Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming third season of The Grand Tour
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MOTORING fans won't have to wait long to see more of the gut-busting, action-comedy that is The Grand Tour.
After a successful first two seasons, the Jeremy Clarkson series is back with an all new flavour.
Joined by co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May, the former Top Gear team are gearing up for their best season yet.
Here's everything you need to know about The Grand Tour season three.
The new season will launch worldwide on Friday 18 January, 2019.
Season 3 is scheduled later than anticipated, with the first season running from November 2016 to February 2017, while season two started just a bit later in December.
Clarkson also revealed a sneak peak into filming of the new season in April this year, squashing cancellation rumours.
Just as the first two seasons, The Grand Tour will be exclusive to .
Fans can already watch the entire first two seasons on Amazon Prime anytime.
Membership to the service costs £79.99 a year (£7.99 a month if you pay in instalments), or you can sign up for a . Alternatively, you can buy access to Amazon Prime Video alone for just £5.99 a month.
Viewers can also buy tickets through Amazon to watch the studio sections of the show being filmed.
While it was previously thought season three would be the last for The Grand Tour, Jeremy Clarkson recently announced a further two at least.
Speaking at the premiere of the third season, the host claimed Amazon had asked them to continue with more episodes.
But season four will follow a new format, as the cast has already announced they will no longer be doing studio shows.
Instead, the season is likely to be made up of a series of road trip specials, leaving the big tent behind.
The petrol-heads previously announced they had signed a new two-year deal with Amazon for at least four specials a year - but the latest reveal suggests fans will see far more than that.
Reminiscent of their Top Gear jaunts to places such as Vietnam and Botswana, future seasons will be filmed around the world.
The first trailer for season three shows Clarkson, Hammond and May up to their usual antics.
It opens with Hammond risking his life - again - by driving a massive Chevy truck across a rickety wooden bridge with no side rails miles off the forest floor.
Captain Slow plays the bagpipes, while Jeremy Clarkson uses a forklift mounted on the back of a Jeep Wrangler to rise up to the lightning in the night sky.
In an uncharacteristic move, Clarkson also tries his hand at cycling - much to the annoyance of the traffic he causes behind him.
You can also expect fast cars, revving engines, noisy exhausts and car tracks in the shape of a penis.
And, of course, no season of Grand Tour would be complete without a explosions, with a plane and helicopter both blown to smithereens.
Adding to the enormous list of places the trio have already featured in the years of testing cars, the show heads to Colombia, Mongolia, China, Detroit, Nevada - and Stansted Airport.
However, the giant tent is left at home in 'Jeremy's garden' in the Cotswolds.
The original Amazon deal saw The Grand Tour trio sign on for 36 episodes over three years.
Having already used up 24 of those in the first two seasons, it's likely season three will feature 12 episodes.
The release of season three of the show is expected to tie in with a new game for PS4 and Xbox One.
The racing game, made by Amazon Game Studios, is inspired by the on-screen efforts of the former Top Gear hosts.
Users will get to drive around iconic locations, including The Grand Tour's Eboladrome test track.
But there's a catch.
The game will be episodic, with each episode of the TV show getting its own game episode too, meaning you'll have to wait for a new episode each week.
