The Road Safety Unit in the Ministry of Transport and Works is appealing to Jamaicans to be extra vigilant when using the roadways during the holiday season, to keep road fatalities below the 300 mark.As at December 7, a total of 281 persons have died...
The high point on day two of last month's Wealth Auto Show was the presentation of a Hyundai Veloster to sprinter Yohan Blake by Key Motors. He did not actually drive the car at the moment, but seemed very happy with having the keys to the sporty-looking three-seater.
Last week Automotives carried the story of Leon Davis, who works as an auto technician, turning over $170,000 in a vehicle he was checking, to his supervisor. This is some of what our readers had to say, via email and online.
With a new president set to take over the reins at Dover Raceway, St Ann, next year, some prominent members of the Jamaica Race Drivers Club (JRDC) are hoping to see changes that will take the sport to a higher level.
Amid the hustle and bustle of daily life in Papine and Cross Roads, St Andrew, there is obvious disregard of road traffic and vending laws by taxi operators and vendors.
The start-up powerhouse of any automobile - a brand new, sleek BMW 7 series or a vintage Volkswagen 'Bug', a huge long-haul trailer truck or a high-powered sports motorcycle -is its battery.
Vroom! vroom! As Wayne Foster navigates the busy streets of Spanish Town, St Catherine, people stare in awe at the pile of iron he sits astride, as well as the trailer with lawnmowers and 'weed whackers' - as the handheld grass trimmers are commonly called - behind it.
Leon Davis was alone when he saw a semi-transparent bag with money in the vehicle he was checking for servicing in late November. The auto technician was with what was later found to be $170,000 for "a minute or two", before calling it to the acting supervisor's attention.
With the region's best racing and rally drivers at the wheel of various top-class vehicles, an exciting and thrilling finish is expected this afternoon when Rally Jamaica 2011 climaxes in downtown Kingston.
The steering wheel of a Jaguar XJ got the loving attention of a lifetime from one woman last Sunday afternoon at the National Arena, St Andrew, as the inaugural Wealth Auto Show headed to the close of its second and final day.
Porteon literally stood apart from the other motor vehicle brands at the Wealth Auto Show on November 26 and 27. While many displays were set up on the open floor of the National Arena, St Andrew, Porteon's booth was on a balcony.
Immediately after they completed a respectful slow lap around the 1.2-kilometre long Palisadoes International Raceway last Sunday, emotional members of the go-kart fraternity stood with helmets in hand like weary soldiers returning from battle, listening to trumpeter Vivien Scott play the Last Post.
MACAU (AP): That's what the makers of world's most exotic and expensive sports cars are hoping as they gather in Macau this week for the first Asian edition of Monaco's annual Top Marques show that began eight years ago.
Winning the Jamaica Karting Association (JKA) Rotax Mini Max Trophy this year, was like a dream realised for 11-year-old Jonathan Law, who intends to now ease off the gas pedal and continue his preparation for next year's GSAT examination.
On Tuesday, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Dr Christopher Tufton announced that starting December 1, the importation age limit on two categories of motor-vehicles will be increased by a year.
Collin McPherson knows the pattern on weekday morning traffic, as the cars come towards where he waits at the intersection of Lyndhurst Road and Studio One Boulevard (formerly Brentford Road) in downtown Kingston.
An oil surge problem with the Mitsubishi Evolution 8 cost Jamaica's David Summerbell the regional drivers' title for this year's Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC), which concluded in Guyana last Sunday.
The Red Stripe Beer Patrol-branded Toyota FJ Cruiser stands tall on black rubber tyres in its glistening predominantly red paint with chrome trimmings glory.
