James May first started working with Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear over two decades ago in 2003 - but it looks like they won t work together anytime soon.
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The Top Gear host had asked DriveTribe viewers what to do with the ionic model back in January with viewers saying they wanted the car to be restored back to its former self. Mr Hammond seemed surprised by the decision but said he would follow the audience s decision on the future of the model.
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The decision sparked a furious online petition with more than one million fans begging the BBC to reverse the decision.
Shortly after, Richard Hammond, James May and director Andy Willman all left to rejoin Clarkson on a new project.
Speaking to Andy Jaye, Jeremy said: “Every single person decamped and said ‘we’re off’.
“It was great to see the entire team sort of saying alright we will go with poor old Jezza, well not poor old Jezza what am I on about, they all came over to Amazon.
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“It was very nice, very reassuring and contributed to the immediate success of the Grand Tour because it s not like we had to put a new team together. It was the old team.”
Alaska to Africa revealed the car was up for sale but the person who owns the car does not have access to the internet.
He said it would be amazing to get the car shipped to the UK and restored to return the model to its former glory
The car’s title and registration show the model was purchased in Johannesburg in 2007 by a company called AfriScreen Films who helped produce the special.
Alaska to Africa said: “This car isn’t supposed to exist. All the articles I could find online said this was scrapped almost a decade ago.”
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