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Top Gear boys 'drive down' Dubai’s Burj Khalifa

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 Top Gear boys drive down Dubai’s Burj Khalifa

Dubai - The Burj Khalifa stands at 828 metres high - that's the equivalent height of 487 Richard Hammonds.

Published: Sun 11 Dec 2016, 12:46 PM

Updated: Sun 11 Dec 2016, 3:58 PM

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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May were welcomed to Dubai with a huge projection onto the world's tallest building the Burj Khalifa as they arrived in the city for the final studio recording of the hit show, The Grand Tour.
Renowned for its unrivaled hospitality, Dubai has certainly pulled out all of the stops for its VIP guests, with the projection showing cars racing up the building before revealing the presenters themselves - Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May in all their glory onto the tallest screen in the world. The Burj Khalifa stands at 828 metres high - that's the equivalent height of 487 Richard Hammonds.
Watch: What it is like to jump from the Burj Khalifa
Jeremy, Richard and James have been travelling the world filming the first series of The Grand Tour in far-flung locations across the globe. The team has already taken the show's mobile studio - a giant tent - to Johannesburg, California, Whitby, Rotterdam, Lapland, Stuttgart, Nashville and Scotland. For its final stop the studio will be pitched at the base of the The Burj Khalifa, located in the heart of Downtown Dubai.



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