Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Sunday | February 15, 2009
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BMW - bodied go-kart
I AM not kidding. Just how much fun this vehicle is can be measured by the number of persons who bought one last year. Some 830,000 folks forked out an average of US$35,000 to buy this little automotive fix. BMW must be doing something right.

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SMART DRIVE - Street-smart light repairs
WHILE SHOPPING for a fender for mother's Honda Fit some time last week, I came across a young fella looking at the front of my car. My headlights seem to have jaundice, they just don't have that lustre they used to - and they make the front end look rather decrepit. So I kinda shame, right?

Press release: JAA's Alan Beckford: going the distance for drivers
EVERY SERIOUS distance runner knows it. Many refer to it as "the wall". It is that point in a run (be it competitive or solo) when one has reached the known limits of endurance. The muscles tighten, the breath shortens and the brain sends messages that no further forward movement is desirable or even possible, the runner's equivalent of legendary boxer Roberto Duran's "no mas".

Champion in the making
HE IS the youngest of three children for his father, Peter McConnell, but while his older sister and brother, Rebecca and Stephen, choose equestrian as their hobby, 10-year-old Fraser has opted for motorsport.

Thomas Hall, 2008 driver of the year!
THE 2008 Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club had its 2008 driver awards presentation at the Caymans Golf Club on February 7. Thomas Hall won the award for driver of the year 2008, edging out big names like Maurice Whittingham, Doug Gore, Jeffery Panton, Richard Rerrie and Gary Gregg.

Auto Blotters - Honda debuts Euro Accord Type S
The 2009 Honda Accord Type S will have an 180hp 2.2-litre I - DTEC turbo diesel engine producing 280-lb ft of torque at 2000-rpm. The output gains are thanks to a revised turbocharger and cylinder head design, along with a larger intercooler.


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