THE £2.5million opening scene for Jeremy Clarkson’s new car show is the most expensive ever seen on the small screen.

Shot in the Californian desert, it features 150 cars, 2,000 “petrolheads”, acrobats, stilt-walkers and six jet planes.

3 The Grand Tour's opening scene is the most expensive scene ever to hit the small screen Credit: Splash News

Clarkson, 56, and sidekicks Richard Hammond and James May sped across the Lucerne Valley in customised red, white and blue Ford Mustangs.

The trio were followed by £20million worth of cars, including a Bugatti Veyron and Rolls-Royce.

A source said: “Nothing remotely like it has been seen before.”

3 The scene was shot in the Californian desert featured 150 cars, acrobats and jet planes Credit: PA:Press Association

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3 The trio's new show The Grand Tour will launch on Amazon Prime next month Credit: Getty Images

The Grand Tour launches on Amazon Prime this Friday — 18 months after Clarkson was sacked from the BBC for punching a Top Gear producer.

The show will make him Britain’s highest paid TV star with a reported £10million salary.

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