×
Loading in progress

S Best of Series 5 & 6

170 members

In this compilation of the best of series 5 and 6, Richard Hammond heads to the south of France to put the Pagani Zonda S Roadster to the test, James May test drives his favourite Italian 70's supercar, the Maserati Bora, Roger Daltry is the star in our reasonably priced car and Jeremy Clarkson finds out how good the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR FQ400 is, by having it take on the Lamborghini Murciélago driven by British touring cap champion, James Kaye.

BetaSeries' opinion
The Grand Tour Season 7 Finale Debrief: A Smart, Destructive Passing of the Torch

Spoiler warning: this post-finale analysis discusses events and themes from The Grand Tour Season 7, including the finale, which aired on Prime Video on September 4, 2026.

Season 7 of The Grand Tour arrived with an enormous challenge: how do you continue a series so closely associated with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May without simply imitating them? Across its four episodes, the 2016 Prime Video hit leaned into that question rather than pretending it did not exist. Thomas, Francis and James were introduced with an official blessing from Clarkson in the premiere, and by the finale, the season had become less about replacing the original trio and more about proving that The Grand Tour is a format strong enough to survive a change in rhythm, chemistry and perspective.

The finale worked because it understood what viewers actually come to The Grand Tour for. Yes, the cars matter. Yes, the jokes matter. But the secret engine of the series has always been the collision between expertise, idiocy and friendship. Episode 4’s mission to discover “the strongest car ever made” could have been a simple excuse for destruction, and to be fair, it absolutely was that too. But the destructive tests had an old-school Grand Tour purity to them: a daft question treated with total seriousness, an escalating series of challenges, and the wonderful sense that no producer in the room had been brave enough to say, “Maybe this is too much.”

Read the full article

Next episode
S00E11 - Best of Series 6 & 7

Episodes

Similar shows (10)

The Grand Tour (2016)
The Grand Tour (2016)
Top Gear France
Top Gear France
Top Gear (US)
Top Gear (US)
Mud, Sweat and Gears
Mud, Sweat and Gears
Motor MythBusters: Test Track
Motor MythBusters: Test Track
Fifth Gear
Fifth Gear
Richard Hammond's Crash Course
Richard Hammond's Crash Course
How It's Made: Dream Cars
How It's Made: Dream Cars
Top Gear America
Top Gear America
James May's Cars of the People
James May's Cars of the People