# Amazon Grand Tour November 18th **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164 "2016-09-17T16:08:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/1 "2016-09-17T16:08:38Z")
Just saw that amazon has announced the new “top gear” successor Grand Tour will be starting November 18th. Has a pretty cool [trailer](https://amzn.com/B01J94A5GQ). Can’t wait. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/2 "2016-09-17T16:50:31Z")
Excellent! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/3 "2016-09-17T17:32:01Z")
Sweet, thank you for the reminder! ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/4 "2016-11-18T06:11:58Z")
Just watched the first episode. Very much like the original (recent) Top Gear. When doing car bits it is still the best. Beautiful photography and sound. Some slight Americanization, which didn’t work very well. I would say definitely worth the $0 cost. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/5 "2016-11-18T17:42:58Z")
Yeah, loved it. No expense is spared to produce a show of incredible quality and it’s as politically incorrect as ever. Jeremy Clarkson said, “It’s the internet, I could pleasure a horse and not get fired.” (Now _that_ I would pay good money to see!) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/6 "2016-11-18T22:41:45Z")
The boys are back. I felt there were places where it dragged. The guest segment and the slagging off America segment for starters. In the hybrid supercar segment, I would have liked to see May turn things around by using a hybrid HGV. Overall I give it 8.5/10. ---
**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/7 "2016-11-19T01:20:04Z")
I liked it. Top quality car porn, juvenile bantering, wacky hijinks… most of what I wanted from old Top Gear, really. Still, my favorite bits used to be the wacky challenges involving creative “engineering” (all done by a team of actual engineers, not the hosts, of course), competition between the hosts, and good old British suffering. The ordinary car porn is fun enough to watch when it’s well presented, but it’s not like I’ll ever re-watch it or look it up on Youtube like I will “Jeremy rolls a Reliant Robin”, or “James tries to praise his cheap, old, busted, leaky, British convertible”. Here’s hoping for more Challenges. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/8 "2016-11-19T02:03:35Z")
I liked it, bout the only thing that felt strained was the almost automatic segue into the old top gear, and then the tap dance around it. To paraphrase Richard Hammond in season something or other in the old TG American money under British Control ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/9 "2016-11-21T04:38:08Z")
> [@lazybratsche](#): > > The ordinary car porn is fun enough to watch when it’s well presented, but it’s not like I’ll ever re-watch it or look it up on Youtube like I will “Jeremy rolls a Reliant Robin”, or “James tries to praise his cheap, old, busted, leaky, British convertible”. Well I have to say, if you didn’t watch it on a good 4K HDR TV, then find someone that’s got one and watch it at least one more time. This show is being shot as a showcase for 4K HDR, and I’ve heard it theorised that the reason Amazon bid so much and is spending so much on this show is partly to sell more 4K HDR TV’s, of which they believe a big chunk will be bought off Amazon. The car porn with with the blinding sunny highlights and dark track and tyres is the perfect content for HDR and it really really has to be seen. As for the show itself, I liked it very much, except for “The American”. If he can’t even do laps in hypercars on a real track then he’s useless, ditch him and get someone else please. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/10 "2016-11-21T04:49:32Z")
OK but not brilliant. Too hokey and forced. Here’s to hoping that it develops into something as good as Top Gear. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/11 "2016-11-21T05:07:13Z")
Does anyone know if Amazon will ever release this on DVD/Bluray? Because I don’t subscribe to Amazon Prime and don’t expect to. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/12 "2016-11-21T05:13:45Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Does anyone know if Amazon will ever release this on DVD/Bluray? Because I don’t subscribe to Amazon Prime and don’t expect to. I would be amazed if they don’t release it on disc in both HD versions and 4K HDR versions, but will probably hold it back for a while to drive signups for Amazon Prime. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/13 "2016-11-21T14:51:08Z")
Overall pretty entertaining. 3 bits sucked, though - the Nascar driver’s “personality,” the dead celebrities bit, and the faux fight about the Royal AF. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/14 "2016-11-21T15:06:53Z")
Haven’t watched it yet, saving it for the holiday weekend binge. Any sign of The Stig? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/15 "2016-11-21T16:33:35Z")
I’ve only been able to watch about the first 30-40 minutes or so. Jeremy referred to whoever it was driving around their new “most dangerous ever” track as “a friend of mine.” Couldn’t help but wonder… ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/16 "2016-11-21T21:23:38Z")
I quite enjoyed it. The hypercars were awesome, and I liked them laughing and cringing at the terrible segment intros. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/17 "2016-11-21T22:22:08Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > Haven’t watched it yet, saving it for the holiday weekend binge. Any sign of The Stig? No, The Stig, as a property, was retained by the actual/new Top Gear people. They now have “The American”, whose mythos would have been ok if they didn’t let him speak. Also, I could do without having a live studio audience. I was hoping they would do away with that, but it is back and now worse. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/18 "2016-11-21T22:47:08Z")
I really liked the episode. Although I could do with a bit less of the supercars. It feels like their target audience is the sultan of Brunei. I think their best shows are were they’re in really crapy cars doing wired things. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/19 "2016-11-21T22:47:08Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Also, I could do without having a live studio audience. I was hoping they would do away with that, but it is back and now worse. I’ve applied to be part of the Loch Ness audience. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164/20 "2016-11-22T00:08:14Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > I really liked the episode. Although I could do with a bit less of the supercars. It feels like their target audience is the sultan of Brunei. I think their best shows are were they’re in really crapy cars doing wired things. 'The holy trinity" had been something they were trying to arrange on Top Gear and Ferrari never agreed to it. Now that they have done that I’m thinking it’s likely we’ll get some of the low budget challenges in the future. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-grand-tour-november-18th/766164.md?page=2)