New Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May Show will cost you $300 to watch
As we have been reporting about then you show for the Ex Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. We know they are back on television with a insane superstar $250 million deal for three years and 36 episodes courtesy of our favorite shopping website Amazon. Before you get all happy at the return of the best team in car show television history there is one big thing you need to know before you get too excited. There’s no point in debating, because the old hosts made Top Gear one of the best car related shows ever created but now Chris Evans is in charge of the old show. Aside from that important factor we need to touch on the issue of pricing.
In order to see the trio on Amazon Prime you’ll need to spend a rather large $99 per year and there’s no monthly payment plan either. So you’re looking at spending $300 over three years to watch 36 episodes, which is ridiculous considering people online don’t want to spend on anything to watch an episode. The real issue here is that Amazon may require you to buy a Prime account and still charge you extra for the new episodes, like it does for other movies. To make matters even worse the show will be on Instant Video which means you have no other options you do shows. Prime Instant Video is currently only available in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Japan. So if you don’t live in any of these countries mentioned, you won’t be watching new Top Gear any time soon.
Even if Amazon supplies the crew with a monstrous production budget, there’s no way this show is going to be as good as the old one in our opinion. There will be a new Stig and track which would make lapping supercars somewhat not relevant anymore to compare to the old track times. We’re delighted to have the three hosts back in cars that we love, but they should’ve picked a different solution that wasn’t as expensive and was available in more places for example Netflix or Hulu Plus. These providers are easily accessible from almost anywhere, cost less and would’ve allowed car enthusiasts to focus on the show instead of thinking if the should spend that kind of money. We were spoiled long enough I guess with cheaply and easily accessible Top Gear and now that’s all changed because of profit margins. Any hope of Top Gear remaining a show for the car lover community has officially come to an end.