Last month, The BBC announced what many people believe to be the end of Top Gear as a UK television programme.
They then announced that the last bit of the last Grand Tour had been filmed.
One of those saddened me more than the other.
Hagerty have now produced a very interesting article by James Mills suggesting that we need a new, proper car show rather than an entertainment show. It also points out how the success of Top Gear 2002 (as I think of the Clarkson era) was down to the hard work and skills of Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman - which would explain the success of The Grand Tour.
It is a very well written article - apart from where Sabine Schmitz is described as "a little-known German racing driver." You may not have heard of her James, but true Top Gear fans know exactly who she was.
The article goes on to say why Top Gear was never going to match the Wilman/Clarkson era and how we need a proper motoring show now more than ever - especially as the motoring world is evolving into an electrically-powered world.
In a way we have that though thanks to YouTube. I get most of my motoring fixes that way now subscribing to about ten different channels. I even have my own channel - not that I think I'll ever use it. I only created it so that I could add a reply to someone commenting on a Lotus Europa in the background of this video.
But, if you are not a fan of Youtube, maybe you should write to the BBC and tell them to take note of the words of the prescient young-ish blogger who wrote this 10 years ago.
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