Top Gear has teased its upcoming series with a new trailer featuring flying cars, martial arts and what appears to be a demolition derby.
Friends star Matt LeBlanc will also lead the team in building the world’s fastest tractor, tackling America’s Wild West in a brand new V8 sports cars and attempting to land a Nasa research plane in a muscle car.
LeBlanc – joined by Chris Harris, Rory Reid and The Stig – travelled to Japan, the US, Italy and Guildford, Surrey, for the BBC2 motoring show’s 25th series.
How you doin’? Matt LeBlanc beamed as he got behind the wheel of a racing car in Utah in the action-packed teaser for Top Gear’s new season
The 60-second trailer sees LeBlanc belly slap a sumo wrestler on one bumpy drive, while Reid crashes into a fruit and veg stand on another high speed venture.
Harris labels the demolition derby-esque event the ‘worst thing I’ve ever done’ before being sent tumbling through a partition wall by another driver.
Teasing Top Gear’s return, the BBC told fans to expect stunning photography, state-of-the-art supercars and celebrity guests in the six hour-long episodes.
There is no release date yet for the 25th series, but viewers expect it to launch no later than the spring.
Action-packed: The show’s trailer features flying cars (pictured Chris Harries in the Skyrunner ATV in California) martial arts and what appears to be a demolition derby
Global domination: LeBlanc – joined by Chris Harris, Rory Reid and The Stig – travelled to Japan, the US, Italy and Guildford, Surrey for the BBC2 motoring show’s 25th series
Former host Chris Evans may have only lasted one season, but ratings have improved under the helm of LeBlanc – who said this series would be a step away from the Clarkson era.
‘It will be closer to what it was last year versus the season before,’ he explained.
‘I think we’ve tried to broaden the demographic of the show, try to make it not lose the sort of petrol-head nature of it, but maybe open it up to people who aren’t so petrol-heady.
‘Expand the comedy, try to have bigger, broader films, but it will be more of the same in the sense it starts with the car.’
Tense: The 60-second trailer sees LeBlanc belly slap a sumo wrestler on one bumpy drive, while Reid crashes into a fruit and veg stand on another high speed venture
Oh dear: Harris labels the demolition derby-esque event the ‘worst thing I’ve ever done’ before being sent tumbling through a partition wall by another driver
Fans on social media appeared pleased with the trailer, with one user writing: ‘SUMO, Now that’s what I call Ballast! Looks Good, looking forward to the New Series.’
Another fan posted: ‘Can’t wait for this! I’m now actually really glad that the ‘split’ happened (although the circumstances were awful) because now we have two shows to watch.
‘I love the new TopGear. The presenters are excellent and the all-important chemistry seems to be building too.’
A third wrote: ‘After attending the studio recording yesterday, I can promise you will not be disappointed!’
Exciting: Teasing Top Gear’s return, the BBC told fans to expect stunning photography, state-of-the-art supercars and celebrity guests in the six hour-long episodes
New era: Former host Chris Evans (pictured) may have only lasted one season, but ratings have improved under the helm of LeBlanc – who said this series would be a step away from the Clarkson era