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Auto
Ogier powers his Toyota ahead in Mexico dust and flames
PARIS, France (AFP) — Frenchman Sebastien Ogier yesterday emerged from the dust of day two on the Mexico Rally after watching key rival Ott Tanak suffer a damaged axel on a tough day of racing in the gravelly hill roads outside Guanajuato that left one car a burnt-out... Read More
Porsche to feature Jamaica
Type7, Porsche's daily lifestyle Instagram magazine, will feature content from Jamaica as part of a six-week tour through the Caribbean and Latin American by the magazine's editor-in-chief, Ted Gushue. Read More
Australian Grand Prix expected to be called off
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — The season-opening Australian Grand Prix is increasingly likely to be called off due to the coronavirus pandemic, a source suggested to AFP yesterday. Read More
Actively tuning for over three decades
They say you can find a Jamaican anywhere. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that one of the top BMW performance parts producers is Jamaican-owned and operated Active Autowerke, based in South Florida. Read More
Rallysport action
Lee Vaz left the first Drivers' Rallysport Club sprint, dubbed Lions' Rising, on March 8 with a full haul of championship points after winning the event's run section. Read More
Soaring with the Kia Sorento
FINAL WORDMODEL: 2020 Kia Sorento CRDi AWDENGINE: 2.2-litre, turbocharged four cylinder diesel — 200bhp/326lb-ftDRIVETRAIN: Six-speed automatic/all-wheel drive Read More
Shacman pulls through
SHACMAN Jamaica, local suppliers of Chinese-made Shacman heavy equipment, said the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak caused some of their manufacturers to temporarily close operations in that country. However, it did not affect local business. Read More
First-time winners take spotlight
First-timer winners Derika Bailey, Edward Massias, and Dana Mills were this week's Instagram Swag Bag Giveaway, courtesy of Shacman Jamaica.“I'm happy to have won,” said Massias. Read More
CORONA CONCERNS
By Brian Bonitto Associate Editor -- Auto & Entertainment bonittob@jamaicaobserver.com | Friday, March, 6 2020
AS the global automotive industry continues to be pummelled by the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19), Jamaican players are bracing for its debilitating effects. Read More
Stunning Seltos
Kia Jamaica, a division of ATL Automotive, recently unveiled its 2020 Kia Seltos subcompact sport utility vehicle to a full house at its Oxford Road showroom in New Kingston. Read More
Hagley Park/Maxfield Avenue intersection closes this weekend
THE Hagley Park Road/Maxfield Avenue/Eastwood Park Road intersection, which converges at the St Andrew Parish Church in Half-Way-Tree, will be closed this weekend – Saturday, February 29 and Sunday, March 1. Read More
Auto making readers winners
IN the third week of the Jamaica Observer's weekly Auto magazine Instagram Swag Bag Giveaway, Keeana Senior, Loriann Newell-Green and Andrew Ramsaran were happy winners of gift... Read More
Success for Seltos
IT was a full house for the launch of the new Kia Seltos sub-compact sport utility vehicle at the brand's Oxford Road showroom in Kingston, last Friday. Read More
Shantui joins SHACMAN
So your SHACMAN F3000 dump truck is sitting idle on site. What do you do? You take your F3000 tractor trailer and pick up your Shantui SL50WN front-end loader and head back for some serious billable work hours. Read More
Fatalities climb to 76
A pall of gloom hangs over the George Alleyne Hall at the University of The West Indies's Mona campus in Kingston, following the death of three residents in a motor vehicle collision yesterday morning. Read More
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