other car's shell. That way he would still, technically, be driving it.

Watching James struggle the entire time was not entertaining to me.

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StrawHatRiot@reddit

Yeah I thought that would happen after the formula 1 style race. Since that was around 30min into the episode, the car broke down like twice already and he was also left behind by that point. All the jokes were done at that point.

He then stays behind after that and I thought "ok he will show up with the engine of one of those cars in his or something" but no, just kept being slow and being left behind.

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Lov88@reddit

that kind of stuff is scripted

same one they had for scandi flick . . .

i reckon the archery was partially faked, they used blunted arrows to bounce off the car and probs stuffed a few arrows on the targets after the run.

cos surely after scandi flick they wouldn't want to risk any harm ?

right ?

right ?!

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Caridor@reddit

There were definitely holes in the bodywork. They weren't razor sharp war arrows but they wouldn't need to be. Those recurve bows pack a hell of a punch and those arrows would still be travelling at a hell of a clip.

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MiroPVPYT@reddit

to be fair to them the tunnel did have a gravel trap

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Milospesh@reddit

Which should have been tested thoroughly before the hosts started.

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Wandering_Starship@reddit

Blunted arrows, low draw weight probably. Or not full draw. Got a recurve bow of around 40-45 pounds, it goes much deeper into targets (depending on draw length, point of impact, material obviously).

Great episode!

UserM16@reddit

I’m just nitpicking here but is the editing kinda off to you guys?

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0bi_wan_shin0bi@reddit

Love how they added Nigel Mansell in the credits as a presenter lol

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No_Doubt_About_That@reddit

And that IMDb actually credited him.

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IlliterateJedi@reddit

Amazon owns IMDb so it wouldn't be hard for them to make that happen

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captain_ender@reddit

"Is that Jesus' backdoor?!"

Awesome special!

Am I the only one that was hoping they’d route through Croatia and do something with Rimac, though? Would’ve been fun!

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CondoMinum@reddit

8.5/10… so many funny moments:

Jeremy getting stuck in a Formula Easter car
Said Formula Easter car needing to be dismantled so Jeremy can get out whilst Hammond bursts out laughing at him
The Crossley ambulance
Clarkson and Hammond moving/ hiding Jame’s car in different locations
Stealing Nigel Mansell and all the other bits involving Nigel
James messing with Richard’s car so that it says “ I’m impotent “ in Slovakian

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CirnoIzumi@reddit

i dont know how i feel about this episode, we didnt get that much Jeremy out of Jeremy, not a lot happened outside of pretty city's and long moterways and James sounded defeated before things really began as if he had already anticipated how useless his car was, also the cars didnt feature much either.

on the other hand james tampering in this episode is some of the funnies shizzle they have ever done imo and the pretty places really were beautifull. I think the Race and the Nigel figure kinda sums the episode up, there were exciting things that they simply didnt do but they had a lot of fun with lesser things.

veevoir@reddit

They somehow managed to anger the most stereotypical security guard in Poland :D I can tell you for sure - this was not scripted, even GT writers cannot write lines which sound so natural

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cockingmoron@reddit

Indeed, that's a typical sight across Poland in places with that kind of security. And somehow they're always that rude and angry

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Pretty-Computer-4891@reddit

Does anybody maybe know the name of the background music track from the scene at the Bled Lake?

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Zwefanta@reddit

Imo this episode was sadly too “scripted” and lacked a lot of substance. It’s a bummer to see, when we know the boys can do so much more. I know they are getting older, but I’m 100% sure they can still make some great episodes, worthy of of the name special.

I would much rather have watched them drive along in some more normal / usable cars and actually drive to reach some sort of a real goal.

Have some real banter, real funny moments, etc, etc.

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AJC0292@reddit

Nigel Mansell really was the star of the show.

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ladybird2223@reddit

The new episode ended up being a nice birthday present for myself! I felt bad for May throughout though!

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MikeBruski@reddit

I've lived. Nigel Mansell has been decapitated. And my candelabra is in tatters!

...and that's a sentence nobody's ever said before!

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DonutJohnson@reddit

That's three sentences. You had one job!

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StephenHunterUK@reddit

Literally r/BrandNewSentence.

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Big-turd-blossom@reddit

This was definitely the most funny episode/special that I can remember. I think even after a few years when they really can't travel as much, still make episodes inside the UK and continue their shenanigans. At the very least some short news lke segments.

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Pferdestaerke@reddit

Hilarious to the point I had to pause several times to wipe tears from my eyes I was laughing so hard.

I have now queued up "The Great Escape" on Clarkson's recommendation... did the same when he recommended "The Killing Fields" in the Cambodia special (ok, I'll type it. "Seamen"). The educational, horizon-widening aspect of their productions is what takes them from entertaining to epic for me.

So sad that this will someday come to an end and- so far- nobody seems anywhere near even approaching the creativity, skill, quality and execution of how Mr. Wilman and the guys put together The Grand Tour, much less picking up the torch.

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iamuniquekk@reddit

Needs to be 4.

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helzinki@reddit

Wax Nigel Mansell looked more like Hitler than Wax Hitler.

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Crowlands@reddit

I am starting to think that James has had enough of doing these with the other two, he keeps finding ways to avoid them, be it due to a lack of speed in this one and seamen or crashing in the last one.

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Clairvoyanttruth@reddit

I assume he was still recovering from the prior trip and I felt bad. Ever if that is true the agony of those vehicles must have been a monstrosity.

He's said he had a "terrible time" filming The Grand Tour: Eurocrash.

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/james-may-grand-tour-eurocrash-exclusive-newsupdate/

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jzn110@reddit

It may very well be incidental, BUT, I also sometimes get the vibe that while May and Hammond get along just fine, and Hammond and Clarkson get along just fine, May and Clarkson don't get along quite so well after all this time.

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hurshy238@reddit

Ok I'm only at the beginning, but... whose hand was pointing to the starting and ending places of the trip on the map? Because they were nicely manicured with pink nail polish but allegedly belonged to Jeremy Clarkson and I'm very very confused by this.

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Clairvoyanttruth@reddit

Thank god for the 26-mile runway.

Expected more shown from the countries. Like they were cycling in Bratislava, I thought they would show that

SmashPlayersRretards@reddit

These are getting worse and worse

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Wearytraveller_@reddit

This was one of the best episodes ever. Wtf do you mean? This was classic trio.

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jesse9o3@reddit

This episode barely featured them as a trio though

It was mainly Richard and Jeremy driving off and having their own road trip while James lagged behind in his terrible old car and missed out on anything he might have remotely enjoyed

And while there's nothing wrong with a good captain slow/"...and so we left him behind" joke, when that's the primary contribution of James across the entire episode it stops being funny and you start feeling bad for him.

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