More people can cram into a Volkswagen Bug in Dade City than anywhere else in the world. ...more

November 11, 2009

More people can cram into a Volkswagen Bug in Dade City than anywhere else in the world. At the 21st annual Bug Jam, held Sunday at the Pasco County fairgrounds, 17 VW lovers from Orlando, Lutz, Wesley Chapel. Zephyrhills, Riverview, Jacksonville and other points around the state, squeezed into a 1971 Beetle – with no body parts sticking out. ...more

November 10, 2009

Whether it's a pre-1950 Volkswagen Bug or custom VW dune buggy, the Pasco Bug Jam has just the place to show it off: the Pasco County fairground. ...more

October 2, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY Overhauling Pasco County's land development code should take priority, county commissioners said this morning, even if that means holding off on some large-scale projects and other ordinances. ...more

May 27, 2008

Got the Volkswagen bug? Want to show it off? Saturday is the deadline to enter Herbie's kind of cars in the 19th annual Pasco Bug Jam, billed as the largest VW show in the Southeast. ...more

October 24, 2007

AVON PARK — "I remember when those lights went on, saying, 'Oh God, I'm going to jail.'" That's what Tom, age 27, of Avon Park, recalled after leaving a bar in Lakeland on April 23, 2006, and driving his Volkswagen Bug. Tom was pulled over by a Lakeland police officer for not having his running lights on. He only had three drinks, he said. "Those three drinks cost me about $485 each, no, it was a lot more than that," he said. "I spent 26 hours in jail. I received probation for a year and $2,500 in fines and another $45 per month for the probation." ...more

September 9, 2007