The "The Grand Tour" Thread

maxxis said:
I just couldn’t enjoy it. Too OTT
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This one felt under the top by their standards. I actually enjoyed it. Maybe a bit underwhelming but also not so long that you get tired of it.
 
Very entertaining and 100% factual, except for one thing, the boot release for a Peugeot 407 is not on the driver door. It is the center part of the 0 in the 407 logo on the boot.
 
I Regret To Inform You That The Grand Tour's French Special Is Very Good

The trio asks the biggest question in automotive history: "What's the matter with the French?"

For many folks, the Top Gear and The Grand Tour trio of Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond are the last word in automotive content and humor. For me, it has been the trio that my husband has insisted upon making me watch (ugh) while also telling me I should be more like Jeremy Clarkson (no). However, I regret to inform everyone that The Grand Tour’s new special about French cars, “Carnage à Trois,” is very good.

French cars have historically been an enigma, and the special opens with Clarkson posing the question the crew would aim to answer in the episode: “What’s the matter with the French?” It is an admirable goal to undertake in a single special, and it was extremely good.

That’s because it combined many of my favorite things: France, making fun of the French, awful cars, and a delightful sense of humor that culminates in launching a Citroën C3 Pluriel over the Cliffs of Dover and back to its homeland.

My husband pointed out that a large part of this episode felt scripted, but I thought it was well done. There’s one moment where Richard Hammond gets behind the wheel of a propeller-powered car and the entire crew runs off behind a fence, that was particularly egregious, but it was still an exceptional moment of humor — especially since it’s compounded by Hammond with several later crashes. There’s another where Clarkson’s car is shown rolling down a hill overlaid with his grunts, as if he’s behind the wheel when it’s quite clear he’s not. But it’s a slapstick-style comedy that works quite well for these three.

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I Regret To Inform You That The Grand Tour's French Special Is Very Good - Jalopnik

For many folks, the Top Gear and The Grand Tour trio of Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond are the last word in automotive content and humor. For me, it has been the trio that my husband has insisted upon making me watch (ugh) while also telling me I should be more like Jeremy...
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Watched Carnage a Trois a few nights ago, IMHO definitely not some of their best work, in fact it for me it was the least entertaining bit under the Grand Tour name, but as always with them it was still worth the watch at least.
 
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