The BEST episodes of The Grand Tour (2016)
Every episode of The Grand Tour (2016) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Grand Tour (2016)!
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as you accept that the people you call friends are also the ones you find extremely annoying. Sometimes it's even a show about cars. Follow them on their global adventure.
#1 - Seamen
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/13/2019
In the first of a series of feature length Specials, Clarkson, Hammond and May take a one time only break from cars and set out on an epic journey across Cambodia and Vietnam...in boats. This adventure packed voyage sees the hapless trio experience thrills, spills and genuine danger as they try to navigate their way through the world’s most iconic waterway - the Mekong Delta.
#2 - The Falls Guys
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/15/2017
We are in New York to find the fastest way from the Big Apple to Niagara Falls in a race featuring Jeremy in the new Ford GT versus James May on public transportation, dragging an injured Richard Hammond. Also, Jeremy tests the Mercedes-AMG GT R at the Eboladrome, cricketer Kevin Pietersen goes against baseball’s Brian Wilson in Celebrity Face Off, and The American test driver is replaced.
#3 - The Holy Trinity
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/18/2016
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May start their brand new car show with hundreds of cars, thousands of people, a fire spitting metal scorpion and a squadron of jets in the California desert, plus three amazing hybrid hypercars and a brilliant BMW.
#4 - It’s a gas, gas, gas
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2018
Richard Hammond and James May relive the tedium of getting fuel by inventing a new system for filling up without stopping and Jeremy Clarkson recounts the epic battle between Audi and Lancia during the 1983 world rally championship. Plus, Hammond is at the Eboladrome to test the Lamborghini Huracan Performante and boxer Anthony Joshua goes up against WWE star Bill Goldberg in Celebrity Face Off.
#5 - Past v Future
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/2017
The Grand Tour tent is in Dubai for the final show of the season in which Jeremy Clarkson pits his old fashioned Volkswagen Golf GTI against James May’s electrically-powered BMW i3, Richard Hammond learns how to drift, James is forced to take part in a weird sport called winching, and the Bugatti Veyron drag races against the Porsche 918 Spyder.
#6 - Happy Finnish Christmas
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/23/2016
The Grand Tour tent is in Kakslauttanen, Finland – deep within the Arctic Circle – where Richard and Jeremy compare the Ford Mustang V8 and the Ford Focus RS. The presenters also run through some ideal Christmas gifts for car fans.
#7 - Bah humbug-atti
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/22/2017
In this show Jeremy blasts from the South of France to the Alps and then on to Turin in the 1479 HP Bugatti Chiron, James races the Kia Stinger GT against skateboarders, and Richard tries to relieve the boredom of office lunchtimes with the all-new sport of car park racing. Plus, actor Hugh Bonneville goes against naturalist Casey Anderson to find the world's fastest person who lives with a bear.
#8 - Past, present or future
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/8/2017
For the opening episode, we are in Switzerland where the presenters compare a Lamborghini Aventador S, a Honda NSX and an all-electric Croatian supercar called the Rimac Concept One in a battle of past, present and future. Richard's hillclimb takes an unexpected turn. And Ricky Wilson of The Voice UK and David Hasselhoff from America's Got Talent go head-to-head in the all-new Celebrity Face Off.
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Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/2017
The Grand Tour tent is once again in Loch Ness, Scotland after a monster discovery since the last show. This week, the hosts tour central Europe in a Jaguar F-Pace, a Bentley Bentayga and a Range Rover Autobiography, arguing over which is the best SUV and trying not to giggle at road signs. Also in this show, Jeremy kills preconceptions as he laps the Eboladrome in a Lexus GS F, the hosts examine the point of launch control, and Hollywood legend Tim Burton is invited to play Celebrity Brain Crash.
#10 - An Itchy Urus
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/2019
In this episode, Jeremy Clarkson is in Sweden driving the new Lamborghini Urus SUV, James May is at the Eboladrome trying the Alpine A110 sports car, and Richard Hammond profiles Scottish racing driver Jim Clark, arguably the greatest racer of any generation.
#11 - The Beach (Buggy) Boys (2)
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/31/2016
Jeremy, Richard and James continue their battle across Namibia in a quest to prove that beach buggies are brilliant. Having survived the challenges of the desert, the trio must now brace themselves for even greater hardship involving rough roads, camping, rhino conservation and a rather unusual river crossing.
#12 - Up, down and round the farm
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/2018
Jeremy Clarkson makes his own take on a Ken Block-style car skidding video, James May tests the new VW Up GTI at the Eboladrome, and Richard Hammond smashed around Dubai in a high-poweredtank called the Ripsaw. Plus, Preacher star Dominic Cooper goes against comedian Bill Bailey in Celebrity Face Off.
#13 - Italian Lessons
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/20/2017
From the shores of Loch Ness in Scotland, Jeremy, Richard and James introduce their attempts to buy used Maseratis for a bargain price and then use them to tour the drizzle-flecked landscapes of northern France.
#14 - Berks to the Future
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/6/2017
The Grand Tour tent pitches up in Stuttgart, Germany from where James May introduces a test of the highly advanced Honda NSX, Jeremy Clarkson tries to invent a new sort of SUV, Richard Hammond creates a machine to protect him from a future apocalypse, and the three hosts attempt to generate electricity from everyday activities.
#15 - Blasts from the past
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/26/2018
Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond tour Europe in a pair of brand new British sports cars built to designs from the 1950s, an undertaking spoilt by the arrival of James May in a modern Honda Civic Type R. Back in the UK, Jeremy is at the Eboladrome to track test the Ford GT from episode 2.
#16 - Moroccan Roll
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/16/2016
The Grand Tour studio arrives in Rotterdam where Jeremy, Hammond and James introduce a lightweight sport car test featuring the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, the Mazda MX5 and the Zenos E10 in the stunning landscapes of Morocco.
#17 - The Beach (Buggy) Boys (1)
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/29/2016
In the first of two Namibia special shows, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are challenged to complete an epic journey across Namibia in three beach buggies, each built to their personal spec.What starts off as a simple determination to win an argument with their boss turns into an amazing adventure across some of the most incredible desert scenery Africa has to offer.
#18 - Survival of the Fattest
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/5/2019
In a special episode, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are dropped in the vast wilderness of Mongolia, then provided with some basic rations and all the flat-packed parts they need to build a vehicle which will provide their only chance of escape to civilisation before they starve or strangle each other.
#19 - Enviro-mental
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/9/2016
The studio tent is back in Whitby, as the three hosts attempt to make cars from sustainable materials.
#20 - Unscripted
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/29/2017
In this show The Grand Tour is in Croatia to make a completely unscripted film featuring Jeremy in an Audi TT RS, Richard in an Ariel Nomad, James making a fire engine out of an old Lada, and everyone trying to find a non-existent link between the three. Also in this episode, Richard tests the McLaren 720S and singers Michael Ball and Alfie Boe go head-to-head in Celebrity Face Off.
#21 - Oh, Canada
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/9/2018
The Grand Tour tests the Alfa Romeo Stelvio, Porsche Macan, and Range Rover Velar in the rugged and challenging landscape of Canada. Back in the UK, Jeremy conducts a legally perilous test of the Tesla Model X and Rory McIlroy takes on Paris Hilton in Celebrity Face Off.
#22 - Jaaaaaaaags
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/2018
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May try to prove that old Jaguars are not only stylish and roguish, but also strong and reliable with a road trip across Colorado featuring a dirt track, a dangerous runway and a brave attempt to go skiing in cars. Plus Luke Evans and Kiefer Sutherland go head-to-head in Celebrity Face Off.
#23 - Opera, Arts and Donuts
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/1/2016
The travelling tent lands on the quayside in Whitby, England where Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May introduce a modern take on the traditional Italian grand tour featuring an Aston Martin DB11, a Rolls-Royce Dawn and an uninvited guest. Also in this show, Jeremy faces the consequences of a foolish bet and Simon Pegg is the star guest.
#24 - International Buffoons' Vacation
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/1/2019
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are told to take an RV holiday across the south western United States but rapidly stage a mutiny before re-grouping in used RVs they have modified themselves, with mixed results.
#25 - Dumb Fight at the O.K. Coral
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/13/2017
The Grand Tour travelling tent arrives in Nashville, Tennessee from where Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May introduce their attempt to save the world's coral reefs using only a selection of car body shells and some extremely inept boat driving. Also in this show, Jeremy finally indulges his series-long Alfa Romeo obsession with a test of the new, 500 horsepower Giulia Quadrifoglio and AC/DC singer Brian Johnson comes to the tent to try his hand at Celebrity Brain Crash.