A Chinese man has been arrested in Chicago after being charged with stealing trade secrets from the Ford Motor Company. The Chinese man was caught with unauthorized access to a protected computer. A U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Terrence Berg, announced that Mike Yu, or Xiang Dong Yu, from Beijing China was a Product Engineer for FoMoCo...

The 2010 year will not only see the addition of many, many hybrid and electric cars but also the conversion of BMW’s Landshut plant. It was said that BMW will become the first in the world to operate a zero emission foundry, as the Landshut plant will be converted to produce 98 percent less emissions of combustion residues. The massive feat of 98 percent...

Rumours racing around the World Rally Championship state that Ken Block – the YouTube sensation – is about to sign a massive deal with Monster Energy Drink World Rally Team. The move might allow the WRC to head all the way to the US for a race, or two. This is said to be one of the most important moves for the series as the entire tour lacks US-bondage....

America’s Suzuki branch has officially launched the brand new 2010 Kizashi Sedan. All of the Kizashi models will reach the North American dealerships before the end of the year, where the base model will be priced below $20,000. While the base version is pretty standard, the price does grow with the addition of dual-climate air conditioning, push-button...

Ferrari F1 driver, Kimi Raikkonen has said that he is not at all sure about what he would like to do in the future, with respect to racing. The Finnish driver has revealed that he has received numerous offers from Formula One teams, but he still needs to decide on what he would like to do. The Finn is known to be a thorough-bread racer. Kimi is already known...

A load of images regarding the Toyota FT-86 Concept have appeared online where we can pretty much see all the angles, including the inside. The latest Toyota sports coupe is an affordable car that has been build in connection with Subaru. The production version of this car will arrive in 2011 and it will make its first preview – in concept form –...

Renault has announced that their new Megane RS will find its saw to Europe during January, 2010. The new Megane RS will come with two chassis settings, the Sport chassis for every day driving and the Cup chassis for track-focused performance. Engine-wise the French automaker added a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol unit with 184kW and 340Nm of torque. The RS will...

For the third installment of Ultimate Factories, the guys at National Geographic are focusing on the Chevrolet Camaro. In the past two weeks we saw the Lamborghini SV and the Rolls-Royce Phantom. After nearly 10 years, Chevrolet have introduced their Camaro SS which will be built at the 10-million square foot factory. This factory is almost just as revolutionary...

Lancia has released new details on the Delta Turbo LPG that is powered by a 1.4-litre Turbo Jet engine with the ability to work on both petrol, and LPG. The new Lancia Delta Turbo LPG will start at 23,700 euros and it will benefit from government incentives. There will be three trim levels available for the car, and they will boost prices all the way up to 26,900...

CGI Designer, Emil Baddal has created a new design for a Porsche branded sports car. The designer has created many renderings and designs for cars that include new BMW’s, Ferrari’s and also Lamborghini’s. Baddal didn’t name this concept, nor did he release details on the car but he did let styling break free. Check out the images below. ...

Man, oh man. Imagine Ford decided to build the Fiesta ST, or even a Focus RS? Well, seeing as money is tight and will remain so after having a 4.5 million vehicle recall; these impressions from artists are the best that we will get for now. The Ford Fiesta RS pictured here has not yet been ruled out, but it’s not exactly an option – just yet. The...

Volkswagen has celebrated the release of the most fuel efficient Golf of all time, the new BlueMotion. The second generation BlueMotion is currently only available in Germany with a price tag of €21,650. The Golf BlueMotion will have a 1.6-litre TDI common-rail diesel engine with 105-horsepower (78kW) and a long-ratio five-speed manual gearbox. The TDI engine...

General Motors has announced that the name of the new mid-size Buick sedan will in fact be the Regal. The new Buick Regal is expected to be pretty much identical to the Chinese market Buick Regal (pictured). For those clued up on the Regal, you will realise that the Opel Insignia from Europe is in fact the same thing. The Opel Insignia and Buick Regal only really...

The 2010 Porsche 911 has now officially beaten it’s old time around the Nurburgring. The 2010 911 has not only beaten the predecessor’s time, but instead, it literally whipped it ass. A 10 second improvement means that Porsche have changed something really important on the new model. Porsche’s 2010 911 will have 3.8-litre flat-six boxer turbocharged...

The main-men at Alfa Romeo have apparently shut down all rumours of a V8 engine for the next generation set of sedans. The poor economic factors are apparently the main reason behind the death of the V8 engines. “No front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive Alfa Romeo will use a engine larger than a V6,” a senior Alfa source told AutoCar. It was said that Fiat,...