Jeremy Clarkson is being paid €13.75m for his Amazon car show.

The 55-year-old presenter and his former 'Top Gear' co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond are set to front a new motoring show on Amazon Prime and although Jeremy was sacked from the BBC for punching a producer in a row over a steak, he's reportedly trumped his colleagues when it comes to wages.

Jeremy Clarkson is being paid €13.75m for his Amazon car show.

The 55-year-old presenter and his former 'Top Gear' co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond are set to front a new motoring show on Amazon Prime and although Jeremy was sacked from the BBC for punching a producer in a row over a steak, he's reportedly trumped his colleagues when it comes to wages.

While Clarkson, who has been replaced by BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans on 'Top Gear', will earn a whopping £10m (€13.75m) for each series, May, Hammond and producer Andy Wilman will each receive £7.2m, an amount totalling over £30m.

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