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TOYOTA Jamaica is bracing for a bumpy ride after the world's largest carmaker announced it was cutting production by 40 per cent due to a severe global shortage of microchips.

Audi Q2: The fun one 8:00 pm
The Audi Q2 is the smallest of the Q series of sport utility vehicles sold locally by ATL Automotive. In that way, it exudes that younger brother syndrome to its older and more established siblings up the model range. While they tow the company line, the Q2 is able to...

GOOD TO GO! 9:30 pm
WHILE cognisant of the reasons for its implementation, Jamaica's new- and used-car association heads are welcoming the Government's decision to revamp its weekday no-movement day policy.

Ricciardo wins at Monza, Verstappen

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

MONZA, Italy (AFP) — Daniel Ricciardo won the Italian Grand Prix Sunday as Max Verstappen was blamed by the Monza stewards for the dramatic airborne crash with Lewis Hamilton who said his car's halo safety device “saved my neck”.

A rear-view glance: Remembering September 11

Friday, September 10, 2021

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 started as a typical day for Kent LaCroix — chairman of Jamaica's Auto Dealers' Association (ADA). But, as the morning progressed, he quickly realised this was not going be the case.

Highway completion date extended to 2023

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Motorists eager for the completion of work on the US$188-million May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000's east-west corridor will have to wait longer as the project has been extended to January 2023.

More muscle for Toyota Hilux

Friday, September 3, 2021

SINCE the introduction of the eighth-generation Toyota Hilux, 2021 presents its biggest upgrade to date, a power bump that puts the Japanese pickup amongst the horsepower heavyweights.

Vulnerable group rack up fatalities

Friday, September 3, 2021

VULNERABLE road users account for 63 per cent of road fatalities, according to the Traffic Crash Report issued by the Road Safety Union (RSU) in the Ministry of Transport and Mining.

Almost 100 people killed on roads during curfew hours

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

THE Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is to join the Road Safety Unit (RSU) and the police in an effort to restrict the growing number of road deaths, especially at nights.

Verstappen wins rain-ruined two-lap Belgian GP, shortest race in history

Monday, August 30, 2021

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium (AFP) — Red Bull's Max Verstappen emerged as the winner of the rain-ruined Belgian Grand Prix with only two laps completed behind a safety car at a drenched and dangerous Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

ATL Bodyworks to open September

Friday, August 27, 2021

JAMAICA'S leading automotive company, the ATL Automotive Group, is poised to raise the bar once again with the launch of a new US$3-m state-of-the-art body shop facility located in Montego Bay, St James.

Cruise concerns

Friday, August 27, 2021

ST JAMES, Jamaica — President of the Jamaica Co-operative Automobile and Limousine Tours Ltd (JCAL), Brian Thelwell, says while there is optimism among his membership in western Jamaica surrounding the return of cruise ships to the ports in Falmouth and Montego Bay, there are...

McCONNELL SETS SIGHT ON THE US

Friday, August 27, 2021

JAMAICAN Rallycross driver Fraser McConnell ended his 2021 European rallycross campaign on a high, claiming second place at the Swedish round of the FIA RX2e Rallycross Championship last weekend.

Motorists threaten legal action after vehicles seized

Monday, August 23, 2021

AT least three motorists whose cars were seized by the police on suspicion of operating a private vehicle as a public passenger vehicle (PPV) without a road licence are threatening legal action.

Bikers without helmets, speeding, pushing up St Mary road deaths

Sunday, August 22, 2021

PORT MARIA, St Mary — Motorcyclists without helmets and speeding are among the worrying trends pushing up road fatalities in this parish.

PODIUM FINISH FOR McCONNELL

Friday, August 20, 2021

JAMAICAN Rallycross driver Fraser McConnell closed out his participation in the RallyX Nordic 2021 series with a second-placed overall position, after securing enough points at the final round in Arvika, Sweden, on August 15.

Bog Walk Gorge reopens

Friday, August 20, 2021

The National Works Agency (NWA) says that the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine has now been reopened to vehicular traffic following the passage of Tropical Storm Grace on Tuesday.

'A positive move'

Thursday, August 19, 2021

NEGRIL, Westmoreland -�The National Works Agency (NWA) is currently assessing the effectiveness of the rumble strips it had installed on sections of the Norman Manley Boulevard in Negril recently, as part of efforts to reduce motor vehicle accidents,...