The Grand Tour presents One For The Road EPISODE REVIEW

When it comes to cars, adventure, and crude toilet humor, no one comes close to Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May. These three men have been butting heads for over two decades and now, their time has reached its bittersweet end as the final Grand Tour adventure, titled One For The Road, signals the end of the world's most undesirable but desirable threesome.

The Grand Tour presents One For The Road

The Grand Tour trio bought three classic cars for their final road trip across Zimbabwe. They ventured and survived to Botswana, the fateful place where the first-ever Top Gear special occurred nearly two decades ago. James chose the Triumph Stag, Richard chose the first-generation Ford Capri, and Jeremy chose the Lancia Montecarlo.

Tackling through Zimbabwe's worst road conditions, forest fires, coal dust, crocodile-infested waters, and bustling towns, the trio is doing whatever means necessary to get from Zimbabwe to Botswana, where they will relive the fateful moment they conquered their first-ever Top Gear special nearly two decades ago by driving through the flats towards Kubu Island.

After over two decades, the days of seeing Clarkson, Hammond, and May butting each other came to a complete end. From Top Gear to The Grand Tour, driving and rambling across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, they have cemented themselves as the greatest motoring trio that ever existed and now that they've fully served their purpose, it's hard to imagine what's next for them after their final Grand Tour.

An appropriately grand goodbye to TV's most iconic motoring trio that sped around the globe in fast cars and crude toilet humor.

Goodbye forever, Clarkson, Hammond, and May.

My Top 10 Favorite Grand Tour Episodes

Popped up from the time Trump won the presidency, The Grand Tour welcomed back the infamous Clarkson Hammond and May trio for more exciting motoring mayhem since leaving Top Gear in 2015. For eight years, fans have witnessed their globe-trotting motoring mischief from Portimao to Sahara, but sadly, the time has come to say goodbye as The Grand Tour's series finale is coming next month.

The Grand Tour Episode 1

As the world prepares for The Grand Tour's final road trip, it's time for me to jot down my top ten favorite episodes from the hit Prime Video TV series.

10) Season 3 Finale - Season 3 finale not only marked a fitting tribute to Ford saloons but it also marked the final time the show featured the tent full of audience and the Eboladrome.

9) Season 2 Episode 3 - The third episode of The Grand Tour Season 2 featured James May driving a Kia Stinger against skateboarders. Hammond and May turned a business park into a racetrack for salarymen to enjoy. And Clarkson took a trip from Monaco to Italy in the Bugatti Chiron. The Chiron segment is my favorite in terms of mindfulness.

8) Mongolia Special - The penultimate episode of The Grand Tour Season 3 saw the boys explore the Mongolian wilderness using their DIY off-roader. With scarce supplies at their arsenal, the trip became a struggle for survival. The epic struggle of survival comes with massive twists even at the end of their Mongolian adventure.

7) Season 1 Episode 11 - This episode of The Grand Tour features the trio driving second-hand Maseratis in the north of France. The climax is truly a thriller and comedy gold, and I couldn't stop laughing at the "Deshabille" sign on James' Zagato Spider.

6) Season 1 Episode 2 - The second episode of the first season saw the boys in a military training ground in Jordan which involves rescuing a VIP from a hijacked plane and escorting the VIP to safety while being pursued by terrorists. After several attempts later, the boys cleared the exercise...only if they didn't count Jeremy Clarkson as a casualty at the end of the exercise. On the plus note, we get to see the Audi S8 Plus in action.

5) Seamen - After the end of Season 3, The Grand Tour moved on to focus on cross-country adventures, and one such is Seamen; where the boys are on an aquatic adventure from Cambodia to Vietnam. The watery hijinks and some history lessons from Clarkson made this adventure one of my favorite Grand Tour episodes to watch over and over.

4) Season 1 Episode 9 - This episode features one of Clarkson's craziest inventions: a Mercedes SL rigged with monster off-road wheels called "The Excellent." It also showcases post-apocalyptic vehicles that are not immune to attacks from military vehicles such as tanks and battleships.

3) Season 1 Episode 3 - This episode of The Grand Tour features the trio on an epic Italian road trip. They drive an Aston Martin DB11, a Rolls Royce Dawn, and a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. While in Venice, Hammond's American habits ruin the rest and relaxation of the other presenters. Even after they reach the end of the trip, no one is safe from Hammond's American antics. In the segment following the road trip, Hammond and May destroy Clarkson's home after losing a bet from the pilot episode.

2) Season 2 Episode 5 - This episode of The Grand Tour features one of my favorite moments. Jeremy Clarkson stages his own Gymkhana-style video using a Subaru Impreza WRX. In true Clarkson fashion, some sheep are killed in the making of that clip.

1) Eurocrash - Of all the Grand Tour episodes I've watched, this ended up being my favorite. In Eurocrash, the boys set off on a road trip no one tried; from Gdansk, Poland, to Lake Bled, Slovenia. A cheeky-named backup car, Formula Easter, the second-largest Jesus statue in the world, an old WW2 POW camp, a stolen Nigel Mansell wax statue, a Praga Bohema hypercar, archers, and a climactic race to the airplane, this is The Grand Tour like no other.

The Grand Tour presents One For The Road premieres this September 13, 2024, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Before the tearful finale, be sure to binge-watch the entire series!

The Grand Tour presents Sand Job

The Grand Tour returns for its biggest and longest adventure yet. Because being the biggest and longest adventure yet, it will take about the length of a Marvel superhero flick to fully watch it.

The Grand Tour presents Sand Job

The latest Grand Tour adventure is titled Sand Job, and in this ultimate adventure, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are sent to the remote African country of Mauritania (yes, it's a real place) to follow in the footsteps of the legendary Paris-Dakar Rally while driving used Grand Tourers modified for offroad use.

Clarkson drives a Jaguar F-Type Roadster, Hammond drives an Aston Martin DB9 Volante, and May drives a Maserati GranCabrio.

Started out with the encounter with the longest coal train with the cars attached between it and the guard car, the trio traversed through war-torn Mauritania by surviving the harsh elements of the Sahara desert. 

From a bat-filled cave that led them to a minefield, an Aston went autonomous (sort of), an exploding fuel tanker, a visit to the British embassy, a drag race at a traffic-filled runway, to a shocking ending, it really is the biggest and longest Grand Tour adventure yet. It's worth watching it over and over again if you find it relaxing and funny at the same time.

Although unconfirmed, the Sand Job proved that The Grand Tour really came out with a bang. A big explosive bang.

The Grand Tour presents Eurocrash

Last year, Clarkson, Hammond, and May explored the Scandinavian winter wonderland in three 4WD saloons. Now, they're doing something unconventional as the recent Grand Tour adventure pulled a road trip like no other.

The Grand Tour presents Eurocrash

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The Grand Tour presents A Scandi Flick

Last year, the boys of The Grand Tour are taking a stab at French cars and launched one in the air. For 2022, the boys are back on a Scandinavian road trip in rally cars. Uh, two rally cars and an Audi to be exact.

The Grand Tour presents A Scandi Flick

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The Grand Tour presents Carnage A Trois

Two Grand Tour specials in one year? Oui! After their Scottish misadventures earlier this year, Clarkson, Hammond, and May are back for their latest adventure. This time, they're exposing the flaws of French-made cars.

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The Grand Tour presents Lochdown

The Grand Tour is back for this year's adventure that takes them on a so-called epic road trip across Scotland in old American cars.

The Grand Tour presents Lochdown

Their latest adventure is called Lochdown and amid the global pandemic everybody's facing, that doesn't stop the boys from pulling the stops to deliver one heck of a Scottish road trip viewers will never forget, almost. How hard can it be?

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The Grand Tour presents A Massive Hunt

As Christmas draws near into this terrible year, the boys return for their newest Grand Tour adventure that takes them to Madagascar in search for a pirate treasure.

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The Grand Tour presents A Massive Hunt

The Grand Tour presents...Seamen

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May returned for their biggest Grand Tour adventure...on sea as the boys set off to a journey through the Mekong Delta using boats.

The Grand Tour presents...Seamen

Starting at a riverless area in Cambodia, the boys began finding a body of water to start with and in a midst of a rainy weather, the boys turned up on the meeting place with their chosen boats. Clarkson opted for a military PBR that he built, Hammond goes for a fast Scarab jetski, and May goes for an antique boat.

Throughout their journey to the Mekong Delta, the boys survived everything that throws in their way. From a noisy night at their stopover, vegetation traps, parking troubles, shopping for counterfeit watches and necessities, strong rains, the very brutal waves near the finishing line, almost everything the boys cruise into no matter how bad or worse things can get on the sea. There's even references in Cambodian dictatorship and Vietnam War as well as the oceanic cruise goes over.

The first of their specials really is downright funny and crazy in Grand Tour fashion and with the issue of climate hysteria hits them hard, it's no wonder why the Seamen special truly is in true with the times but still, the boys or the show never learned. Oh well, at least they survived and made it to the finish line. What else?

The Grand Tour presents Seamen is available to stream exclusively on Prime Video.

The Grand Tour S3 FINALE

It's the end of everything more than just Ford saloons but the things that made Clarkson, Hammond, and May famous for almost two decades as the Season 3 finale of The Grand Tour marks an end of an era that leaves a very emotional endnote for the viewers after their little tribute to Ford saloons.

The Grand Tour S3 FINALE

As Ford prepares to ditch the saloons due to the rise of crossover sales, most famously the Mondeo, the boys prepared a little history lesson before saying goodbye to an era that made Ford saloons great not just in Britain but the rest of the world.

It all begins with the history of the Cortina, a car that holds a special place for Jeremy Clarkson and James May. Then at the Eboladrome, Richard Hammond tries out the Ford Sierra Cosworth and when handed to Abbie Eaton, it lapped round the Eboladrome in 1:31.3. After that, the boys drove a Mondeo estate to the Lincoln Cathedral to bid farewell to an era of Ford saloons.

With their Ford saloon history lesson done, the boys made an emotional montage including those clips during their Top Gear days. Looks like the BBC truly miss those three despite the mishaps a few years ago that led them to transfer to Amazon to do The Grand Tour.

For three seasons when The Grand Tour began late 2016, we've seen the boys driving fast cars worldwide and even the Eboladrome, throwing tantrums at each other, exploring uncharted places, making chit chat at Conversation Street, killing celebs at Celebrity Brain Crash, inviting celebrities to see who's the fastest at Celebrity Face-Off, the list goes on and on and on but now as Season 3 came to an end, The Grand Tour we know and love is truly finished. The tent, the audience, and the track obviously, but the boys and the show will return with more road trips and specials in mind.

In case you're starting up The Grand Tour game for the first time or you're picking up where you left off, all of the Season 3 episodes are now playable in the game. It's time to play the rest of the season as if you're binge watching the rest and if you're aiming for the "Our New Idiot" achievement, go for all golds in single player mode and drive your favorite cars as seen on this show at Split Screen with your favorite presenters!

And on that terrible disappointment, THE GRAND TOUR WILL RETURN...

The Grand Tour Mongolia Special

This is the biggest Grand Tour special of the season, so big, it takes over 90 minutes to see the boys make a car and survive through the Mongolian wilderness in order to get through the town named Moron. It's a struggle of survival and the boys are having a hard time surviving through Mongolia's harshest.

With seven days of necessities at their disposal, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May took them two and a half days to complete their flat pack custom car they named John. 

With their newly assembled car operational, the boys pushed their newly-made offroader to the test by getting themselves dirty at the Sandy Pit, driving through the Twin Lakes, enduring the Bumpy Meadow punishment, observing a Creepy Teppee, avoiding the Wibbly Wobbly Bridge, getting themselves dirty again at Rather Boggy and Sad, enduring numerous weather conditions, getting themselves wet, and surviving through half a billion boulders, all in the name of getting their way to the town of Moron.

The epic struggle of survival comes with massive twists even at the end of their Mongolian adventure, making this the biggest Grand Tour special of this season.

The "Survival of the Fattest" episode is now playable on The Grand Tour game. Relieve the biggest Grand Tour adventure of this season with the flat pack named John.

The Grand Tour S3E12

The latest episode of The Grand Tour is about Lancias, Porsches, and airport mobility all rolled into one episode.



The episode starts with Jeremy Clarkson spearheading his "Make Lancia Great Again" approach by checking out some revived icons such as the modernized take of the legendary Lancia Delta with him and Richard Hammond, they came up with a solution to all of the common airport problems.

The "Legends and Luggage" episode is now playable on The Grand Tour. Enjoy toying this latest episode anytime!

The Grand Tour S03E11

It's another Grand Tour special and this time, the boys are driving the newest grand tourers on an epic road trip from Georgia to Azerbaijan.

The Grand Tour S03E11

In this epic road trip on the former Soviet Union state, James May drives the new BMW 8-Series while Richard Hammond drives the new Bentley Continental GT and Jeremy Clarkson's in the new Aston Martin DBS Superleggera.

First off, they were arrived in what was known to be the birthplace of Joseph Stalin, with Richard Hammond taking a night off, the boys managed to chopped the head of Stalin's statue and jammed it to the front of the Bentley for humorous purposes.

After getting lost to the border area, they managed to get through the racetrack in Georgia called Rustavi so they can try out their newest grand tourers to the max and then taking on power laps to see which one is the fastest, to be followed by the silly challenge to see how fast will these cars go while the boys are feeling the urge to pee.

Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, is their next stop and then went to the flea market to see how much they can fit into the cars' backs to demonstrate their boot spaces.

With the boys arrived to Azerbaijan, an argument triggered a challenge against a Renault 9 driven The Grand Tour's driver, Abbie Eaton, and see if they can catch up in the real world under the two-minute handicap. They were having troubles catching up at the city roads full of Ladas but things get personal in the open roads, only to be hampered by a horde of lambs.

Nearing the climax, the boys, well the two of them, are unleashing everything they got and in the end, thanks to the narrow and rocky roads that are proven to be a disadvantage on the grand tourers, the Renault won the race to the garden of paradise. End game.

After the Aston and the Bentley humiliated by an old Renault, the boys had reached the capital city of Azerbaijan, Baku, and after some thought, they are having a drag race on the capital. Because of the weather, the Aston keeps on slipping, and slipping, and slipping. After that, the boys finally reached the Caspian Sea to complete their cross-country journey.

The "Sea to Unsalty Sea" episode is now playable on The Grand Tour Game on the PS4 and XBOX One. Relive the epic Georgia-Azerbaijan grand tourer road trip at the comfort of your living room right now.

The Grand Tour S3E10

This week's episode of Amazon Prime Video original's The Grand Tour Season 3 pits three hot hatchbacks in a millennial environment where getting viral is a thing of today with two legendary Italian sportscars are added to the mix.

The Grand Tour S3E10

The show starts with the best 80's supercars, the Ferrari Testarossa and Lamborghini Countach, examined by James May and Richard Hammond. When handed to Abbie Eaton, the Countach did it in 1:31.8 while the Testarossa did it in 1:37.4, both in the wet.

Then, it's the hot hatch comparo where Jeremy drives a new VW Polo GTi, Richard drives a new Ford Fiesta ST, and James drives a Toyota Yaris GRMN. It started out as a hot comparo until it turned into a youth-oriented one and later, getting the word out on the internet, by all means.

"The Youth Vote" is now playable on The Grand Tour Game on PS4 and XBOX One. Relieve the youth-oriented episode at your home, y'all.

The Grand Tour S3E09

The ninth episode of the third season of Prime Video original series, The Grand Tour, is back into shape as a motoring show with different vehicles featured on this show.

The Grand Tour S3E09

First, Richard Hammond is at the Eboladrome, driving the all-new Aston Martin Vantage. When handed to Abbie Eaton, the Vantage sets a lap time of 1:20.4.

Then, James May launches into history about America's space missions and the NASA astronauts' love of Corvettes and other cars.

And Jeremy Clarkson does a sensible but ridiculous Citroen C3 Aircross test with so many twists this crossover pulled off such as being faster than itself, being easy to park, pull a 13,000 tonne ship, being big enough for Angelina Jolie's kids (sort of), boot big enough for the horse, the epic car chase in France against the Pantera driven by robbers, and offroading through the Italian border.

The "Aston, Astronauts and Angelina's Children" episode is now playable on The Grand Tour Game on the PS4 and Xbox One. Relive this rather topical episode at the comfort of your home.

The Grand Tour RV Special

It's another Grand Tour special and this time, the boys set off in the Nevada wilderness in three RVs while dealing with the mishaps and a familiar character popping up in Clarkson's mind.

The Grand Tour RV Special

The boys bought and modified their RVs for their big adventure across Nevada. James' RV has a pub, Jeremy's RV has a bathroom, and Richard's truck has some creature comforts to it. With that, they set off to an epic road trip across Nevada until a familiar face pops up.

During the big adventure, the boys try different things such as driving offroad monsters on dirt and supercharged V8 monsters on the track to name a few. After that, it's back to reality as their RVs are taking the beating and when they've reached Red Lake, the boys are in a big pinch.

After that big pinch, the boys had no choice but put their RVs on a demolition derby alongside other RV drivers, including the familiar one that has been haunting the boys for so long.

The "International Buffoons' Vacation" episode is now playable on The Grand Tour Game on the Playstation4 and XBOX One. Relive the epic RV road trip in Nevada at the comfort of your living room but better play now because that mystery man's watching you...

The Grand Tour S3E07

The seventh episode of the third season of the Prime Video original show, The Grand Tour, is all about classic Italian sports cars on a Scottish road trip and a duo of Bimmers running amok at the Eboladrome.

The Grand Tour S3E07

Jeremy Clarkson drives an Alfa Romeo GTV6 while James May drives a Lancia Gamma Coupe and Richard Hammond drives a Fiat X19. The gang took on a Scottish road trip in these three Italian classics until it took a bad turn as Clarkson broke his Alfa while trying to drift round a go-kart track and Clarkson chopped the roof off of Hammond's Fiat. Despite the pinch, they ventured through the open roads where the Scottish road trip really comes alive but the big surprise goes for the orangutan himself.

Meanwhile, Jeremy Clarkson's at the Eboladrome sampling out the newest BMW M5 as well as a more comfortable Alpina B5 BiTurbo. When handed to Abbie Eaton, the M5 did it in 1:20.4 while the Alpina did it in 1:21.6.

The "Well Aged Scotch" episode is now playable in The Grand Tour Game in the PS4 and XBOX One. Relive the Scottish road trip with Italian classics at the comfort of your home.

The Grand Tour S3E06

Today's episode of The Grand Tour goes to China as the boys are driving second-hand Western flagship saloons and see if they're as luxurious as an ultra-expensive Chinese-made flagship saloon.

On their Chinese escapades with second-hand flagship saloons, James May drives a V12-powered Mercedes-Benz S-Class while Richard Hammond drives a V8-powered Cadillac STS and Jeremy Clarkson drives a V12-powered BMW 7-Series. Setting off from the city of Chongqing, the gang spent the day with their second-hand flagships evading aerial flamethrowers, finding a functional service station, hiring chauffeurs to drive for them while trying out their backseat mods, and tackling an old, 24-curved road.

Meanwhile, Richard Hammond's at the Eboladrome, sampling China's electric supercar, the NIO EP9. When handed to Abbie Eaton, the NIO set a 1:15 lap time.

The "Chinese Food for Thought" episode is now playable at The Grand Tour Game on the PS4 and XBOX One. Relive the boys' Chinese road trip as well as Richard Hammond's endgame crash in a three-wheeled replacement car.

The Grand Tour S03E05

Amazon Prime's hit motoring show, The Grand Tour, is back in business of being a proper car show in the latest episode where a new French sportscar, an offroad Lambo, and a motorsport legend are featured in one.

The Grand Tour S03E05

First off, James May is at the Eboladrome, sampling the modern-day incarnation of the legendary Alpine A110. When handed to The Grand Tour's racing driver, Abbie Eaton, the Alpine lapped the Eboladrome in 1:23.7.

Then, Jeremy Clarkson's on a frozen Sweden trip to sample Lamborghini's newest crossover known as the Urus.

And lastly, Richard Hammond pays tribute to the legendary Jim Clark, one of the all-time greats in motorsport history as he uncovers more on the racing driver's legendary motorsports career that spans from Formula 1, Formula 2, Tasman Trophy, to Indy 500, leading up to the driver's untimely death in Hockenheim.

The "An Itchy Urus" episode is now playable on The Grand Tour Game for the Playstation4 and XBOX One. Relive the Urus episode as well as the history lesson of Jim Clark at the comfort of your home.

The Grand Tour S03E04

The latest episode of The Grand Tour Season 3 puts the spotlight on Western pickup trucks as the boys are trying to prove which of these trucks is the best in times of conflict and disarray.

The Grand Tour S03E04

On this episode, Jeremy Clarkson drives the Volkswagen Amarok, Richard Hammond drives a Ford Ranger, and James May drives a Mercedes-Benz X-Class. These trucks underwent series of chaotic challenges such as toppling a statue, escape with lots of stuff in the back intact, getting through the helicopter quicker to deliver barrels of petrol, and lastly, the one involves firing targets while at the back of the truck.

Meanwhile, Jeremy Clarkson's at the Eboladrome, trying out the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 super saloon and when handed to the driver, it set a 1:19.3 lap time.

The "Pick Up, Put Downs" episode is now playable at The Grand Tour Game. Relieve the chaos with the new breed of pickup trucks at the comfort of your own home.