Toyota Motor Corp. overtook Ford Motor Co. to become the No. 2 automaker by U.S. sales in 2007, using new products and relentless strategy to break Ford's 75-year lock on the position. ...more

January 4, 2008

Before Bob Lutz joined General Motors Corp. as vice chairman of product development in 2001, the left brain, by most accounts, was dominating the right when it came to making cars. ...more

January 1, 2008

Industry analysts are predicting a lackluster end to an already dismal year for automakers, likely the worst in nearly a decade. ...more

December 29, 2007

The percentage of on-time arrivals and departures at Tampa International Airport slipped slightly in October compared with a year ago. But Tampa ranked as the fifth-best U.S. airport for departure performance with 84.6 percent of flights leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 15th in arrivals with 79.1 percent meeting the Department of Transportation's on-time benchmark. Airline performance nationwide improved over a year ago with 78.2 percent of flights arriving on-time compared with 72.9 percent in October 2006, reports from 20 airlines showed. ...more

December 3, 2007

Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday agreed to settle class-action lawsuits covering plaintiffs in four states who claimed its Explorer sport utility vehicles were prone to rollovers, the company and an attorney for the plaintiffs said. ...more

November 29, 2007

Car buyers looking for models with the best resale value would be wise to pick a Volkswagen or a Honda, according to a survey by Kelley Blue Book. ...more

November 14, 2007

Ford Motor Co. posted a third-quarter loss of $380 million Thursday, a vast improvement over its $5.2 billion loss a year earlier. ...more

November 9, 2007