The Grand Tour Season 2 - Episode 1 May 2026

Did they succeed? Let’s break down Episode 1, titled

The Grand Tour Season 2 is streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video . The Grand Tour Season 2 - Episode 1

It’s not the greatest episode of the trio’s career, but it’s a massive sigh of relief. The forced aggression is gone, replaced by genuine silliness and a surprisingly emotional ending. The Main Film: A $3 Million Car Puzzle The core challenge is classic Grand Tour . Each host is given £1 million (about $1.3 million USD) to buy three cars —one from the past, one from the present, and one from the future. They then drive them from the blistering heat of Death Valley to the snowy peaks of the Sierra Nevada. Did they succeed

You don’t need to have seen Season 1. Just know that the studio audience stands for “The American” driver (he’s still there, but thankfully he talks less now). The forced aggression is gone, replaced by genuine

Enjoy the ride—it’s good to have the boys back.

After a first season that felt like it was trying too hard to be Top Gear (complete with a dead celebrity and a test track that looked suspiciously like an airfield in the Woolsery), Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May returned for Season 2 with a clear mission: relax, have fun, and let the chemistry do the work.