Top Gear was my all time favorite show. I love those guys! The opening scene of The Grand Tour when they roll up next to each other in the mustangs and smile back and forth.. That actually brought a tear to my eye. I'm insanely happy that they're back! It was like the superbowl here yesterday! That being said, I think the show reeks of "new". Hopefully it'll get better with time.
I am not a fan of their new track.. All that money and they scrounge a crappy bit of english farm road to race back and forth on and call it a track? They put so much thought and design into the top gear test track, that thing was amazing. Even if it was an old airfield, they actually designed a track that tested every aspect of a car's handling, exposed weakness, etc. A true test track. The new one is some twisties with a mad tyte drift loop. Ok. I don't like the track at all. Enough said there.
I'm hoping they refine a bit. I didn't like it as much as the original Top Gear, but its still an awesome show. I love the comedy between the trio, but it seems they've shifted the focus from cars with comedy to comedy with cars. If that makes any sense. I think it will improve 1000% once they get the "go nuts" out of their system and get back to business a little bit.