The Okanagan episode of the Amazon Prime show "The Grand Tour" features the Area 27 race track in Oliver and the Keremeos rodeo grounds.
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February 09, 2018 - 1:33 PM
PENTICTON - The latest weekly episode of The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime Video showcases some familiar South Okanagan and Similkameen scenery.
Season two’s episode 10 Oh, Canada is available on Amazon Video today, Feb. 9.
The episode features the show's stars Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May testing SUVs against a South Okanagan and Similkameen backdrop that includes Oliver’s recently opened Formula One racetrack Area 27 and a number of scenes filmed at the rodeo grounds in Keremeos.
Clarkson is driving an Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio, Hammond steers a Porsche Macan Turbo Performance Pack and May drives a Range RoverVelar, concluding the episode with a race across snow-covered mountains.
Clarkson also takes a test drive in the Tesla Model X.
The Amazon Prime show was shot last October.
The Grand Tour can be seen on Amazon Prime Video here.
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