In the 1970s, the quality of automobiles declined; 100,000 miles was nearly the end of the road for a Ford Pinto or a Dodge Neon. ...more

December 30, 2009

Amtrak is offering a $119 roundtrip fare for Auto Train travel for AAA members between Sanford and Lorton, Va. - just south of Washington D.C. - for certain dates. ...more

December 30, 2009

William Oehlecker of New Port Richey says don't blame President-elect Barack Obama for problems that result from the greed of all of us. ...more

January 7, 2009

Downtown Tampa motorists could be forgiven for doing a double-take Monday afternoon. ...more

January 6, 2009

ringling bros. circus parades the elephants through downtown ...more

January 5, 2009

Heading into the Tampa Convention Center, car enthusiasts are treated to a glare of Jaguars. The first car at the Tampa Bay International Auto Show, which starts at noon today, is a hunter-green Jag XK coupe that costs more than $80,000. ...more

November 6, 2008

Demand for Ford Motor Co.'s Focus and other small cars has been superheated since gas prices headed toward $4 a gallon in May, and since then, Ford hasn't been able to build the Focus quickly enough. ...more

August 27, 2008

Buying a sport utility vehicle seemed like a good idea at the time. It was big, and with all that room, you could take long trips and carry just about anything. ...more

August 14, 2008

There were maybe a dozen teenagers - and one adult - at the house on Lelani Boulevard to celebrate the 18th birthday of a Sarasota High School wrestler. ...more

August 1, 2008

Billed more as an all-wheel drive vehicle than an all-out off-roader, the Tiguan benefits by being easy to enter and exit from all four doors. ...more

July 19, 2008