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Wing Commander Andy Green gives a look around the full-scale model for the Bloodhound SuperSonic Car.

It's the kind of publicity any university might dream about: An instructor uncovers a possible flaw that's causing some of the world's most popular cars to accelerate suddenly. His ground-breaking work attracts interest from Congress and reporters worldwide.

Toyota started recalling more than 90,000 luxury Lexus and Crown vehicles Monday in Japan over defective engines - the latest setback for the automaker beset with quality problems.

One of the biggest hurdles on the road to make electric vehicles attractive for the mass market is the long time it usually takes to charge batteries. But a Japanese company called JFE Engineering now claims it has found a solution for that problem.

If cars had wings, they could fly - and that just might happen, beginning next year. The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Mass., says it plans to deliver its car-plane, the Transition, to customers by the end of 2011.

Shares in electric car maker Tesla opened at $19, above the IPO price of $17, which in turn topped the proposed price range by $1.

Temperatures are rising and so are reports of infants and toddlers dying from being trapped inside sizzling automobiles.

The California DMV might soon issue digital license plates that display ads when a vehicle is not in motion, as a means to draw in revenue to battle the…

Why is leasing suddenly appealing? Because, if you haven't noticed, the price of most new vehicles has risen. I don't necessarily mean the sticker price — I'm talking about the advertised price, and the ultimate transaction price.

So you think the 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is badass? Well the 2011 model just beat -- no, obliterated -- its lap time record at Virginia International Raceway by a whopping nine seconds.