Amazon’s automotive juggernaut is officially changing hands. According to a recent report by Jared Rosenholtz at Motor1.com, The Grand Tour will return for its seventh season on September 4, 2026. The major twist? Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are gone. In their place is a new trio pulled directly from the internet’s biggest automotive and transport channels.
James Engelsman and Thomas Holland, the creators behind the wildly popular YouTube channel Throttle House, are taking over hosting duties alongside TikTok train enthusiast Francis Bourgeois. This isn’t a hostile takeover, though. Clarkson himself officially passed the torch to this new generation in a February 2026 promotional video, formally giving his blessing to the exact new lineup.
Amazon isn’t changing the formula that made the series a global hit. The streaming platform is leaning into the transition with a rather blunt new tagline: “Same show. New knobs.” Fans can expect all six new episodes to drop simultaneously. The trio will cross the Angolan desert in track cars, dive deep into Malaysian car culture, and test performance vehicles across California. The production will be available to stream across more than 240 countries and territories.
But the transition to high-budget television apparently comes with some serious physical punishment. One of the new episodes involves a direct challenge against military fighter jets. Engelsman already confirmed the stunt doesn’t end well for the new hosts, joking that they learned how to accept defeat gracefully after trying to protest the results from a mountaintop.
The Verdict: The era of Clarkson, Hammond, and May is definitively over. By promoting prominent digital creators to a premium streaming flagship, Amazon is betting that the organic chemistry of YouTube stars can survive the jump to a major television production. If you loved the miserable, high-stakes road trips of the original series, September 4 is worth marking on your calendar.