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The biggest unveiling at Detroit's huge international motor show next weekend will not be a car. It'll be a way of life. BBC2's Top Gear is going stateside, with NBC television planning to announce on Saturday that it's making a pilot edition.
A secret Los Angeles location is to be used, with a private racetrack and also a hangar where the studio audience will gather around the new team. There are no details yet of who will front the US version. The BBC says: "Casting is under way to find three US presenters who can match Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May for their on-screen chemistry."
And there will, of course, be the Stig - or at least his American cousin!
NBC's Craig Plestis says that ever since the show was first mooted, the network has been getting calls from car companies anxious to be featured. "This is a favourite of all automobile companies as it shows their cars in such a great light," he said.
The American version will be the second remake of Top Gear: an Australian edition is already in the works.
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