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How do historical Top Gear presenters roll?

 How do historical Top Gear presenters roll?


 For decades, they've been the go-to hosts of the world's most-watched car show, Top Gear. Jeremy Clarkson, James May or Richard Hammond always meet with worldwide success with their new show The Grand Tour. But how do those who embody the automobile on screen drive? What is their daily car?

 

Since 1988, Englishman Jeremy Clarkson has presented the car show Top Gear, sold to televisions all over the world. In 2015, amazement! His contract was not renewed by the BBC after a fight between Jeremy and a producer. Since then, he hosts with his two faithful friends James May and Richard Hammond, the show The Grand Tour, always around the automobile. Let's go into their garage.

 

 
 

 

 Jeremy Clarkson can fall in love Jeremy Clarkson has always been known for his outspokenness, and never hesitates to shoot down a car he doesn't like. In return, he can also have real favorites for certain models. While filming in Scotland during the final season of The Grand Tour, he falls in love with an Alfa Romeo GTV6. It will end up in his garage. On a daily basis, Jeremy is known to drive a Volvo XC90, of which he has owned at least four examples. Not sure, on the other hand, that he goes to get his bread in a Ford GT, a car he owned but which caused him some problems. Not only was it too big to ride it comfortably, but numerous electronic issues marred its history with it. An eclectic collection This does not prevent him from driving a Ferrari F355 in Spider version, a car bought once again after a test drive in Top Gear. But the one he often talked about was the Mercedes CLK 63 AMG Black Series. A car he loved despite frequent battery problems. Until the day he sold it for good. The latest arrival in the host's garage is a McLaren 675LT. Certainly what the United Kingdom does best in sports.

 


 
ames May is capable of the worst as well as the best Another historic host of The Grand Tour, the friendly James May started driving on a modest 1978 Vauxhall Cavalier bought when it already had more than 160,000 km. Over the years, he has owned a Saab 9.5 Aero, a Fiat Panda replaced by a BMW i3, or even a 1984 Porsche 911 3.2 liter, which he still considers the best car he has ever bought. . English but not only Sold here as the Nissan Sunny, the Datsun 120Y was also part of James's cars. At the other end of the social scale, a Rolls-Royce Corniche or a Bentley T2 represent for James a nice revenge on his first car. But like Jeremy, he also owns a Ferrari, the very sporty 458.

 


 
Richard Hammond is a true collector Finally it is certainly the third thief of the band who is the most collector at heart. Richard Hammond has owned everything, from the 1931 Lagonda, to the Land Rover Defender, passing through Jaguars from the 60s, Ford Mustangs, a converted Combi, a Buick Riviera or a Porsche 928. Among all those he has sold, there is also a Fiat Barchetta, a Ferrari 550 Maranello, a Dodge Challenger SRT-8, a 2009 Aston Martin DBS Volante, a Lamborghini Gallardo and a host of Porsches. Like his comrades, Hammond is a true enthusiast

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