Doug Gore's spanking new-look Audi TT is back in the island and will be on the track next Sunday at the JamWest Speedway in Little London, Westmoreland. In what is expected to be an exciting showdown, Gore will renew his rivalry with Peter 'Zoom Zoom' Rae and his speedy Mazda RX7.
Capitalising on the Volkswagen brand's heightened profile locally, following the German company's Super Bowl ad which featured actor Erik Nicolaisen using a Jamaican accent, Norman Foster of The Jamaica VW Club has arranged a meeting of VW owners to acquaint themselves with each other. The meeting is set for 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, at Country Farmhouse, 3 Deanery Road, Vineyard Town.
In 1996 recording artiste Nancy Sinatra released the single These Boots are made for Walkin', which was redone by Jessica Simpson in 2005, putting her spin on the song for the movie The Dukes of Hazzard. In both versions of the song, confident, sexy and alluring women are able to strut their stuff in boots with heels of varying lengths and thickness.
Deceptively powerful is how I found the 2013 Si Jaguar XF on a recent test run. With a displacement of two litres, one could be forgiven for thinking this four-cylinder is an ordinary engine, but here is a turbo petrol power plant that is anything but the usual.
A large number of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC) white buses, which symbolised the company's initial fleet, have either been retired or are now heading for a permanent parking spot as they have passed their prime and are no longer economically viable.
Solar-powered, stand-alone street lights are now being installed along several legs of Highway 2000 in order to gradually eliminate the dependence on traditional street lights. This is part of a cost-saving initiative by Transjamaican Highway Limited. Currently, 221 solar-powered street lighting systems are being installed.
In addition to taking it out of the box, the Stewart Motors Group took its recent BMW X Challenge Off-Road Experience outdoors - literally. The Barbican Circle, St Andrew, was transformed into an obstacle course to simulate extreme off-road conditions, a deliberate strategy intended to give motorists first-hand experience of the benefits of xDrive technology.
For more than a week, drivers have been taking up the offer from Stewart's Automotive Group to test-drive a range of their vehicles at the purpose-built obstacle course at Barbican Circle, St Andrew.
"Come out and drive a vehicle you would not normally drive. Do something you would not usually do - such as drive through a river, up a hill with a two-foot drop alongside of the road.
"It's just eight days away from landing. I'm actually counting down the days," said Doug Gore, palpably oozing with anticipation and excitement as he responded to questions about the return of the Audi TT racing car to Jamaica, last Wednesday.
Suzuki's compact car the Swift, which was launched as a world strategic model in 2004, reached three million units of sales last month.It was first produced and sold in Japan as a world strategic model in November 2004.
Get caught speeding? Running a red light? Leaving the scene of an accident? For years, it was no problem, authorities say - so long as you were in Philadelphia, USA, and knew the right people.
The Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI) has handed over six road-safety infomercials to the the Ministry Of Transport, Works and Housing for broadcast on free-to-air television. Each one-minute infomercial addresses a specific area - speeding, motorcycle safety, overtaking, tailgating, pedestrian safety and general safe driving tips.
Mechanic Michael Anderson and his colleagues are gathered in an apartment in Saskatoon, Canada, to 'row a boat' - the Jamaican expression for communal cooking and dining. The group of men arrived in Canada last summer from Jamaica to take up jobs as mechanics with transportation firms.
Most of the big car companies are reporting double-digit gains for January, as last year's momentum in United States (US) auto sales continues into 2013.
At 2 a.m., Dilwick Williams climbs into the cab of a 30-wheeler double trailer to begin a 12-hour ride from Fort McMurray, Alberta, transporting goods for Trimac Transportation Services. He is about to journey several hundred kilometers across Canada in snowy, icy conditions.
A section of the large crowd which gathered at the five-star Rio Hotel, Panama City, Panama, last weekend, reportedly erupted into loud cheers when three Jamaicans were announced as winners at the prestigious FIA Americas' Award.
The Florida Winter Tour (FWT) got underway last weekend and the young Jamaican go-karters have demonstrated that, once again, they will be a force to be reckoned with.Thomas Issa turned in a dazzling performance to secure second place out of a highly...
Major changes to the regulation of traffic in Half-Way Tree come into effect today. These are being implemented at the Constant Spring Road/South Odeon Avenue and Constant Spring Road/Hope Road intersections.
Despite not having as large a turnout as last year because of the country's economic climate, the sixth annual staging of the Jamaica Motor Show yielded more for sellers.
