I read on IMDb that a US adaptation of the BBC show is apparently going to start production. (I guess it is not really new news, but it's the first I'd heard of it.)

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0248662/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i961cf884e27d18a6d146- b5efbd56219a

Jay Leno had an interesting take on it:
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/features/article3638- 037.ece