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      Source ISBN: 9780008257859

      Ebook Edition © October 2017 ISBN: 9780008257842

      Version 2017-09-27

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

Origins of the Grand Tour

Pit Stop 01 – USA

Motoring Facts from Around the World

Postcard from the Tent – Johannesburg

Pit Stop 02 – Portugal

The Greatest Car-Making Countries on Earth

       Postcard from the Tent – Victorville

       Pit Stop 03 – Jordan

       Postcard from the Tent – Whitby

       Pit Stop 04 – Italy

       Postcard from the Tent – Rotterdam

       Pit Stop 05 – Wales

       Pit Stop 06 – Morocco

       Postcard from the Tent – Stuttgart

       Pit Stop 07 – Namibia

       Postcard from the Tent – Dubai

       Pit Stop 08 – Germany & Austria

       Postcard from the Tent – Nashville

       Pit Stop 09 – Barbados

       Postcard from the Tent – Kakslauttanen

       Pit Stop 10 – France

       Postcard from the Tent – Loch Ness

       The Celebrity Brain Crash Machine

       The Grand Tour Puzzles

       Series 2 … The Tour Continues

       Index

       Picture Credits

       Corrections and Mistakes

       About the Publisher

      People often say, ‘It’s a small world.’ But if you asked them to walk from Berlin to Cape Town they’d probably make a huge fuss and insist on taking an aeroplane. That’s because the world is, in fact, massive. It can also seem a strange and daunting place, but not if you have the right guide. And that’s where we come in. No one is more seasoned at crossing the world than The Grand Tour. No one has been through more airports, stayed in more hotels, spoken to more local people and learned more indigenous words for ‘sorry about this’. That’s why The Grand Tour is uniquely placed to show you around some of the high spots of this huge world of ours and to share with you our wisdom, our skills and our holiday photographs. This book is not just an indispensable guide. In fact, it’s not an indispensable guide at all. A lot of the information in it is wrong and possibly dangerous. We’re not sure. Even so, whenever you’re travelling, be certain to keep this book close to you – and