It was a car lover's heaven at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, last Thursday as the campus played host to the inaugural Collegiate Auto Expo. Dubbed Project Rev, the event was organised by the Roosters of Taylor Hall.
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will have a second practice exercise for the dedicated bus lane along Nelson Mandela Highway, St Catherine on Tuesday.
This is the second story in the Automotives series on traffic wardens, bringing you closer to some of the persons who ensure the safety of especially the young ones as they make their way to and from school each day.
Although he did not win any of the major prizes at the Heroes of Speed race meet held at the Dover Raceway, St Ann, last Monday, Caribbean champion driver, David Summerbell, has more than one reason to celebrate.
If he could turn back the hands of time, Doug 'Hollywood' Gore would erase memories of the final event at the Heroes of Speed race meet, held at the Dover Raceway, St Ann, on National Heroes Day.
Last week, the Sol Group, premiere supplier of petroleum products in the Caribbean basin, officially welcomed Sol Petroleum Jamaica Limited to its group of companies. Sol Petroleum Jamaica Limited is the newly appointed authorised macro distributor for Shell lubricants in the island.
The Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA) has rebranded its premium Corporate Chauffeur Car Service as White Glove. The service, the only one of its kind in Jamaica, is geared towards providing comfortable and hassle-free transportation for business executives and travellers with particular needs, visiting Jamaica.
Long before it arrived in Jamaica last Wednesday to much fanfare, the 2014 Range Rover Sport had been garnering a lot of attention worldwide. It was no different when it was unveiled at ATL Automotive Ltd, Oxford Road, New Kingston, only a few hours after a private viewing to Automotives.
Traffic wardens are a critical part of the road-safety mechanism, but who, all too often, are a mere blip in the motorist's windscreen. Today, Automotives starts a series on traffic wardens, honouring the contribution they make, and ensuring that they are seen as more than the person who holds up a sign in morning traffic.
Meet director Dean Corrodus has promised die-hard circuit racing fans a treat at tomorrow's Heroes of Speed race meet. It is one which will provide excitement, rivalry and mounting tension, which is expected to reach fever pitch at the Dover Raceway, St Ann.
Described as 'The Boss', the all-new 2014 BMW X5 was introduced to Automotives at a private viewing by Stewart Motors Ltd last week. Fourteen years after its debut, the Sport Activity Vehicle (SAV), now in its third generation, is a standout.
Concerned about the calibre of bus and taxi drivers in Jamaica, the Public Passenger Vehicle Modernisation Council (PPVMC) has embarked on a strategic drive to regularise them.
On September 11, the Jonathan Grant High School, Spanish Town, St Catherine, became the first school in Jamaica to launch a Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA) Junior Club, with an inaugural meeting and pinning ceremony for some of its 36 members.The...
LOS ANGELES (AP):A jury found on Thursday that Toyota Motor Corp is not liable for the death of a woman who was killed when her 2006 Camry apparently accelerated and crashed despite her efforts to stop.
Head of the Police Traffic Division, Senior Super-intendent Radcliffe Lewis, insists that tomorrow, there will be an islandwide crackdown on tinted public passenger vehicles (PPV).
A frenetic showdown between Doug 'Hollywood' Gore and David 'The King' Summerbell is expected in the final circuit race meet of the year, the Heroes of Speed event at Dover Raceway, St Ann, on October 21.
Australian Debbie Kennewell, who was born deaf, has been living in Jamaica for the past five years. Although licensed to drive in her home country when she was 18 years old, Kennewell is yet to hold a Jamaican driver's licence.
At least 12 deaf motorists have been granted a driver's licence recently. However Rian Gayle, research/advocacy officer in the Social Services Department of the Jamaica Association for the Deaf (JAD), pointed out that there could be more, as persons in the rural areas have not been accounted for.
Samantha Summerbell's dream to one day race in the Formula One series, competing against some of the world's top-notch drivers, is inching closer to reality.
WASHINGTON (AP):Nine Japanese auto parts manufacturers and two of their executives will plead guilty, and pay US$740 million in criminal fines for conspiring to fix the prices of more than 30 products sold to many of the world's largest automakers...
Despite efforts by new- and used-car dealerships to hold strain as the Jamaican currency steadily weakens, both sectors have had to increase motor-vehicle prices.
With traffic fatalities climbing, the Road Safety Unit (RSU) in the Ministry of Transport, Housing and Works is putting on a road tour geared at sensitising the public on the importance of safety.
Usually an E indicates a failing grade, reflecting a woeful performance. But not so for the newly redesigned E-Class Mercedes-Benz line, of a pedigree worth bragging about.
