I'm not ashamed to admit that when the camera panned up to show the front of the old Lancia Beta and the rear of the old Mercedes, I felt tears form in my eyes.
"It's got it's eye back!" So goofy, and yet this was the moment I started crying. That headlight went around the world with him, and all of us, and got a chance to go back to where it came from one last time. I'll really miss these three. Let's hope we get some great successors in their spirit in the future soon.
Does that mean, whoever it is, brought the car back from Mozambican border (or wherever it ends up after the show) all the way to Kubu Island, which I assumed they brought it back in order to restore the missing door, that's kinda nuts now that I think about it.
As Bilbo Baggins once said; there & back again. Its quite poetic that the ended The Grand Tour; going to the sane place where they started the first episode of Top Gear at.
I originally watched this without subtitles and had no idea what the Makgadikgadi was. I thought they were saying something like ''The Mechanicaddie" and thought it was some obscure motoring term.
Men will cry under 3 circumstances: birth of their child, death of a loved one and this final episode. These three were family to the world and gave so many great memories. Their antics and adventures will be missed.
this was kind of planned, James Mercedes was never right by the Lancia, it was in a grass field by itself. and the Lancia use to not have wheels for the longest time.
Botswana special james may's merc didn't really broke down once and this time it's staaaaag too But both jermey and richerd's cars broke down few times in the orginal borwasana special and this one too. While this time it was other way around. Jermey lancia beta brokedown countless times but montecarlo did not that much. While oliver run almost faultless apart from richerd taking it for a swim😂😂 but his ford brokedown was the problem child thia tike around 😅 Thank you to all three
Lol sorry but they got to the other side of Botswana, completely wrecked. No doors. No windows. Now suddenly they turn up on the other side of Botswana, clean, unstolen and restored, and they act all shocked. Absolute lolz.
Windows can be replaced and roof could have been welded. If I recall correctly, Jeremy mentioned in the Botswana special, that Mercedes were pretty popular around, so getting the parts wouldn't have been an issue.
