Richard Hammond is filming the new show 'Big', which will be released at the end of 2019.

To do this, he will visit the 10 most interesting and the most ambitious places on the planet. Of course, only the smallest Richard Hammond will be able to correctly and most interestingly talk about the biggest. Because he will see everything, not just the tops! :) It will be an unforgettable show.

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The first photos from people who would very much like to meet him got into social networks ... This is one of my favorite moments. Because we hear people’s reviews, look at Richard Hammond’s generosity and kindness to people, we see how people become happier and get the most exciting, memorable and important moments. It's always interesting to find out where Richard Hammond has been today.

The first BIG place

Photos from Dover, Delaware. From comments on Instagram it became known that this is a military air force. At this point in the United States is a military air base, the very first and largest, Dover Air Force Base. They dealt the biggest blow to Japan, took part in the war with Korea and in the Cold War. It is from here that huge planes fly out with the most important tasks and secret developments are being conducted here ... A really big place is number one! :)

Richard Hammond even left his autograph on the car of one of the lucky ones. Now this man wants to meet James and Jeremy. I am sure his car will gain enormous power after that! :)

Another photograph with a pilot in the form of a military air force of Dover's Air Force Base, behind which there are photographs of aircraft wings. Richard decided to maintain a common style and dressed in camouflage green, which is very close to the British racing color. This, of course, should appeal to those who work there.

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The second BIG place

At the plant that makes the Genx1b and 2b turbine blades. (How many women are there! :) USA

Evendale, Ohio, outside Cincinnati, here is the General Electric (GE) Aviation’s and GE Power plant where turbines are tested. The first American jet engine was born at this power plant. This place will amaze us with its scale and grandeur.

A power plant in Japan that uses the GE turbine is listed in the Guinness World Records as the world's most efficient combined cycle power plant. And the GE90 engine bears the title of the most powerful jet engine on the planet.

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'He was really nice and cool! His producer was kinda uptight but Richard would keep jokingly make fun of the producer with us! He is super knowledgeable too!' The words of worker from the plant.

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For GE engineers, setting new records is their job. Based on new technologies, such as 3D printing, and modern composite materials, they continue to improve their turbines. The company also developed the world's largest jet engine, the GE9X, which is successfully used by huge aircraft.

Richard was at the factory that tests such turbines, which have the largest size and power in the world. It makes an impression, even Jeremy would get small there.

From the comments on the photo, it became known that the guy in the red shirt is very similar to Jared Dunn from the series "Silicon Valley", played by Zach Woods. Interesting news! :)

The third BIG place

'Richard and his team did a documentary about modern industry production. My team works in robotics and autonomous systems for future production environments. So stuff like human robot collaboration and image recognition. As far as I understood this stuff will be on television some time beginning of next year.'

The third place was the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany.

The third issue should be the most exciting and interesting. And not only because any photo and video shooting is prohibited at the factory. Volkswagen concern is not only “national” cars with the VW logo. Volkswagen is the largest car manufacturer in the world. More than 25% of cars traveling on European roads were built on conveyors of this particular company.

Volkswagen currently owns the following car brands:

Volkswagen is the most popular

Audi - a familiar German car

Porsche - German company that makes the most reliable and best-selling cars in the world.

Škoda - the pride of the Czech Republic

Seat - Spanish car brand Seat

Bentley - Prestigious Luxury car brand

Lamborghini - Italian manufacturer of supercars

Bugatti - French automobile brand that produces the most expensive production cars in the world

Scania and MAN - companies specializing in the production of trucks and buses

Ducati - company that does not produce cars, but motorcycles

All listed brands are not available at the Wolfsburg plant. The local factory is designed to produce several models of Volkswagen itself. These are Golf, Golf Sportsvan, Golf GTE, e-Golf, Tiguan and Touran. The famous Volkswagen Beetle was produced (Käfer in the German version of the name) in Wolfsburg. In total, the concern owns 107 factories around the world, of which 28 are in Germany.

To get to the factory, you must first sign up for an excursion on the Volkswagen website.

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You may get the impression that only robots work at the Volkswagen factory. The Wolfsburg plant employs about 60,000 people, who are mainly engaged in small manual work. Such activity does not require much physical effort, so the conveyors have a lot of women. 10,000 employees are mind workers. Such a huge number of people think over everything for the concern, from model design, to sales strategies, advertising, new solutions in designs and solving complex issues.

Cars are released every 18 seconds and pass quality control. Both machine performance and visual parameters are tested.

The stunning Autostadt city park is located next to the plant. This is a monument to the automotive industry in Germany. This is a museum where pavilions for large brands of the Volkswagen Group concern (Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley and Bugatti) are presented, and in addition, there are two incredible Towers of cars.

Each 60-meter-high tower is equipped with an automated car storage system and is used as storage for new Volkswagen cars. The two towers are connected to the Volkswagen factory by a 700-meter underground tunnel. When cars lift onto towers, the lift speed is 1.5 meters per second. When buying a car from Volkswagen (only the main brand, not sub-brands) in some European countries, the client can come to Autostadt and pick up the purchased car.

I really love the VW beetle. For me, these places are especially sacred and beautiful. This episode will be my favorite.

Hard work: Richard Hammond helps with the montages of Tiguan and Touran. Photo credit: https://www.paz-online.de Hard work: Richard Hammond helps with the montages of Tiguan and Touran. Photo credit: https://www.paz-online.de

Richard Hammond loves German cars. He is a fan of Porsche. The presenter was very impressed by the grandeur after four days of filming the powerful VW plant and its more than 60,000 employees.

Richard Hammond in a painting workshop. Photo credit: https://www.paz-online.de Richard Hammond in a painting workshop. Photo credit: https://www.paz-online.de

WAZ editor Carsten Bischoff met with Richard Hammond after a twelve-hour day shoot on Thursday at the Innside Hotel. The presenter began: “I know that the name“ Big ”sounds funny about me” (Richard's height is about 1.71 meters). But this is not about him when shooting, but about "the largest automobile factory in the world." And it really struck him: “They not only build cars, they develop engines and design machines, paint them and deliver them - everything is here! In one place! Incredible. " Here's the thing: surprise people. And have fun with it.

Richard Hammond and WAZ editor Carsten Bischof. Photo credit: https://www.paz-online.de Richard Hammond and WAZ editor Carsten Bischof. Photo credit: https://www.paz-online.de

Fun and hard work for the Top Gear star. But fun for him and his team also means hard and accurate work: “We start in the morning at seven or eight o’clock,” he says. Eleven, twelve hours later, they were just finishing work. Starting Monday, his team is turning into Wolfsburg. Hammond helped in the final assembly of the Tiguan, Touran and Seat Tarraco.

Richard Hammond is amazed at the size of the VW plant. Photo credit: https://www.paz-online.de Richard Hammond is amazed at the size of the VW plant. Photo credit: https://www.paz-online.de

He glanced at the paint workshop. He got acquainted with the work of the railway and he was allowed to turn off the roof of Markenhochhaus. He is enthusiastic about car towers: “There is a place for 800 cars! They deliver 500 cars a day - 500 cars that need to be delivered from the towers to the delivery center are crazy. ”

Richard Hammond and Dietmar Schulz at VW-Currywurst. Photo credit: https://www.paz-online.de Richard Hammond and Dietmar Schulz at VW-Currywurst. Photo credit: https://www.paz-online.de

In addition, Hammond was astonished that millions of people would visit Autostadt every year - "without buying a car." Just! In their spare time ... unbelievable! " By the way, he was also allowed to help with the creation of the legendary VW Currywurst. And check the wind tunnel:" Today it was raining, "he says, wiping his face." And there is winter tomorrow. Snow and -25 degrees. Crazy. And which other automaker already has its own engine orchestra? "

Volkswagen in Wolfsburg is truly “BIG”, as is the passion of the VW staff he met. "They love Volkswagen, for them it's not just a job," says Richard. Despite thousands of robots in the factory, the factory site has always been a human place where people work with each other and feel comfortable. Turning, Richard said: “Let the Volkswagen employees say,“ Yes, this is my factory. ”And let all the other viewers get to know them, and the largest car factory in the world.”

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The broadcast date has not yet been set. For information: "Big" is filming on behalf of the Discovery Channel and will work in Germany on D-Max. Volkswagen has won an outstanding fan.

More black and white photos of Richard Hammond in German press

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VW Currywurst

This is a national dish of Germany. Sausages and ketchup. And sour cabbage. Oddly enough, but ketchup came from America. Volkswagen has its own farms and the production of sausages and special ketchup for them. It is food for employees and those who come to visit in the dining room of the plant. There are such products from Volkswagen even in the form of vegan and vegetarian options! Maybe this will be the future? It makes us believe in love from Volkswagen.

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