Amazon 'Top Gear' release date: 'The Grand Tour' to launch in fall; first stop is Namibia?

"The Grand Tour," the long-awaited British motoring show presented by former "Top Gear" hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, is set to be released in the fall.

The new auto show, which will be made available via Amazon Video, will be launched with an entirely different format from that of "Top Gear." In "The Grand Tour," Clarkson, Hammond and May will be traveling the world with a big tent and pitching that tent in a different spot each week.

Earlier this month, Clarkson announced the new motoring program's title and explained what it will be about.

"We'll be traveling the world hosting each episode in a different country, from a giant tent," he told the U.K.'s Express. "It's a sort of 'grand tour,' if you like. So we've decided to call it 'The Grand Tour.'"

"I already love camping but this is something else," Hammond added. "We are like our pioneering and prospecting forebears, sallying forth into a new frontier of broadcasting..."

While the hosts have not given specific details about where "The Grand Tour" will take them in its first year, the outlet reports that the trio has been spotted filming in various exotic locations, including the Barbados and in the Algarve in Portugal.

And although the hosts haven't revealed where they will begin their "Grand Tour," it appears that the premiere episode has already been set up.

In a recent Twitter post, Clarkson dropped a major hint about their first stop on the "Tour."

"I'd love to name the first location for the Grand Tour," he wrote. "But by the time we are ready to tell everyone, we will be in a desert. No wifi."

Clarkson's post had many speculating about whether or not he meant that "The Grand Tour" crew is filming the first episode in a desert and which desert it could be. Some suggested that the show could visit Namibia, home of one of the largest and oldest deserts in the world, the Namib.

Those who guessed Namibia were proven correct when Clarkson later posted an Instagram snap of a desert scene, captioning it "Angola, from Namibia."

While neither Clarkson nor Amazon has released official word about the premiere episode of "The Grand Tour," kicking off the new show in a place as majestic as Namibia would be a stunning introduction indeed.

"The Grand Tour" premieres on Amazon in the fall.