But the episode’s genius lies not in the cars, but in the guest. To guide them through the frozen hellscape, they enlist rally legend Petter Solberg—a man whose manic grin and complete disregard for personal safety terrify the trio more than any cliff edge in Mozambique. Solberg isn’t a guest; he’s a force of nature. He teaches them the “Scandi Flick,” the rally technique of throwing a car sideways into a corner before the apex. Watching May’s clinical, careful brain short-circuit as Solberg screams “FOOT DOWN! FOOT DOWN!” is comedic gold.
“A Scandi Flick” is the episode where The Grand Tour stopped trying to be the loudest show on television and became the warmest. It is a love letter to the rally stages of the 1990s, to the stubbornness of internal combustion, and to the kind of friendship that only survives after twenty years of being deliberately crashed into one another. best episode of the grand tour
While fans will argue for the bombastic desert chaos of “Mongolia – The Survival of the Fittest” or the poignant finality of “One for the Road,” “A Scandi Flick” (originally released as part of the 2022 winter series) is the Grand Tour thesis statement. It is the episode where the show finally stopped trying to outrun its own shadow—the shadow of Top Gear —and simply became the best version of itself. But the episode’s genius lies not in the