James May’s automobile finally ends up inside restaurant in new Grand Tour, Clarkson reveals
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eremy Clarkson has revealed that one of many pranks on The Grand Tour: Eurocrash consists of James May’s automobile “ending up” inside a restaurant.
In the newest instalment of the motoring journey programme, Clarkson, May and Richard Hammond go on a 1,400-mile street journey via Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia.
The Prime Video particular, which is able to kind the second a part of sequence 5, additionally sees the previous Top Gear trio “sample some Soviet style Formula 1, are attacked by deadly archers, recruit a famous racing driver and take part in a spectacular Fast and Furious climax”.
When requested in regards to the pranks throughout the journey, Clarkson mentioned: “If you’re driving on roads and staying in hotels, as we did here, that means you get to the hotel in time for a drink.
“And then obviously, after a couple of drinks, ideas come to mind and so, James’ car ends up inside the restaurant, as a result of the drink.”
Hammond mentioned May, 60, “had every reason” to make their lives a “misery” by including “profoundly embarrassing and deeply irritating” sound results to his automobile.
The 53-year-old presenter added: “He rewired it so that when I hit the brakes, it sounded a bell and when I used the indicators, it sounded a variety of sirens.
“When throttling past a certain point of acceleration, it played bagpipes. The worst was when I put the roof down or up, it loudly broadcast a message in the local language which suggested I was impotent.”
In the present, May additionally buys a “beige” and “bizarre and terrible” American subcompact Crosley automobile for round £12,000 whereas bidding on-line.
He mentioned a “sort of benefit in disguise” was that he didn’t should see Hammond and Clarkson as a lot as a result of he was so gradual within the car.
May added: “I don’t mind being left on my own as much as the others would probably make out because, as you’ve just indicated, there is a certain relief to it. But I had to balance that with the misery of being in a horrible car.”
Clarkson – who additionally hosts Clarkson’s Farm on Amazon – mentioned the trio are returning to Africa in one other upcoming a part of The Grand Tour.
He mentioned: “This one’s a hard one. It’s hard if you’re young and fit, but I’m really not fit and I’m very fat and I’m 63 now.”
The Grand Tour: Eurocrash will likely be out there on Prime Video on Friday June 16.