After months of 'brainstorming' and trying to come up with something that says 'Top Gear' but doesn't contain either word or anything copyrighted by the BBC, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have finally settled on a name for their new Amazon show that's basically the same thing.
Premiering in 'Autumn 2016', 'The Grand Tour' or 'GT for short' will be 12 episodes from 12 different locations with all the automobile hijinks that we've come to expect from the terrible trio.
The trio took to Twitter to announce the news after it broke on Facebook with the setting up of the official page for the show.
Start the smoke. We have a name.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) May 11, 2016
So, the Grand Tour (GT for short) will come from a tent, which we will put up in a different location every week. Your town?
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) May 11, 2016
The leading contenders for locations so far are Heckmondwike and Texas.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) May 11, 2016
We have 12 shows. One is a Christmas thing. That means 11 locations for our tent. Many requests from Mexico.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) May 11, 2016
Same old Clarkson.
We've got a name. And it was bleeding obvious cos it's what we're doing: coming from a different place every weekhttps://t.co/T93o2M7dh9
— Richard Hammond (@RichardHammond) May 11, 2016
...Best of all, we've got a MASSIVE tent as our studio. Same tent, different view, different crowd every week on our Grand Tour.
— Richard Hammond (@RichardHammond) May 11, 2016
Many, many suggestions for where we can bring The Grand Tour tent. But you do have to make a case for it. #GT
— Richard Hammond (@RichardHammond) May 11, 2016
Same old Hammond.
I still think 'Nigel' was a better name.https://t.co/nIlrOaosXF
— James May (@MrJamesMay) May 11, 2016
I'm sorry if your name wasn't used for our new show. But neither were any of mine. https://t.co/nIlrOaosXF
— James May (@MrJamesMay) May 11, 2016
Still. It's an anagram of Hot Grunt, Dear.
— James May (@MrJamesMay) May 11, 2016
Same old James May.
Should be good so.