Economic constraints have dashed Jamaica's hopes of hosting this year's Pan American Rotax Max Challenge Go-Kart Championship finals. "Instead, we will be bidding to host the Rotax World Finals here in Kingston next year," disclosed Neil Williams, the newly-elected president of the Jamaica Karting Association.
Automotives closes off its Woman at the Wheel series with road rage. Next week, a new four-week series begins, as a young man takes us through his search for his first car.
Save for upscale 'maxiscooters', pioneered by Suzuki in 1999 with the Burgman 400, the Yamaha 500 T-Max in 2000 and Honda's Silver Wing 600 in 2002, the scooter operates on a single cylinder engine.
ATL Automotive took the covers off the Audi A6 and put all who were willing behind the driver's wheel of the distinctive quadruple circle German brand at the Tinson Pen Aerodome, Marcus Garvey...
When the gates to the fifth Jamaica Motor Show open at Police Officers' Club, Hope Road, St Andrew, today, organiser Ian Lyn expects there will be more than 200 cars on show - and available for purchase "from $500,000 to $30...
The pickup, pickup truck, 'bakkie', 'ute', utility vehicle, or whatever other designation it is given, is one of the best-selling vehicles in the United States.
WESTERN BUREAU:The Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club (JMMC) Awards Ceremony, hosted at the Wexford Court Hotel, Montego Bay, St James, on Saturday, January 14, saw 22 year-old Kyle Gregg emerging as top driver for 2011, something that has taken the rising star by surprise.
A retired Dow Chemical Co. research scientist has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his conviction on charges that he stole trade secrets from Dow’s Plaquemine plant and sold them to companies in China.
As 2012 continues to unfold, the Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA) is urging motorists to adapt safer driving practices to prevent accidents. This includes ensuring that the tyres on their vehicles are properly maintained and worthy for road use.
For South Korean car maker Hyundai, 2011 was a year of increased success in growth, sales, visibility, and recognition by institutions within the automotive industry which rank vehicle safety, design and performance
For the campaign leading up to December 29, 2011, poll, first the JLP and then the PNP rolled out campaign cars that took vehicular political branding to a higher, more sophisticated level. Candidates’ faces were larger than life in professionally done, glossy style, the parties’ colours bright and vibrant.
Vehicle sales in China rose a scant 2.5 per cent in 2011, the slowest growth in over a decade, as higher prices and traffic controls kept buyers out of showrooms.
Just over a year ago, when expanded polysterene (EPS) geofoam was used on a section of Highway 2000 between the entrance to the wharf and the toll booth for traffic entering and leaving Portmore, there were those who had doubts.
Automotives continues its series in which a woman gives her personal experience with automobiles and the often unequal treatment men mete out to women in the macho world of the motor car.
Despite having lost the use of his legs due to a bullet wound to the spine 10 years ago, Alden Myers still performs his duties as a taxi operator on a daily basis, driving an automatic-transmission car with the help of a stick.
The United States (US) has record supplies of natural gas and plenty of reasons to promote natural-gas powered cars, but consumers, manufacturers and fuel suppliers haven't shown much interest
ATL Motors, a division of ATL Automotive and distributors of Honda automobiles, has earned Honda America's coveted Best in Customer Service award for the Caribbean region for 2011-12.
This week, Automotives continues to look at the new car buyers' 2012 hatchback options. These vehicles continue to gain traction in the automotive industry, offering drivers the best of both worlds - economy and sporty looks - in a neatly packaged three or five-door luxury automobile.
An artist known for turning automotive scrap metal into sculpture has died in New York City. John Chamberlain was 84. The Gagosian Gallery represented Chamberlain and says he died on Wednesday in Manhattan.
What do a sleek, trim, spirited green Mazda 2, a fiery hot red Volkswagen Golf GTI and a metallic silver Nissan Tiida have in common? They are all hatchbacks, so designated because of the large door positioned to the rear of the vehicle that swings upward.
It was close to Christmas and neither Santa Claus nor his reindeer had yet visited Hillel Preparatory School. So just before the Christmas holidays, a spirited 11-year-old boy, Joshua Sirgany, took it upon himself to offer the St Andrew-based institution a memorable gift for the Yuletide season.
