I tried watching a couple Top Gear episodes without them but it just didn't appeal to me either. I'm looking forward to seeing what's new in the latest season of The Grand Tour. Kind of hoping they have a new test driver as I wasn't a fan of "The American" in the last season.
I saw an Instagram account that seems to be run by someone "in-the-know" and they posted a few Stig related things recently that seemed like hints but it seems really unlikely that they would have attained the rights to hire The Stig away from BBC.
I didn't like the American driver either...little goofy. I'm waithing on the new season aswell, perfect to look at when I'm drawing :)
BTW Look at my next post in a few minutes if you got time, I think you gonna like that one too....another hypercar ;) @dvhaley