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Today, Automotives starts a series on mobile offices, where companies take the full range of their services - or, at least, enough to engage customers in a transaction - to the public.

Despite the absence of a large crowd at the Dover Raceway, St Ann, last Sunday, the organisers were satisfied with its overall staging. President of the Jamaica Race Drivers Club (JRDC), Christopher McFarlane, said that a number of elements contributed to the event's success.

Persons who leave or dump construction material on the road, resulting in the impediment of vehicular traffic on the roadway, are liable to face criminal sanctions under the Towns and Communities Act as well as the Main Roads Act. The material includes sand, gravel, rocks and cement.

Racing fans attending Sunday's race meet at the Dover Speedway, St Ann, will for the first time be able to participate in a voting system that will see drivers awarded Star of the Race.

The need to make a honest living led Kevin Spence to be the proud maker of a train which is a source of happiness to many - including himself, of course.

TOKYO (AP):Toyota shrugged off China sales woes to stay the world's top selling auto-maker for the first half of this year, outpacing US rival General Motors Co (GM), which boasted such bragging rights for seven decades until 2008.

America's top-selling car is in danger of losing its title. Toyota's Camry has been number one for more than a decade, but the company is stretching to keep it there with price cuts, rebates, and lease deals.

Recently, a number of Jamaican new-car dealerships staged special sales events or have been advertising discounted prices. While this slew of price cuts may be mistaken for intensified competition among new-car dealers or desperate measures being taken to simulate sales, Automotives has learnt that it is simply a matter of making way for 2014 models.

On Tuesday evening, National Commercial Bank (NCB) staged yet another Auto Dealers' Awards Ceremony at the Hope Botanical Gardens, St Andrew. Both new and used-car dealers, as well as individual sales representatives, walked away with a number of awards.

There was an unexpected change to the 2013 National Road Safety Poster Competition's categories on Thursday afternoon, when the results were announced at The Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston.

Though Jonathan Law sits in third place behind Thomas Issa and William Myers in the 2013 Jamaica Karting Association (JKA) Rotax Junior Championship race, Samuel Law is convinced that his son can upset the apple cart and snatch the class title this year.

The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) has pointed to the Norman Manley Highway in Kingston (popularly known as Palisadoes Road) as a problem roadway with regard to speeding violations.