Here’s the date. Mark it. September 4th.
Amazon is bringing The Grand Tour back for a seventh season. All six new episodes drop at once. No weekly drip. Just pure uncut automotive mayhem available in over 240 territories.
The format stays familiar. The faces behind the wheel don’t.
The big story for season seven isn’t a tent or lack thereof; it’s three fresh hosts.
Say goodbye to the old trio. Step forward James Engelsman and Thomas Holland from Throttle House. They made the leap from YouTube to global streaming. Joining them is Francis Bouragos. A trainspotter who somehow loves cars too.
It’s a hard shift. Taking over a show this famous invites comparisons. Constant ones. Can these guys handle the spotlight? Probably. Should you be nervous? Yes.
Amazon gave us some teasers. Crossing the Angolan desert. But not in comfort. Track cars. Only track cars. Then a dive into Malaysian car culture. Testing performance machines in California. And fighter jets.
Always fighter jets.
Engelsman didn’t sugarcoat it. He said the jet challenge ends in tears. Well. Defeat. Specifically. The kind that requires grace. “We even decided to challenge an entire national legal system by protesting from the mountaintops.” Bold move. Illegal probably. They learned their strength lies in losing. Gracefully.
Does misery still sell? Absolutely.
Holland put it bluntly. Nobody holds your hand on this show. They were dropped into wild places driving questionable cars. The lesson wasn’t bravery. It was about their own poor decision-making skills. Expect laughs. Maybe some tight pants.
YouTube did fine filling the gap. But this is bigger. This is high-budget travelogue wrapped in a car show.
So. Are you watching?
We probably should be.
But we’re waiting until September. Let’s see if Throttle House can break the internet again. Or just break their cars. Either works.
