Episode 4 of The Grand Tour was an interesting one for me. On one hand, seeing James’ head sticking out of his Poomobile was one of the most hilarious things I have seen all week. On the other hand, watching James pull in a bunch of construction/mining equipment seemed a bit forced. In fact, I’m getting that feeling a lot from TGT (more of an observation than complaint).
But enough about me; Episode 4 included a proper and exciting road test with a Porsche 911 GT3 RS and a BMW M4 GTS, a couple of lines from The American that actually made me chuckle and not glare at the screen, a new and improved way to smuggle people in cars, and of course, the highly publicized “enviro-mental” challenge where the boys had to rebuild Land Rover Discoveries with more “eco-friendly” body work.
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So how was the episode received by media outlets and fans around the globe? Well, let’s find out!
Jeremy Clarkson builds car made of cow flesh and bones with ears for wing mirrors in The Grand Tour episode 5 https://t.co/vCajBmZSQ8 pic.twitter.com/H0BiUhJMCN
— The Sun (@TheSun) December 9, 2016
The Grand Tour is everything that was wrong with Clarkson-era Top Gear https://t.co/bDy8qQzqUy
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 9, 2016
Episode Review: @thegrandtour's gag-laden fourth installment actually workshttps://t.co/eD2Ex3Yylh pic.twitter.com/YdUPT7QJZx
— Autoblog (@therealautoblog) December 9, 2016
2 was awful, 4 just come out it's just as good as 1&3
— Kirsty Allen (@kirstyallen7) December 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/MichaelEvan007/status/807047375873253376
Episode 4 of #TheGrandTour is classic! Just what I've been missing!
— Pamela Isley (@DocPIsley) December 9, 2016
Wow Episode 4 of #TheGrandTour was bad.
— Andres Nino (@AfNino) December 9, 2016
Hate to say it @RichardHammond @JeremyClarkson is right and the BMW M4 is still better. watching #TheGrandTour
— Nick (@Nickrad0911) December 9, 2016
I might go hoarse from laughing at those eco cars, ha-ha! Loved it #TheGrandTour
— Kate Adams (@KateAda42607479) December 9, 2016
Let us know what you thought of the episode in the comments!
Episode 4 has to be the worst episode of any Top Gear / Grand Tour episode so far, apart from the Porsche GT3 bit. It went downhill from there and the eco-car segment almost made me stop watching.
I really hope they can bring it back to basics, and stop doing the nonsensical scripted bits.
Episode 4 was HILARIOUS!! My daughter and I laughed our arses off! If you didn’t get the overall joke making fun of “enviro-mentalists” complete delusion that we can somehow make cars out of something else besides what we do make cars out of to “save” the planet then god help you.
Personally I thought episode 4 was hysterical, haven’t laughed so much in ages! Wasn’t keen on episode 2 but have loved all the others so far.
Episode 4 was spotty….enjoyed the 911 test, the meat car was just gross.
I thought episode four was hilarious. I also think many people missed an important point: the amount of resources and energy consumed and pollution generated in the production of a new car; if your old car is not belching smoke everywhere, it’s less wasteful and harmful to the environment to keep it than rush out and buy these “eco-friendly” misnomers.