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Published:Sunday | September 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Paul Constantine, owner of used-car dealership Cars R Us on Half-Way Tree Road, St Andrew, believes buyers are being lured into incurring debt by lending agencies which are quicker to finance new, rather than used, purchases.

Published:Sunday | September 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM

With one race meet remaining in the 2014 circuit racing championship at the Dover Raceway, St Ann, the Total Lubricants team is poised to make a clean sweep of the top three places.

Published:Sunday | September 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Heads-Up Display (HUD) appears to be the wave of the future, as some of the latest motor vehicle technology revolves around it. The Navdy - a transparent HUD which presents the user with data as if it is suspended in the air - will, among many other things, enable someone to text and drive.

Published:Sunday | September 21, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Jamaica Used Car Dealer Association president, Lynvalle Hamilton, has explained that second-hand cars are expensive because of the duties and GCT imposed on purchases.

Published:Friday | September 19, 2014 | 11:22 AMChad Bryan

Heads-Up Display (HUD) appears to be the wave of the future, as some of the latest motor vehicle technology revolves around it.

Published:Saturday | September 20, 2014 | 12:02 AMSheldon Williams

Jamaica Used Car Dealer Association president, Lynvalle Hamilton, has explained that second-hand cars are expensive because of the duties

Published:Friday | September 19, 2014 | 12:17 PMGlenroy Sinclair

With one race meet remaining in the 2014 circuit racing championship at the Dover Raceway,

Published:Friday | September 12, 2014 | 11:39 PMGlenroy Sinclair

After a scintillating performance at the Dover Raceway a few months ago, the internationally famed drifters team will be back at the St A

Published:Saturday | September 13, 2014 | 12:29 AMChad Bryan

A new electric motor vehicle powered by salt water has been making splashes in Europe, where it has just been approved for road use.

Published:Friday | September 12, 2014 | 12:38 PM

Head of the Flying Squad, Senior Superintendent of Police Cornwall Ford, is warning car-rental businesses and car buyers to be alert, as

Published:Friday | September 12, 2014 | 1:44 PMChad Bryan

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Published:Sunday | September 14, 2014 | 12:00 AM

After less than a month of paid use, it is too early to start compiling data on the number of vehicles utilising the leg of the North-South Highway which bypasses Mount Rosser, technical services director of the National Road Operating and Construction Company (NROCC), Stephen Shaw, has said

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2014 | 12:00 AM

A new electric motor vehicle powered by salt water has been making splashes in Europe, where it has just been approved for road use.

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Head of the Flying Squad, Senior Superintendent of Police Cornwall Ford, is warning car-rental businesses and car buyers to be alert, as persons have been renting vehicles from companies and then reselling them.

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2014 | 12:00 AM

After a scintillating performance at the Dover Raceway a few months ago, the internationally famed drifters team will be back at the St Ann track for the Heroes Day event next month.

Published:Sunday | September 14, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Recently, Miss Jamaica World 2014 Laurie-Ann Chin and Ms Universe Jamaica 2014 Kaci Fennell were both handed keys to brand-new rides following their victories in their respective pageants.

Published:Sunday | September 7, 2014 | 12:00 AM

American company Tesla Motors will soon be employing a nifty cell phone feature, in conjunction with electronics company Apple. It will enable Telsa's vehicles to be turned on with a tap on a smartphone screen, should the driver lose his or her key.

Published:Sunday | September 7, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Overwhelmed by the medical condition of one of his close family members, popular circuit racer Tedroy 'Teddy' Burton has been absent from the lanes of the Dover Raceway, St Ann, for the past two years. Now, however, he has expressed an interest in returning - hopefully with a bang - next season.

Published:Sunday | September 7, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The equipment which graduates of the Jamaican-German Automotive School (JAGAS) and Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) employees will use to repair units used by the state-run company costs a million euros.

Published:Sunday | September 7, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Director of the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), Ludlow Powell, is aware that some public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators have been putting in additional seats. This allows the vehicles to carry more passengers than their licences permit.

Published:Sunday | September 7, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Automobiles do not change shape quickly and frequently as autobots responding to commands from their leader Optimus Prime in the Transformers movie series. However, exterior styling continues to influence consumer choice heavily.

Published:Sunday | August 31, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences (ICENS), an agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (MSTEM), has developed a new low-cost mix to repair potholes using a blend made from red mud, the waste material produced from bauxite processing.

Published:Sunday | August 31, 2014 | 12:00 AM

The automotive industry is said to be lucrative in Jamaica, with many sellers and even more buyers.

Published:Sunday | August 31, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Graduates of the Jamaican-German Automotive School (JAGAS) and employees of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) are to be trained in a programme geared towards repairing and refurbishing JUTC buses.

Published:Sunday | August 31, 2014 | 12:00 AM

Taxi operators and bus drivers, in particular, but just about all motorists are likely to welcome wholeheartedly new technology that alerts drivers to roadside cameras, slowing down their vehicles in order to prevent the driver from being ticketed.

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