Interestingly, before the new presenting team debuted, the presenters were already defending themselves from the inevitable comparison.
The latest series of Top Gear has been met with middling reviews, critics praising the show’s new team while noting they lack the same chemistry as Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May.
“The great issue with this reboot of Top Gear has been the word chemistry,” Rory Reid told PA, “because you can’t just create chemistry, you can’t just say: ‘Right, you three do chemistry’.”