Simon Cowell ‘developing new car show to rival Top Gear’

Top Gear might soon have competition (Picture: Getty/BBC)

Simon Cowell is said to be developing a new car show set to rival BBC’s Top Gear.

Just weeks after it was announced X Factor has been axed, it’s been reported the 61-year-old music mogul is working on the format and eyeing up potential talent to take part.

The music mogul owns a number of flash motors and reckons making a programme exploring his love for cars is a ‘no brainer’.

‘Simon has always been a huge car lover – and a car show is always something he has been interested in doing,’ an insider said.

‘He was famously a guest driver on Top Gear and loves talking cars. He has been approached by a number of well-known car experts and racing drivers wanting to partner with him over the years.’

The source added to The Sun: ‘Right now, there feels like an especially large appetite.’

News of the car show comes one month after X Factor’s axe (Picture: Getty)

Now the plug has been officially pulled on X Factor, Simon is hard at work developing another series – Walk The Line – that will see musical acts perform for the nation and a panel of judges.

Earlier this month, it was reported that he’s hoping to give away the biggest cash prize on TV, with the winner going home with a whopping £500k.

The top two performers will then face a difficult decision – to either walk away with a cash prize or continue for the chance to win even more money… or go home with nothing.

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If they top the leader board, they’ll stay in the running and go up against a new batch of fellow competitors, progressing to the next show.

Last month ITV said there are ‘no current plans’ for another series of singing show The X Factor, which last aired in 2018.

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