Lochdown finds Clarkson, Hammond and May not being able to travel far because of the pandemic and that doesn't massively hinder this special. There's still plenty of caravan chaos, misjudged car modifications and fun challenges all set against really beautiful locations, proving they don't have to travel too far from home to see some jaw droppingly epic scenery. It's a really good special even if it betrays its own format a bit too much.
The central idea of bringing massive American cars through Scotland is a lot of fun because of how ill equipped they are but the random offshoots in other vehicles, no matter how fun, just don't fit. The general idea of the specials is that they're stuck to their chosen cars and even though these segments change up the formula, they do bring it closer to a regular episode of The Grand Tour which kinda defeats the point.
The central idea of bringing massive American cars through Scotland is a lot of fun because of how ill equipped they are but the random offshoots in other vehicles, no matter how fun, just don't fit. The general idea of the specials is that they're stuck to their chosen cars and even though these segments change up the formula, they do bring it closer to a regular episode of The Grand Tour which kinda defeats the point.