"the Grand Tour" Blasts From The Past(2018) May 2026

The episode " Blasts from the Past " (Season 2, Episode 8) features a unique tour of Europe's historic motorsport locations using "new-old" cars: modern recreations of 1950s classics built to their original specifications.

: Driven by Hammond, this recreation of the legendary 1957 car proved difficult to handle, even requiring Hammond to briefly "join" Jaguar as an employee to legally drive it. "The Grand Tour" Blasts from the Past(2018)

: Clarkson returns to the Eboladrome to give the Ford GT a proper track review, praising its speed but criticizing the V6 engine's lack of character. The episode " Blasts from the Past "

: Driven by Clarkson, this is a "continuation" model built by Aston Martin to 1950s designs. : Driven by Clarkson, this is a "continuation"

: James May joins the trip in a modern hatchback to prove that contemporary engineering is superior in every practical way. Historic Sites :

: The trip concludes at this 1923 banked track near Barcelona, which features extreme 78-degree slopes . Additional Segments

The main film follows Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond as they test whether these painstaking recreations can handle the rigors of a modern road trip.