Last week, we told you that Jeremy Clarkson's new show will be announced soon. Now, rumors are ripe that the former "Top Gear" presenter, along with Richard Hammond and James May, is about to tell us where they're headed.
"Clarkson has confirmed he will front a new motoring show with Captain Slow and Hamster, which is likely to be revealed within the next few weeks," according to a report by The Sunday Times.
Along with the new show, May also stated that he will be fronting another motoring show for BBC2 called "Building Cars Live."It will reportedly "track in real time the transformation from raw materials to finished vehicle."
Broadcast from BMW's Mini factory in Oxford, the two-part 90-minute show will also be co-presented by "Springwatch's" Kate Humble, car restorer Ant Anstead and Channel 4's "For The Love of Car's" Philip Glenister.
Both shows will supposedly premiere before BBC's "Top Gear" airs "some time after next March."
As to which broadcaster Clarkson, May and Hammond have set their sights on, two frontrunners have emerged. According to The Daily Mail's source, Jeremy Clarkson's new show is "very close" to closing a "big-money deal" with Netflix. Apart from the trio, former "Top Gear" executive producer Andy Wilman is also included in the negotiations.
But Clarkson's "See you on the flip side" comment suggests they're headed to British broadcaster ITV, according to Variety.
And just because Clarkson is not appearing on television doesn't mean he's stayed out of controversy. Spanish news website Olive Press reported that the 55-year-old presenter is facing backlash for a damning review of the SEAT Leon.
Clarkson reportedly described the Leon as "lukewarm paella" in a car review he wrote for The Sunday Times. He also said that he has never driven a car from the Spanish marquee as he "never saw the point." "Jezza" even questioned why one would want to drive a Spanish car when German cars are available.
Immaculada Lopez, economic minister at London's Spanish embassy, called the review "inaccurate." Lopez remarked that "more than two million people all over the world buy Spanish-made cars every year" and that "they seem perfectly happy with the product."
