The Grand Tour premiered nearly a week ago and the hype for the show is still very real and very well deserved. In a recent interview with CNN’s “Quest Means Business,” Jeremy Clarkson discussed the massive success of the show, how surprised he was by the ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB, and what makes the show different from Top Gear.

Many people made assumptions about what The Grand Tour would be like when it finally debuted and a very select few, like Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, even questioned whether or not the boys would be able to recreate what we all loved about Top Gear like you read in our article here. Luckily the show was, for the most part, what we all had hoped it would be.

In the interview, Clarkson described it himself saying that The Grand Tour was

“Top Gear’ in Witness Protection. That’s what a friend of mine said the other day, a reviewer. [This show] is different because it moves around the world, that’s really it But it’s still James, Richard, and I. So it’s like if you have a glass of champagne and you have it in a bucket or in a glass, it’s still champagne, and that’s really what it is. It’s a different vessel, but the show is, with different elements, basically about the same.” It’s three old men who fall over and catch fire… it’s a car show… It’s really hard to explain what it is.”

How would you describe The Grand Tour to someone who has never heard of it in order to get them to watch the show? We’re not exactly sure ourselves, but we do know one thing and that is if you watch it you will love it!

Let us know what you would say in the comments below.