INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES FIGHT BACK! Electric and Hydrogen powered autos seem to making the headlines so often that most of us have been led to believe that the good old ‘Internal combustion engines’ [ICE] would soon be history! Not quite! The swamping of electric-driven cars on ou ...
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CLASSICS vs MODERN [Computers on wheels] CARS Pause awhile…….Where have all the ‘classics’ gone? When I say ‘classic’ I mean all those tough, well-built cars that had a distinctive style of their own. Each automobile marque had character; they catered to a w ...
A few weeks ago MOTOR’s dynamic Deputy ED Ashraaq told ‘Snippets’ that the DIG Police Colombo Range Mr. Champika Siriwardhana in a game-changing initiative invited the public to offer their suggestions on “How to Reduce Colombo Traffic.” This prompted yours truly to ema ...
KELANIYA BRIDGE The mere thought of driving to or around the Kelaniya Bridge is not something to look forward to, what with absolute chaos and incessant traffic – an eternal gridlock! Therefore the full page graphic spread that appeared in a popular newspaper recently of the approved plans ...
“ROAD DISASTER: AUDIT PROBE REVEALS SERIOUS SAFETY LAPSES” So screamed a front page headline of an English weekend paper; Snippets shall reproduce some of the shocking disclosures for the edification of our dear MOTOR readers. In short, the National Audit into Road Safety has found se ...