From Seamen To Itchy Urus, Richard Hammond Picks His Favourite Automotive From The Grand Tour

Now that The Grand Tour is asking it quits, Richard Hammond picks his favourite vehicles from his time on the present

The Grand Tour is grinding to a halt, which implies that it’s the right time to look again on the Amazon Unique program. And that’s precisely what host Richard Hammond is doing with a tournament-style bracket to resolve which of the vehicles he drove on the present was his favourite.

Whereas the video’s conclusion might find yourself being ‘blindingly apparent,’ as Hammond places it, there are a number of surprising selections made alongside the best way. On the very least, it gives a novel alternative to achieve some behind-the-scenes perception into the manufacturing of The Grand Tour’s specials and affords a nostalgic look again on the present

The competitors pits 16 vehicles from the motoring program in opposition to each other, and isn’t restricted to simply vehicles. Along with the plain contributors, there are offbeat selections, just like the cigar boat from the Seamen particular, the TVS Star bike from the Feed the World particular, the Dune Buggy from the Namibian particular, and the self-assembled off-roader known as “John” from the present’s Mongolian particular.

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Though The Grand Tour not often drove straightforwardly regular vehicles, there are nonetheless some much less uncommon entries into the competitors. Automobiles just like the Buick Riviera from Lochdown, the Ford Focus RS with tank tracks from a Large Hunt, the Matra Murena from Carnage a Trois, two Dodge Challengers (a Hellcat and a Demon), in addition to a Maserati 430 and a Chevrolet SSR.

Oddly, it’s the final automobile, the Chevrolet SSR, that takes down the charmingly flawed Fiat X19 to grow to be the primary finalist. Hammond factors to its inherent silliness and the truth that GM ought to have recognized higher than to construct it as causes for his love of the convertible pickup truck.

It goes up in opposition to the Subaru Impreza WRX STI from a Scandi Flick for the win. The Japanese automobile beat the Buick Riviera within the semi-finals to make to the ultimate spherical, and Hammond calls it a correctly made, mechanical automobile that feels just like the rally automobile it was designed to be.

So fond was he of the Impreza WRX, that he really purchased it after he completed filming the episode during which it was featured. Which will give you a touch as to what the ultimate results of this video will likely be, however it’s fascinating to listen to Hammond speak about all of the vehicles he drove for the present — there’s a motive he’s been paid to do it for therefore lengthy.