Richard Hammond On The Truth Behind Top Gear...

[@TheDiaryOfACEO]

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[@tuttutteddy8889]

For me it was never about the cars, it was about Hammond, May and Clarkson. I view it like a sketch show, till this day myself and my friends still quote top gear

[@bountyhuntermk2520]

Sounds like you and your mates are a right bundle of laughs

[@markorollo.]

this!, i never gave a crap about the supercars they reviewed, theyre just not my thing, i'm more into motorbikes and older 'normal' cars, it was just about those three stooges and the fun they were having on the show.

[@Deontjie]

I liked Hammond almost as much as I liked James May, but lately he is trying to hard to be someone. How many timed did he cried over something?

[@N3MAID3S]

Exactly and that's why the other "top gears" never work, they don't have that synergy as that trio has.

[@aquariumaddickuk]

@@bountyhuntermk2520 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NickyLong89]

I think their success was down to how relatable they were. It was so good watching 3 mates have a great time and really enjoy themselves, just living in the moment.

[@tommyscott4507]

100% spot on. Hence why since top gear has failed to reach the heights. No forcing it, no scripts

[@jamiemillman]

Absolutely! It was like watching the dream job, getting paid to drive nice cars, travel the world all while having a laugh with your best friends! The show hasn't been anywhere near the same since they left

[@ericheick7044]

To me it was the way they ragged on each other. As you said, they are relatable, and that's how I am with my friends.

[@recca7]

Their chemistry/creativity was unmatched, that's why there hasn't been anything remotely close to it since. They've tried but it just doesn't stick

[@heathabshire8929]

I was about to comment the same thing, even tho I’m from the states and had to hear how our cars were horrible lol. I loved watching them fuss and laugh at each other and crack jokes

[@wadedungan3172]

Truly grateful to have grown up in the generation that had this show. Genuinely will always be my favorite show.

[@cameroncameron2826]

Would you love more shows that week in week out help kill off british assets and hand them to europe for peanuts ? I don't think theres any left since the TG project to help destroy the british car industry. And given the same was done to - Aviation - Rail - Gas - Nuclear - Oil - Elec - Water - Gold - and MUCH more theres not much left than the actual british human being to destroy. Every industry was sabotaged before being forced into an artificial collapse & sold off to europe for a song. I have always found it fascinating as to what in hell drives the brain of a TG fan when clearly the show under those three creepos was violating the reputation of the kingdom right in front of every viewers eyes for the cash / bungs. What is so entertaining in watching that happen ?

[@Vengeance1978]

​@cameroncameron2826 oh do shut up you absolute drain

[@colinpoyzer7479]

Richard has hit the nail on the head. The 3 of them made a program that related to everyone who has a passion for cars. All 3 are different but relatable. They just made petrol heads laugh and dream. The world would not be complete without Richard, James and Jeremy making us laugh whilst driving everything from a £200 banger to a multi million pound hypercar around the world. They never take themselves serious and that’s what works. I prey it doesn’t end.

[@damonwells1132]

Unfortunately I don't think we are going to see alot more of those three together 😢😢😢

[@bean420]

​@@damonwells1132they are getting old, hopefully we get a few more, and have a long farewell episode, maybe bring the tent back

[@ldv5831]

Yes , they attracted folks that were passionate about cars, but in my opinion, the magic is that they attracted that weren’t that interested in cars ….. that’s what took the show to boss level

[@Scampi95]

Hammond is the nail, that's being hit on the head.

[@Mcfc2Rich]

As much as Top Gear was great. I'm enjoying Clarkson's Farm a lot more.

[@radioactivepotato2068]

They've been company during the darkest periods of my life. Mates, dragging you half way around the world to help you switch off for an hour, or a series. It's love I have for these lads, there's no other way to describe it. I'm forever grateful.

[@timblonsky]

Same. ❤

[@ChrisScales17]

Ive been rewatching the series recently and have some amazing nostalgia

[@toddthezondalover645]

​@Steve Because some people actually have lives and emotions, and don't live like a Skyrim NPC.

[@cameroncameron2826]

Those three grebo's ? like mates ? Would you love more shows that week in week out help kill off british assets and hand them to europe for peanuts ? I don't think theres any left since the TG project to help destroy the british car industry. And given the same was done to - Aviation - Rail - Gas - Nuclear - Oil - Elec - Water - Gold - and MUCH more theres not much left than the actual british human being to destroy. Every industry was sabotaged before being forced into an artificial collapse & sold off to europe for a song. I have always found it fascinating as to what in hell drives the brain of a TG fan when clearly the show under those three creepos was violating the reputation of the kingdom right in front of every viewers eyes for the cash / bungs. What is so entertaining in watching that happen ?

[@jdjphotographynl]

Think the success of Top Gear was that it was different than all the other car shows. Yes, it's about cars, but more than anything it's about the dynamic and cohesion between Jeremy, Richard, and James (who all have something ralatable to them as Richard said), and I feel that just resonated with a lot of people.

[@cameroncameron2826]

Yes TG was about cars you are right. And far to often dead ones = the snuffing out of british ones as an asset stripping project designed to discredit the british car industry into the dust so yet again EUROPE can have EVERYTHING Britain owns. Would you love more shows that week in week out help kill off british assets and hand them to europe for peanuts ? I don't think theres any left since the TG project to help destroy the british car industry. And given the same was done to - Aviation - Rail - Gas - Nuclear - Oil - Elec - Water - Gold - and MUCH more theres not much left than the actual british human being to destroy. Every industry was sabotaged before being forced into an artificial collapse & sold off to europe for a song. I have always found it fascinating as to what in hell drives the brain of a TG fan when clearly the show under those three creepos was violating the reputation of the kingdom right in front of every viewers eyes for the cash / bungs. What is so entertaining in watching that happen ? British supermarkets is the new TG style project in these days - now they must disappear so another federalist globalist type can have it ALL. The same fascist anti happening in those situations now & one only wonders if crypto fascists will sneak into food shop employment to commit sabotage like such types did within british car factories posing as union persons etc etc & deliberately causing cars to get a bad after sales reputation. < That being a fact, i felt sick whenever the TG fascists set up remakes sketches of bits falling off.

[@L3Vł4TH4N.7]

It’s the human connection we have to these 3. They were not just hosts, but our mentors as kids, our guides as adults and now, our reason for loving the cars we drive sitting in the driveway. They reminded us of friends we know, lessons we’ve learned and brought some of the most glorious automotive film making we’ve ever seen, and to this day, no other car show has ever come close to the level of passion and pure life these 3 blokes hold. And for that I will be forever grateful

[@tinymeanginger6293]

I am a 34 year old female from the states and I’d watch this show every week with my brother. We loved the guys. We would have tears running down our face from laughing. I didn’t even care about the cars it was just their shenanigans.

[@cameroncameron2826]

Maybe what the american car industry needs a hidden column of european fascists infiltrating your tv shows and destroying the reputation of the amercan car so EU europe can destroy its reputation and inherit the whole trade for itself ? You would not know that crypto fascist elements sneaked into employment in the british factories & then were funded to become union officials . Then they began sabotaging the cars. It was a long process of bringing britains car industry down = 25 years. But europe got the lot. Before this they'd sabotaged Aviation - Rail - Gas - elec- Water - Nuclear - in fact every british national asset / making it look like 'britain could not run them'!! Right in front of every viewers eyes those 3 creeps were helping europe to destroy the british car industry so that a few families ( aristocrats ) who are taking over the whole continent can OWN EVERYTHING Then people look at each other and wonder why dictatorship is coming to western civilisation!!! Are you sure its funny to cheer on in hysterics while aristocrats fund projects so the like of TV / media engage in bad . anti publicity against national assets ? TG the show spent almost every waking hour talking DOWN british industry & goiung out of its way to smash up british cars in stunts. All just so a relative few posh families ( its not that many causing all the problems = a few hundred ) who wear crowns can own and be in control of absolutely everything ? Thats what you saw happening on top gear in terms of a bad publicity machine that made a war against a national asset seem funny ( the theft of that asset by a rogue federal entity ) Superficially such organised vandalism is funny i get that its ok. But can you not understand what darkness was beneath it & that there was nothing innocent about what TG was setting up? British car industry GONE = like all the other assets. Now the same families want the empty shell of the british nation to add to those they've already taken over. They've eaten out from inside & are sending whoever they like to feast on that remaining edifice.

[@M.A992]

Top gear will always be a staple of my life. I honestly learned so much growing up watching the trio. I’ll always be grateful for the show. Regardless of the future. Sealing that moment in time will forever be a good memory.

[@samc-m9145]

I watched Dave for a decade after the show finished and never god bored... Im old enough to remember brainiac and would love to take this chance to thank you Richard for an amazing childhood of TV. Best Sundays ever. Thanks Richard

[@jonmittlsteadt4297]

Glad to know I'm not the only person who remembers Brainiac

[@sukhdevr3489]

Unfortunately Dave took out about 15 minutes from each episode for adverts which was a shame but TG from 03-09 especially was amazing.

[@muiresuilgorm3452]

​@@sukhdevr3489 Awww.

[@GoinDownhill361]

The chemistry these three guys have was the key. The way they berated each other so naturally, mocking about... you can't buy that.

[@FrozenDung]

BBC made a huge mistake Surely it was their biggest show

[@prodfauxes]

@@FrozenDung amazon basically just put the show back on I bet the beebs is absolutely livid about it

[@shsh-he5qg]

@@FrozenDung think that was more to do with what Jeremy did and said ! The absolute fool !

[@muiresuilgorm3452]

​@@prodfauxes They didn't have much choice. A BBC producer got punched in the face. H&S.

[@laurencefahey3132]

I pulled into the petrol station and chatted to Richard for 15 minutes, in his early days as he said . What a top bloke he was super friendly

[@muiresuilgorm3452]

He seems lovely. Very popular with children.

[@KicktoTouch]

Seeing one of them in a petrol station is like seeing a lion in the wild... you saw him in his natural habitat 😅

[@alanflint7732]

They say that travel broadens the mind. I think I can hear that effect in how he talks about all this. He has been to all these places, and done all this stuff. Yet he's not boastful, just accepting of it in a thankful way.

[@john.premose]

Except in the case of that shouty thing he works with

[@ItsSVO]

@@john.premose clarkson is playing up to that a lot of the time, not that he isn’t outspoken and a bit audacious normally but he dials it up to 11 for the show.

[@theproblemmustbeinyourpant5910]

Hammond is too humble. Their talent was being completely natural in front of a huge audience and many cameras. The three of them just pissing around having natural banter Is a complete rarity if the world of television. Thats the root of why we love them.

[@timboned5305]

Hammond talking about that authenticity the shows have/had being important is 100% true. His enthusiasm, love, and knowledge is led me to buying my RS. Perfect recommendation, and hopefully next I'll take Jeremy's advice on something expensive lol.

[@ANGELOFDARKification]

Come for the cars.... stay for the banter between mates

[@feandil666]

Love his humility, and how he recognises he was so lucky :) their being down to earth is probably the biggest part of their success

[@gerrardruthven5115]

There is no humility. Trust me, having worked with him, he is an arrogant miserable little man.

[@MjauDuuude]

I've never been interested in cars at all but I LOVE these guys and watched it religiously

[@Iamahumanehuman]

Loved Top Gear man. One of the best shows I’ve ever enjoyed ever.

[@hedwignl8118]

Same!

[@Badbhoys]

One of the best shows in the WORLD

[@Sagaris380]

I could sit and watch the boys talk about how and why and all of the behind the scenes of top gear all day long. What an amazing ride Top Gear was. Great interview and thoughtful questions.

[@chadspurling7411]

The North Pole special is probably some of the best Television ever made. They took us to exotic places in relatable ways.

[@Lucky_Logan]

The way Hammond described it when he was asked why people watched it and loved the show? It’s an escape. That is the most honest you can be. It was an escape from reality. Escape for work, drama, heartbreak, etc. while Top Gear was on, like for me, I always forgot about my problems whenever it was on. Like only thing that I was paying attention to, the most relaxed, etc. and I feel the same way when watching The Grand Tour. I wish I could have been a part of the team, I think these 3 knobs would be the best people to be around

[@vvt-i_7731]

Saw them twice in South Africa, definitely one of the highlights of my life… was a sight to see them alongside Ken Block too!

[@claudialandgraf4450]

Its so great that he admittes that its mostly luck. Being at the right place at the right time. You can apply for 100 jobs - its not your decision to be hired its the decision of the boss to hire you. Thats the truth behind every sekfmade story: huge amounts of luck plus some hard work.

[@Under_Construction100]

I like this comment. And I like what he said about luck. I think even Bartlet did mention in one of the previous episodes that luck has got its own significant amount of role that it plays but most people won't admit it or don't realise it because it makes them think that their pure effort wasn't enough. Luck plays a huge huge huge role

[@sheriemirza6988]

@@Under_Construction100 Absolutely. Switched careers in 30s and it took 4 years of work but the real click happened when an opportunity came in the 4th year. Yes you need to b ready and prepped and have work ethic etc but if an opportunity didn't come and take me up it won't have happened.

[@Showmetheevidence-]

100% disagree. It’s time, luck, hard work, talent, passion and a whole complicated mix of things. It’s not just “ooh he was in the right place”.

[@Showmetheevidence-]

@@sheriemirza6988and you don’t see that the opportunity simply wouldn’t come without the hard work?

[@markwoolgar2781]

You make your own luck, if you are there in that position it is usually because you have worked to be there.....

[@nwcustomdecals]

At 40 years old now, I've watched top gear since I was in high school 2000 2001. Somewhere in there. I fell in love with the show not because of the cars but because of the relationship between them. The humor, the camaraderie between each other. The Joy, the frustration. It brought me back every single time

[@cdcaterham]

I had four brothers and every Christmas dinner growing up we all talked about Top Gear with Dad. Poor Mum. I am the youngest and only daughter. Top Gear was great.

[@pacholek14]

Had the pleasure of going to the live show in Warsaw. I remember it very fondly, listening to the trio perform in front of us, live, at a time when Top Gear was pretty much always on on the telly back at home. Great memories and with the particular live show being brought up now and again I always get a feeling of being a part of that story. Inspiring work lads, keep it up!

[@MSI2k]

Hammond is such an amazing speaker. I could listen to his speak all day. Everything he says is so genuine and well articulated. Matey boy is from the radio broadcast world and it really shows.

[@rubytbh]

my dad always watched top gear when I was really young, now im a teenager and I watch it with him. I don't care much about cars but I adore that show and I think I always will, there's just something about it.

[@deanworsley5208]

Escape is what it was for me, absolutely. These three got me through deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan due to the fact that they were so relatable, they're just 'blokes' and what they did was genius comedy and adventure. Thank you, Hammond, May and Clarkson 👏👏👏

[@tonybytheway7543]

Three mates having a great time plus cars, with a tremendous amount of humour thrown in. The chemistry of the three is what made this successful. Thank you guys, loved every minute.

[@leventsurenkok8105]

As a Turkish citizen living in Turkey Top Gear had a profound impact on my sense of humor and understanding the British culture. I remember some of my best memories in middle school was when watching the show.

[@wisdomSP]

Yup. They made the best show they could and we watched all of it. Car shows have never been the same since.

[@chenyuliu7838]

Then three are the market disrupters that introduced a new experience for us viewers, thank you for everything Hammond.

[@SubXaeroZA]

They are 3 down to earth guys, each brining their own flavour to the show, their friendships, the jokes, the pranks, their knowledge of motoring history that made it fun for me to watch.

[@jakes_18]

Literally the best show there was because of those 3, still entertains me over and over.

[@djeucho]

Jeremy, Richard and James really lit up my childhood I never got tired of watching Top Gear it's just sad that the current Top Gear will never be as good as the Top Gear i grew up watching

[@clungechewerGM]

So glad I grew up in top gear generation.. absolutely british tv gold that will never be replicated again.. thank you James, Richard and Jeremy.. I salute you all

[@SNOWVIPER1976]

Top Gear made my heart beat, made me laugh hard, made me cry, made me want long for my own adventure. They helped me through a rough period in my life. To this day they have a fan that will always follow and support them to the end. Thank you, I love you all.

[@kurtmortimore3778]

The 3 best British personalities to ever grace the earth. I watched top gear with my grandad every Sunday before my dad dropped me back to my mums and to this day I’m a fan boy of the grand tour. Hammond is right. It was a total escape when those three were on your tv. Long live Hammond Clarkson and May!

[@davidgarofalo5418]

I got a good tax rebate in 2010 and after watching Top Gear in Vietnam I booked my ticket. One of the best experiences of my life.

[@Suileron]

One of the best things truly humble successful people can admit is that it's a lot of luck. It doesn't invalidate any of the hard work they've done! But a huge part of success most people never want to acknowledge is that it is a lot of right places, right people and right times. Awesome interview and awesome man!

[@daniellozano7821]

James, Richard, and Jeremy bring me back to a wonderful time in my life. It's like seeing old friends. Absolutely joyous watching top gear

[@hooligan1017]

The reason for the show is that it felt real, these three guys would be funny in any other show because of their chemistry ( look up the Top Gear redoing some persons backyard it’s hilarious ). But you combine that chemistry and the passion all of three of them have for cars. You get one of the best TVs shows ever in my humble opinion.

[@s44yyr]

The best episodes weren't the big trips. They were the low budget UK car challenges (supercars, Porsches, Alfa's, old people's car etc). Best trip was the Vietnam special

[@grahamlowe314]

The Bolivian special was the best

[@1greener]

Both of those trips are top tier, followed by the Africa special locating the true source of the Nile.

[@ThumbsUP-ThumbsDOWN]

Come on Burma special was best, but I loved them all.

[@cmcm94]

The channel crossing is a favourite of mine.

[@JudyCZ]

Yeah, I have a soft spot for some of the most "normal" episodes. Like when they all bought the same BMW convertibles (I don't care anymore if it was done on purpose).

[@Under_Construction100]

Im glad to have "known" these gentlemen as the trio that they were. Even my kids love this trio ❤❤❤

[@UnicronTGOC]

People often say "are you guilty of your success?" No because when you come from modest beginnings it's everyone's aspirations to get better as they get older. Why do we wake up in the morning 🌄 ?

[@RatbaGAMES]

The shows popularity was never about the cars it was always the chemistry and friendship between the three blokes rambling on about who’s car is better

[@samkaraca1337]

I love you Richard! You say we tried to make the best “car show” we could… In my opinion you guys made the best show ever. You have influenced my love of cars. Love your science and tech docs also… 🤘 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

[@hatef823]

It's interesting that these guys shaped part of me as a teenager, and the passion that I have about cars

[@fosterfuchs]

I had never heard of Top Gear, when I selected an episode on my seatback screen during a flight. It was the one with the race from London to Milan (train vs. Mustang). I was hooked instantly. Richard is correct that people can identify with one of the three blokes. For me it's definitely James May. I'm also this nerdy-leaning guy who enjoys useless trivia. James is the prime example of what Richard mentioned, that the right presenter can make any subject matter interesting. Consider the Reassembler episodes. Absolutely boring and brilliant.

[@RD19902010]

same here, the Vietnam special was on an Emirates flight. Bam, a fan.

[@mjtsirhc]

I loved Top Gear for the same reason I like Oh Cook (by James May). Not because of the cars (or the cooking), but cos of the guys. I could watch them do anything and be entertained.

[@MacMelmac]

Don't forgetvthe brilliant team behind the sound, music, pictures, epic scenary!

[@camerontubb895]

The one thing that always was a constant and excited me week in week out was knowing Topgear was going to be on Sunday night. Me and my dad sitting together cup of tea and busicuits the night before school and work for my dad. It’s such a massive part of people lives.

[@jasonlight8813]

What strikes me about Richard Hammond is his authenticity. He always comes across as a straight-up decent chap. I've never met him but genuinely like him regardless.

[@jermainyjacobs7826]

Seeing them in person is South Africa was unreal. 🇿🇦

[@LynnEbury-k7s]

These lads are not JUST TV presenters, neither are they JUST a TRIO.Oh NO. They are most DEFINITELY a BROTHERHOOD. NO ONE could EVER replace them. Thank you lads.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Deugzo1]

For me & my mates it was about watching 3 genuine blokes take cars that we could never afford, put them on a track, then out into the world on real roads & give us the viewer an honest report on how good or how crap they were!! all with a sense of humour & the age old saying of “how hard can that be”! Also it was the only show that kept us up to date with all the latest cars coming out & what the automotive industry was doing

[@zax8961]

The "how hard can it be" still sends shivers down the spine lol

[@hedwignl8118]

Richard talks about luck but also to dare take risks in following your heart. He took huge pay cuts by his bold choice to change jobs and luckily it penned out. It’s risk and luck to dare to follow your heart in trying to do what you love/like to do career wise. It think it worked out fabulously!

[@James-yy4vl]

The ‘guilt’ question was very telling. Hammond answers with a humility and self awareness that Steven Bartlett simply doesn’t possess. That why Hammond is so well liked and finds it easy to answer the question while Bartlett when asked the question was “stunned into silence”.

[@torr3n]

i watched top gear since i was a kid, i waited for new translated episodes, and now as i learned english, i watch it almost on daily, and i like it for the people that were leading it, not just cars

[@sladebrannon6917]

The dynamic of the 3 is what made it. Love for all of them…Hammond singularly is really a gem. A brilliant and clever wise ass, that could also narrate a children’s book that you could put on to get your kids to sleep.

[@kpr1969]

Miss the Christmas specials terribly Christmas used to be about the big specials, all now gone

[@neilreid2298]

Nothing but great memories from every single episode. Good times, good times...

[@Monsterized301]

It's like watching Clarkson's farm. I could care less about farming, but it's Jezza, so I'm going to watch it and I found myself enjoying it and learning new things.

[@Vwall007ST]

Jeremy, Richard and James are a national treasure. They are such a big part of my upbringing. From when I was 6 watching with my dad till now being 25 I've been watching them cock about. It's the most relaxing and fun thing to watch seeing three average blokes get together and being wonderful. And after 19 years I'm still not a car fanatic, I just watched for their chemistry, their jokes and their dumb and epic stunts. For me it was just a big escape, to calm down. I could binge their show for hours after hours. I think some episodes I've seen over 20 times, just because it was on at the moment on the telly and there was nothing else interesting on at the moment and I wasn't bothered to watch Netflix or anything else.

[@slowery43]

we truly couldn't care any less, this video is not the "What does Vwall think and how old was he when he watched TG". You seem to think everyone came here hoping to hear all about you

[@Vwall007ST]

@@slowery43 you depressed or something?

[@soul111smasher]

Very impressed with Richards perspectives and thoughts about topgear, really grounded and insightful

[@TheKruxed]

I like what he says about risk, luck and inserting yourself into a position to exploit them. Many times I have said to myself I'm too worried or scared to make a fool out of myself, or to fail, but if you never try then you're always going to fail and you'll never create the chances to insert yourself into that luck.

[@wanderingambience799]

I love these guys and I have so many wonderful memories of all the adventures they went on. So incredibly thankful.

[@elvismulenga1293]

Their whole connection those three is what made the TG show the best motoring show on the planet They literally were the coolest things I’d sit and watch in my childhood days I loved the show and still love it Exceptional humans these They made the car geeks community so cool and worthwhile

[@PinguTheG]

He is right, but also being humble. The 3 presenters are all excellent at what they do. Structuring segments, providing consistent narrative and opinion, with their own distinct but complementary styles. Richard certainly has a unique presenting and writing style, and he makes every program he’s in very interesting and tangible, be it BIG, brainiac or top gear itself. His talent to turn STEM subjects into something entertaining and relatable is not to be sneered at, whether it was learned or natural. Richard is approachable, energetic and takes you by the hand to explore & learn. James has a charismatic geeky style which draw you in with wit and passion. Jeremy is one of the most accomplished journalistic writers of his time, which is punctuated by his signature over-the-top and brilliant sarcastic style. The team also had stellar creativity. Combine their genuine/approachable personalities, their journalism and the team’s creativity to plan & film interesting pieces, there is a lot of quality going into top gear.

[@milesbuckley4679]

You are and were honest, thank you all.

[@cbrboy76]

Top gear was one of those shows that the whole familly gathered to watch on sunday evening and have a good laugh doing.

[@Joestg030]

Much love to you 3 from Ghana. I love you lots and your passion for how these machines😊

[@augustinejudechetty9166]

They don't give themselves enough credit, but his articulation about the luck bit was so relatable at the same time. And that's the genius about their show, being able to pin things down and verbalize them

[@Phantomdirt]

For me, it was me and my dad bonding over something, was never into sports growing up and he was. Watched these every Sunday night with him, couldn’t believe it when I won grand tour tickets, a memory I will have forever. Ofcourse I took my dad!

[@abhisheklakshman3663]

It's like those once in a lifetime event that these three met together to create the best time of our life.

[@pur3xmagiic]

I used to excitedly finish my paper round as a boy on a Sunday morning, and I'd go and buy the newest top gear magazine, a chocolate milkshake, and I'd run home with the rest of my wages and watch the new episode. Was my FAVOURITE show as a kid. Soon as May Clarkson and Hammond left, was the last time I sat and watched top gear. Broke my heart when it all changed

[@nathannavachenja3513]

Top gear and the cast of Richard, May and Jeremy can only be imitated but will never be optimally replaced

[@sani-us-nainrajpoot7382]

I dont know ABC of cars and dont even know how to drive but I still watch old shows and amazon show because of these three. Incredible shows

[@justinvoelker9781]

Top gear really shaped my life and my passion for cars, it’s crazy to think that now I’m getting to have similar experiences to these 3 guys and live out my car dreams with my friends

[@dankoneon]

For me initially it was about the cars but after a couple episodes it became about the dynamic the trio had. The way they acted as if they had been friends since they were kids made it great tv.

[@looscrew6077]

I had a very ill child and went through bankruptcy to care for her, thank you to you three for top gear, im unsure what would have happened to me without the escape called top gear

[@comealongcomealong4480]

@looscrew6077 Sounds like a very intense time in your life. I'm guessing the Three would be pleased and more that their buffoonery lightened your load a little at the time.

[@seanfrank4158]

I always felt like Richard, James, and Jeremy were 3 guys you could meet up with at the pub to have a few beers and a few laughs with. Those years Top Gear was at the pinnacle of popularity were really good indeed.

[@Chris-jg3km]

This guy is a British legend, no doubt about it. As well as the other two top gear lads of course.

[@benische]

I've never looked forward to any show more than Top Gear.

[@Ghettofish360]

Buddy you 3x mean so much to a generations of people and I'm one of them and all I can do is say thank u and that made a small part of my childhood enjoyable as most was shit but guys brought so much joy if I saw yh I would hug you like I know you. Thank you for the memories and thank you for laughing at james when he was getting wet that moment there will live in my head forever

[@jordanwillrog]

Can I just say I am very upset about the last grand tour But thank you for making it

[@potluckfishing]

The specials were just that, special. Bolivia, Botswana, Vietnam.

[@chrissilvester5663]

I grew up watching these 3 middle aged man with a passion for cars giving us so many incredibly funny moments for the last 20 odd years. Even to this day the specials they do on The Grand Tour is still as funny & watchable as when they first started Top Gear. Jeremy, Richard & James made that show into the world wide phenomenon it became simple as that.

[@PiotrekSzostak]

I was on that 60 thousand show, it was great, very fond memories

[@musiKars]

The midget is right, I've watched a few TG specials with my sister who doesn't know anything about cars but she laughed and enjoyed every moment of it

[@vkturbo7676]

They were basically like any group of mates who have fun and a laugh at each others expense but also able to look back at what they have achieved. Something educational but funny as well, people will watch anything if some enjoys it and can have a laugh about it too

[@Speed.Racer.5]

The scripted parts didn't bother me because you could still tell they were having fun.

[@josephgarza5590]

My favorite show growing up

[@bufferbridge]

Basically, three mates taking the piss out of one another and pissing about, what's not to like?, just what the rest of us would love to do!, thank you guys for the best memories

[@TunerGuy_90]

Top Gear!!!!! Hands down, the best show of all time imo. I started watching TG, on BBC back in 2005-06 ish. And I agree with his words. It WAS the best show!!! Cars, comedy, chemistry, traveling, challenges, science. It was just 👌🖤!!! I literally got Amazon Prime just to watch TG and GT. Hampster, May, Clarkson. The best trio on TV!!!

[@andyjohnson4767]

Still think one of the best episodes was the best driving roads, seen it so many times

[@hamishcounsell5579]

Top gear wasnt just a show showing off cars it was also a travel show as well watching 3 blokes traveling the world and having fun doing it was peak television imo.