Top Gear has been going here for as long as I can remember. The tall slightly annoying bloke with curly hair (Jeremy Clarkson) has been on it from the start I believe.
It's one of the few programmes about cars/mechnanical stuff my wife will watch with me as it's really entertaining.
Recently Jeremy raced a mew Merc (SLR) from London to Oslo, while the other 2 tried going by boat/public transport. Totally pointless waste of licence-fee payer's money, but good fun
I think Jeremy would go down well in the States- He's loud, opinionated and has a mental age of about 8