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Dom Hetrakul is a member of the family that has run the Daily News, Thai newspaper, for nearly 50 years. [2] He has managed director of Britbike, the authorised distributor of Triumph motorcycles from the United Kingdom.
The kingdom of the Siamese has been known to the West since 1430; when the Italian Niccolò de' Conti first visited Tenasserim, then part of the Kingdom of Sukhothai. [2] The first known Briton recorded to have set foot in the area that is now modern Thailand was Ralph Fitch who arrived in Chiang Mai (referred to as Lamahey in his account) in 1586. [3]
As of 2019, the automotive industry in Thailand is the largest in Southeast Asia [1] and the 10th largest in the world. [2] [3] [4] The Thai industry has an annual output of more than two million vehicles (passenger cars and pickup trucks), more than countries such as Belgium, Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy, Czech Republic and Turkey. [4]
Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) is the Thai operation of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. It became the first Thai automobile manufacturer to export vehicles overseas in 1988, and has remained the country's largest exporter every year since.
Thailand's death rate for operators and passengers of motorized two- and three-wheeled motorbikes was the world's highest in 2016 at 74.4 fatalities per 100,000 population. [10]: 310–311 Sixty-six persons die every day on Thai roads, one every 22 minutes, [12] seven of them children.
The Bhumibol Bridge (Thai: สะพานภูมิพล, RTGS: Saphan Phumiphon), also known as the Industrial Ring Road Bridge (Thai: สะพานวงแหวนอุตสาหกรรม, RTGS: Saphan Wongwaen Utsahakam) is part of the 13 km long Industrial Ring Road connecting southern Bangkok with Samut Prakan province.
The firm's most complete product is the Métisse Mk5, a bespoke retro-styled roadster.The Mk5 has not only a Métisse frame, but a new "Adelaide" 8-valve 997 cc (60.8 cu in) air-&-oil-cooled 5-speed 360° parallel twin engine designed and manufactured in-house by Métisse.
In 1990s, Thai government attempted to replace songthaews with modern minibuses. Thai Motor Corporation (THAMCO), BMW, and Italdesign cooperated for designing Italdesign Columbus as songthaew replacement. Italdesign Columbus had bodywork variations, including minibus, pick-up truck, and delivery van.