The motoring personality says he hopes The Grand Tour will continue with a set of new hosts (Image: Getty)
has urged budding motoring personalities to come forward and be the host of future episodes of .
The announcement comes after Jeremy, along with James May and Richard Hammond recently released their of the successful programme after working together for 21 years.
In , The Farmer’s Dog, Jeremy said that he would like the show to continue, albeit without big name celebrities.
He explained: “Well, as I said to them the other day at Amazon, here’s what I think. They keep talking about famous people that they want, saying ‘oh, they like cars’. That doesn’t work.
“They’ve got to find young kids who really know their cars and get them to host the show, and I’m really hoping that Amazon will. I do think they’ll carry on with , but with some young kids, not famous people.”
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In their final episode together, the trio drove three classics across Zimbabwe and Botswana (Image: YouTube @PrimeVideoUK)
Reviewing his first cars for local newspapers in the 1970s, first rose to notoriety when he presented his first review on Top Gear in 1988.
Hosting the programme for 11 years, he returned to the to help relaunch the show for the 21st century, aided by Richard Hammond, Jason Dawe, and from 2003, James May.
However, following a fracas with a producer during filming of the 22 series, the trio left the organisation to set up The Grand Tour, which ran for three series and a further set of special editions.
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Jeremy highlighted that none of the hosts were celebrities before joining the show (Image: Getty)
Whilst the three presenters are now globally recognised, Jeremy highlighted that none of them were famous when they initially joined Top Gear, instead simply having a good knowledge of cars.
He added: “Just find people who know their cars, I guess there are a few in the room now, I’d apply. James, Richard and I, we weren’t well known when we started. Now look at us, we’re still not very well known.
“Well, we didn’t win an NTA the other day, did we Caleb?”
Later in the Q&A session, Jeremy was also asked whether he preferred working on The Grand Tour or Clarkson’s Farm, which he highlighted was easy to answer.
He continued: “It’s not a difficult one. For the past 25 years, I’ve really enjoyed doing the car show, it’s been great. But I’ve been everywhere, done everything, driven cars higher than anyone else, further north than anyone else, and now I’ve driven one with train wheels on it over the Vick Falls Bridge. We’ve done everything!
“It’s really rather refreshing now to get a call time at 9am and get up at 8:55 and I’m still not late, and let’s be honest, Caleb is good fun to work with as well. So, we’re having a good laugh making the farm show.”