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this day has finally come.

i have listened to this bgm at least 300 times. when i was writing this article, i listened to it more than ten times. whenever this familiar melody sounded, a bunch of famous scenes immediately popped up in my mind.

it's the theme song of my favorite car show, which gave birth to the famousthree bitchthe three of them have been together since they were young and old, and they have been together for 22 years.

two days ago, with the release of the grand tour(tgt for short)with the end of season 6, the last show hosted by the three villains officially came to an end.

in the last episode, the three of them came to zimbabwe again, which was the place they went to for their first special. they drove a familiar old car and came to a familiar environment, as if they had returned to the starting point.

perhaps you are still unfamiliar with the name "the grand tour", but its predecessor《 Top Gear 》(abbreviated as tg), you must have heard of it.

tg is considered by many to bethe best car show in the world, which is also a must-watch video for me while eating. there are many episodes in it, and i even watched them repeatedly several times."top gear" can definitely be described as "great".

at first, i was attracted to this show by the various top luxury cars.

ferrari, bentley, lamborghini and other luxury car brands are not to be mentioned, they are all commonplace in tg. the most amazing thing is that all kinds of limited edition supercars that are scarce in the world can be seen at a glance in tg, such as pagani zonda, bugatti veyron, koenigsegg ccr, aston martin one-77, laferrari and so on.

since we can't drive this thing, can't we just watch and have some fun?

but later i found out,the best part is the whole live performance.

jeremy clarkson(jeremy clarkson, nicknamed gorilla)richard hammond(richard hammond, nicknamed the mole)and james may(james may, nicknamed the captain)these three hosts are just three funny guys, they are so lively.

they once brought a 12-year-old toyota hilux pickup truck with a mileage of more than 300,000 kilometers, which was actually in iraqi condition, to the show for a violent test.

how violent was it? first they used the car to crash into trees and walls, then they put it on the beach and waited for the tide to rise and soak it in the sea water.

after it had soaked enough, they smashed the rv with a large iron ball hammer, then put wood on the car and burned it, almost burning all the paint.

this is not the end yet, the car was placed on the roof of a building that was about to be demolished by blasting, allowed to fall freely, and then the car was retrieved from the scrap pile.

this can't even be considered a test, it's just using every possible means to kill this hilux.

the key point is that even after such torture, the car can still start and move. it's incredible, and the show effect is maximized.

later, this indestructible hilux was kept hanging in the studio and became a classic.

in recent years, we can see from time to time that some media or manufacturers on the internet like to do some eye-catching violent tests, such as rolling a car off a cliff to see if the door can be opened normally, or colliding two cars with each other, etc.

it is hard to say whether these techniques were influenced by tg. but in front of tg's large-scale productions such as sending tanks, fighter jets, and space shuttles, they are really dwarfed by the big ones.

there must be more famous scenesthe river is finished。

they turned a ford transit van into an amphibious vehicle by adding a circle of air cushions and named ithovervan。

as a result, when i went into the water for the first time, the air cushion didn't work at all.carthe boat is almost sinking.

then they went one step further, replacing the boat with an oversized air cushion and upgrading the power at the back of the boat to two yamaha r1 engines.

this time, it really worked...

in addition, tg also likes to let three people use different means of transportation to compete to see who can reach the destination faster.

one episode that left a deep impression on me was the one where the gorilla drove a supercar on the ground, and the captain turned into a pilot, flying a plane with the mole to take an aerial route.

originally the mole thought he had a sure win, but he found out that the captain had just received his driver's license and was only allowed to drive during the day. he had to land after dark, even if he had to take public transportation. in the end, the gorilla still won.

of course, as a car program, these three not only have to perform, but also review cars.

if it's a performance car, then there's nothing to say, just race it on the track first.

after some operation by the captive driver stig, the results of each car will be posted on the wall of the studio.

this one with a very long name is a koenigsegg

not only that, but the three guys are also very aggressive when they test these cars themselves. the speed reaches 300 or even 400 km/h, and the mole himself has experienced two serious car accidents and almost lost his life.

because so many cars flipped over, there was even a meme about renting out advertising space under cars.

in addition to these performance monsters, the three villains can also play a lot of tricks with those weird family cars.

aren’t family cars compared in terms of fuel consumption? so the three villains pulled three cars and took on the challenge of crossing chernobyl with a tank of gas.

they also measured the fuel consumption of the fuel-efficient toyota prius and bmw m3, and found that under high-speed conditions, the m3 was more fuel-efficient.

certainly,the most interesting thing is the very subjective and sarcastic car reviews of these three people.

for example, as the gorilla said: the 911 is a beetle with a tail wing, its appearance is old-fashioned and has not changed for a thousand years, and the panamera is a bloated corpse, ugly to the limit of the universe.

ferrari was no exception. the captain pointed out that the mondial sports car was slower than the golf gti and that the rear seats were designed for people without legs.rubbish.

even the mercedes-benz sls was hung up, saying that it was actuallysavage toys for people with low self-esteembecause the car is tuned too fancy and can't generate power when needed.

otherwise, why do they call them the three idiots? their mouths account for 80% of the blame.

but they are not always vicious.

in one episode, the mole and the captain both thought that the porsche 928 chosen by the gorilla was a bit stupid, but the gorilla disagreed.

when his father was dying, he drove the 928 all the way to his father's death, because the car could reach 170 miles per hour and still be as steady as an old dog. when the gorilla saw his father for the last time, the chicken he brought was still warm.

but the three idiots' outspokenness also made their former employer bbc very uncomfortable, and they would receive a lawyer's letter from time to time. finally, the gorilla once beat up the producer because of a dinner issue, which became the fuse for the three to leave tg.

then the three villains jumped to amazon and worked for tgt.

in the tgt period, although the show changed its format, it basically retained the previous structure. as long as these three are there, there is no shortage of fun.

but to be honest, in the later seasons, the quality of tgt's programs is obviously not as good as tg back then.

first of all, of course, it’s because the three brothers are getting older and older, and they are all at the age where they need reading glasses, and they really can’t play anymore.

the gorilla is 64 years old this year, and the smallest mole is 55 years old. the captain who was full of vigor and vitality in the past is now potbellied and has a head full of white hair.

no matter how good a group is, it will eventually break up. fortunately, these three old men now have their own jobs. the gorilla is busy with his farm, the mole is restoring classic cars, and the captain has his own show.

although according to the mole, tgt will have a new host and the show will not stop, i think the ratings will drop off a cliff next season. it is hard to find a second pair like the three who have fun, understand cars, love cars, and have such a good understanding of each other.

in a recent interview, mole said that the three of them are like worms in each other's stomachs, and they know what the other party wants to do without saying anything.

in addition, another important reason for the breakup is that the automotive programs that rely on large-scale production by large organizations such as tv stations and amazon are now finding increasingly narrow living space, and the era of such tv shows is over.

but at least, they left us countless beautiful memories.even if you are not a car enthusiast, you can still feel the overflowing passion of these three people for cars from tg.

in fact, in their programs we will find that many people love cars, not just because it is a useful tool, but because the car’s design, performance, and various additional functions provide a lot of emotional value.

their love for cars is the embodiment of this feeling.

they will praise hilux for its ultimate tool attributes, and rave about how invincible citroen c5 aircross is as a family car. they will also praise mitsubishi evo's driving experience, pursue american muscle cars with large displacement, high fuel consumption and low speed, or stubbornly express their love for the british spirit of jaguar and land rover.

they'll drive at 400 mph on the german autobahn, cut the roof off an mpv to make a convertible, or buy a car they loved on the show that was badly beaten up and slowly fix it up.

there are countless examples like this.

they are three crazy guys who are crazy about cars and regard it as an indispensable way of life.

therefore, the three villains will make every audience feel deeply,a car is not just an industrial product, but also a carrier of our various emotional values.

this spirit of loving and playing with cars has truly influenced a generation.

as an automotive editor, three guys was also my mentor in this industry. even today, i still revisit the classic programs in my spare time and learn from their words how to make an insightful evaluation of a car.

i believe that there are more people who grew up watching their shows and have subtly chosen to work in the automotive industry.

now, it's this generation's turn to create the next generation of cars.