The Grand Tour has returned on Prime Video with an entirely new hosting trio, replacing Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May with relatively unknown presenters: Thomas Holland and James Engelsman from YouTube's Throttle House, and TikTok train enthusiast Francis Bourgeois. The reboot notably opens with the new hosts visiting Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm to seek his blessing, a move that smooths the handover but also underlines how heavily the format still leans on its predecessor's shadow, given that the show's popularity was largely built on Clarkson's personality.

The Guardian's review finds the debut episode sticks closely to the established format, with the hosts racing supercars (a Mustang, a Corvette and a Hennessey) around California, enlisting Jenson Button and even racing jet planes. The new trio come across as pleasant but relatively anonymous, lacking the abrasive chemistry of the original line-up, though the review notes flickers of promise, including a jokey aside about not paying taxes. It also questions whether the format itself has run its course, pointing out that Top Gear was rebuilt in 2002 after 24 stale years, and that this Grand Tour reboot arrives almost exactly 24 years later.