Last week Friday, customers and friends of King Midas Mufflers were feted to the opening of the movie Need for Speed, held at the Carib 5 cinema in Cross Roads, St Andrew.
Over the past few weeks, Automotives has related the stories of persons who have been in serious motor-vehicle crashes and survived. The common thread is their happiness at simply being alive. Today, we end the Crash Survivor series with the story of Dr Jephthah Ford.
The Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association (JGRA), in collaboration with the National Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank), recently staged another successful blood drive at the JGRA's offices in King's Plaza, Constant Spring Road, St Andrew.
The title holders in the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA)/Grace Kennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletic Championships will be heading to this week's defence in style. Popularly known simply as 'Champs', the immensely popular track and field meet will be held at the National Stadium, St Andrew, from March 25 to 29.
BEIJING (AP):China's auto sales rose 11.3 per cent in the first two months of this year, but local brands suffered a decline in a sign of intense competition in the world's biggest auto market, an industry group reported last week.
The Ministry of National Security has indicated that a number of the challenges affecting the current traffic ticketing system will be addressed through amendments of the Road Traffic Act.
"I was close to ghost, close to ghost, but I was saved by the Holy Ghost" is how dancehall deejay Tommy Lee Sparta describes in song surviving a car crash late last year.
In light of what he says is the shrinking number of vehicles being imported into the island by used-car dealers, Carmax Managing Director Ian Lyn has decided to enter the pre-owned certified segment of the automotive...
The 2014 Toyota Corolla was recently launched at Devon House, St Andrew, by Toyota Jamaica, authorised dealers for new models of the popular vehicle line in Jamaica.
Driver monitoring remains important to companies which seek to ensure the safety of designated drivers assigned to their fleet. KingAlarm and Columbus Communications are two companies which focus on monitoring.
As a result of the continued devaluation of the Jamaican currency against the benchmark US dollar, battery prices in Jamaica tend to be a bit higher than generally found globally.
Some private Toyota Coaster bus operators will continue to operate within the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Region (KMTR) well after the April 1 deadline for them to be withdrawn from the public transportation sector under the previous arrangement.
Deputy Superintendent of Police in charge of administration at the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Traffic Division, Gary McKenzie, has urged persons employed to companies located along roads such as Marcus Garvey Drive to use the designated overhead bridges at all times
Seven years ago, Michaelia Moore asked God to spare her life, moments after she was involved in a car crash that left her with a bloody face and cracked skull.
For almost two decades, Industrial and Technical Supplies Limited (ITS), suppliers of forklifts (or lift trucks) and other industrial equipment, has been training and certifying staff members of companies across the island in the safe and effective handling of the vehicles.
Japanese brand Hino, known for the durability and reliability of their trucks, has been reintroduced into Jamaica, with Toyota Jamaica as the distributor.
On January 2, 2007, Daveanna-Kay Granville was deemed dead by passers-by, lying motionless in a mangled car which had been hit head-on by a trailer in the Bog Walk gorge, St Catherine. She was pinned down for six hours.
It looks a lot like the Suzuki Swift but offers a sedan-style trunk instead of a hatchback. It is the 2014 Swift Dzire, the fresh face on the block in the Suzuki line.
Early on weekdays, persons awaiting public transport along Mandela Highway are often left bewildered as Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) units do not stop to pick them up.
A man believed to be a 'loader' (someone who urges potential passengers to go into a particular public-passenger vehicle) was dragged before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court recently, after it is alleged that he cut a bus operator in the face for not paying 'taxes' said to be owed to the man.
Ongoing efforts have made motor vehicles safer than ever before, with manufacturers going beyond standard safety requirements to implement more modern refinements.
