I was watching old Top Gear episodes from 2004 last week and the difference is night and day. In TG there were so many examples of the genuine chemisty the 3 had and they looked like they were enjoying themselves immensely. This GT was just 3 tired old men going through the motions and they didn't look like they were enjoying themselves particularly.
I was also a bit uncomfortable about them taking 3 cars, each costing more than the average man earns in a year and utterly trashing them. To see them prancing around one of the poorest countries in the world, each dripping in luxury jewellery doesn't sit right with me (Clarkson's IWC Top Gun watch costs over £8k, average wage in Mauritania is £30 a week).
There was absolutely no spontaneity and the whole thing was contrived beyond belief. Minefields - really?
I'm a big fan of the three of them but this was nonsense on sticks.