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Auto
Honda Pilot: Redefining the limits
LEAVE it to Honda to set the pace with the 2017 Honda Pilot. Given its price point, having seven-seater capabilities is rare enough. However, the Pilot seats eight. Read More
Audi expands SUV line-up
ALTHOUGH the 2018 Audi Q2 had its official launch on Wednesday, Damien Kerr, head of business for Audi at ATL Automotive, is saying its already a success.The unveiling took place at the ATL Automotive's Audi terminal on Oxford Road in New Kingston. Read More
PHOTO: Senior citizen dies in crash
A man, identified as 69-year-old Glaston Heron of Four Paths, Clarendon, was killed when his Suzuki Swift motor car (pictured here) and two other vehicles — an International truck and a Kenworth motor truck — crashed yesterday on the Spur Tree Hill main road in Manchester. Heron, the... Read More
Hamilton's hopes hit by five-place grid penalty
SPIELBERG, Austria (AFP) — Lewis Hamilton's hopes of reducing Sebastian Vettel's 14-point lead in this year's drivers' world championship suffered a setback late yesterday when he was handed a five-place grid penalty for this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix. Read More
Few takers for CMRC Trinidad &Tobago leg
It will be a small Jamaican team that heads to the second round of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) as only three confirmed competitors will make today's shipment date, allowing them to arrive in Trinidad and Tobago for the July 30... Read More
Audi Q5: A cut above the rest
WHEN the 2018 Audi Q5 made its regional debut in Mexico earlier this year, it did so to rave reviews. Months later we have put it through its paces to confirm its transition on Jamaican soil and the results are the same: it is a finely tuned, luxury, sport utility vehicle wherever it's... Read More
Commuters on the move
THE Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) said approximately 19, 279 vehicles, offering 134,191 seats, were licensed to provide public transport services in 2016.This is more than the 18,512 vehicles with seating capacity of 109,498 in 2015. Read More
Toyota hosts successful outing
Toyota Jamaica 4x4 Club's (TJam4x4Club) first off-roading outing for 2017 was a successful one. The recent event saw 22 vehicles showing up for the trek from their Old Hope Road showroom to Mount Charles in the hills of St Andrew. Read More
Compensation for 'bad gas' victims nears
The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) says it is now at the final hurdle in the 'bad gas' saga and hopes, by the end of December, to reach an agreement to start paying out compensation to those who were affected. Read More
Making the roads safer for our children
May Pen, Clarendon — Bauxite/alumina company Jamalco marked Road Safety Awareness Month in June with a road safety exposition at the Halse Hall Great House aimed at students from primary schools in Clarendon and Manchester as well as taxi operators. Read More
New start date for traffic ticket amnesty
NATIONAL Security Minister Robert Montague says the traffic ticket amnesty, which was scheduled to start today, has been postponed until August 2. Read More
Driver ticketed for strapping furniture, bicycles to roof
NEW HAMPSHIRE, United States (AP) — One New Hampshire driver should've heeded the old advice that you can't take it with you. Read More
Santa Fe, all the way
IN automotive circles the 1:1 ratio is a major achievement — be it horsepower to weight, or front-to-rear distribution. For the Hyundai Santa Fe it comes close, offering the same in terms of haulage capacity. For just a little over $7 million, depending on which trim one goes for,... Read More
Drawing on her Toyota dreams
Athalia Clarke will be Jamaica's representative at the 11th annual Toyota Dream Car Art Contest in Tokyo, Japan, on August 23. Read More
ITA, TA head West
WORK is to start in July on the construction of the western Jamaica offices of the Island Traffic Authority (ITA) and the Transport Authority (TA). Read More
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