Firstly, the only way to watch Grand Tour is to skip Conversation Street and the celebrity part, which I do.
Finally, the Ford GT gets a UK review. It's an impressive car.
But this program was firmly centred on the Jaguar D-Type and Aston Martin DB4 GT continuations. £ 1 million and £ 1.5 million respectively.
These are truly stunning cars. No, they're not as refined as the modern Honda that May drove, but neither are they trying to be. You can't love cars and not love these two! Or even the Honda.
So why the low score?
They took the cars to a banked circuit in Spain, after Clarkson had repeatedly crashed the gearbox in the Aston on the drive there. Then on this banked circuit it's bouncing and grounding as it goes around.
This is an automotive horror movie as a £ 1.5 million car is repeatedly bashed and bruised by Clarkson around a derelict remnant of a former circuit; one they only ever used once and probably for that reason! Hammond sensibly decided he had enough of big car accidents and withdrew from the "competition", but Clarkson repeatedly slammed the bottom of the Aston on the bumpy banked circuit.
I'd have more respect of him if he just said he wasn't going to trash something of such beauty and left it at that.
Finally, the Ford GT gets a UK review. It's an impressive car.
But this program was firmly centred on the Jaguar D-Type and Aston Martin DB4 GT continuations. £ 1 million and £ 1.5 million respectively.
These are truly stunning cars. No, they're not as refined as the modern Honda that May drove, but neither are they trying to be. You can't love cars and not love these two! Or even the Honda.
So why the low score?
They took the cars to a banked circuit in Spain, after Clarkson had repeatedly crashed the gearbox in the Aston on the drive there. Then on this banked circuit it's bouncing and grounding as it goes around.
This is an automotive horror movie as a £ 1.5 million car is repeatedly bashed and bruised by Clarkson around a derelict remnant of a former circuit; one they only ever used once and probably for that reason! Hammond sensibly decided he had enough of big car accidents and withdrew from the "competition", but Clarkson repeatedly slammed the bottom of the Aston on the bumpy banked circuit.
I'd have more respect of him if he just said he wasn't going to trash something of such beauty and left it at that.