Jeremy Clarkson’s new Amazon show is called The Grand Tour

Jennifer Ruby11 May 2016

Jeremy Clarkson’s brand new Amazon motoring show is to be called The Grand Tour.

After months of deliberation, it seems that the former Top Gear host has finally come up with a name for his eagerly-awaited show.

Set to air on Amazon Prime this autumn, the name reportedly stems from the fact the show will be based in a number of different countries.

On Wednesday afternoon, Clarkson wrote on Twitter: “Start the smoke. We have a name.”

He added: "So, the Grand Tour (GT for short) will come from a tent, which we will put up in a different location every week. Your town?"

An official statement on their website reads:

"After months of deliberation and lots of useful suggestions from the public, for which the guys are very grateful, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have decided that, because they are taking their new Amazon Prime Show around the world, it will be called The Grand Tour.

"Not only will the guys travel to different locations, but for the first time ever the studio audience recordings will travel every week, all housed within a giant tent. Amazon customers will have the chance to be in the audience when tickets are released through prize draws this summer."

Clarkson and co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond have been struggling to come up with a title for the show in recent months.

Writing in his Sunday Times column recently, Clarkson said: "When I first signed up with Amazon Prime to make a new motoring show I knew all sorts of problems lay ahead.

"There was one problem, however, that I hadn't even considered. And it has turned out to be the biggest of the lot: Choosing a name."

Earlier this month he revealed that the new show cannot contain the word "gear" for legal reasons.

Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc have taken over as hosts on the revamped Top Gear, which will air on May 29.

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