: Drummers Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) and Stewart Copeland (The Police) compete to find the world's fastest drummer from a band starting with "P". Notable Technical Trivia
: James May joins the trip in a modern hatchback to prove that contemporary engineering is superior in every practical way. Historic Sites :
: The car features a dramatic lowering trick enabled by a combination of torsion bars and coil springs with hydraulic actuators. Blasts from the past | The Grand Tour Wiki | Fandom
: 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 " (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 main film follows Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond as they test whether these painstaking recreations can handle the rigors of a modern road trip.