Category: Lifestyle

  • Test Drive a Jeep Wrangler and You’ll Be Hooked Too

    In this companion to our May, 2019 blog: “A Jeep Wrangler Test Drive? That’ll Hook You, But Good”, we take you from a 48 hour test drive in a new 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport S to buying one from our “Can Do” Jeep store in Raleigh, N.C., Leith Chrysler Jeep.   You see, a test drive…

  • A Jeep Wrangler Test Drive? That’ll Hook You, But Good.

    You might say it was nearly as bright as the sun, a yellow 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport S in what Jeep calls “Hellayella.”  The 4×4 of all four-by-fours was parked in front of  our Leith Jeep HQ on a beautiful Saturday morning. She had a black hard-top and 17 inch silver alloy wheels.  The “ready…

  • Reelin’ for Research Expands Its Charity Fishing Tournament, Inspiring LeithCars.com to Expand Its Involvement

    NEWS PROVIDED BY LeithCars.com  Apr 12, 2019, 12:26 ET RALEIGH, N.C., April 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time since its debut 10 years ago, the Reelin’ for Research fishing tournament is even bigger with the addition of inshore fishing. The one-day fishing tournament held in Morehead City, North Carolina, is the culmination of a year-long fundraising effort to benefit UNC…

  • 2020 Kia Stinger GT Wagon – Isn’t She a Beaut?

      You already know, at least I hope you know, that the 2019 Kia Stinger GT is a world-class sports car worthy of your consideration. It’s like nothing Kia has ever built before, a low-slung rear-wheel (or all-wheel-drive) four-door sports car with a hatch in back. Its thrust provided by a twin-turbocharged three-hundred-sixty-five horse V6…

  • “Hey, Mercedes…Find the Nearest Place for Sushi”

    Watch our He Said, She Said episode where we had the opportunity to get behind the wheel of one of the first 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class sedans to arrive in the Triangle.   The all-new A-Class really is something to experience, as in “Mercedes-Benz User Experience” or (MBUX). This compact Benz premium luxury sedan is smokin’…

  • Electrifying Jaguar I-PACE Leaves You Grinning

    See how much fun we had driving Jaguar’s I-PACE EV400 in Ep. 2 of He Said, She Said  You could say that Jaguar “flipped the script” with their first-ever electric vehicle. The Jaguar I-PACE all-electric premium luxury performance SUV breaks the mold of previous EVs in the market. This Jag is super stylish, sleek, comfortable,…

  • 2019 Toyota RAV4 Will Take You to the Great Outdoors

    In the first episode of our “He Said, She Said” video series, we get behind the wheel of the all-new 2019 Toyota RAV4 and give our personal take on this new, dominating force of a vehicle. We hit the road in the XLE model, and later, took the Adventure trim to the great outdoors, offering an in-depth…

  • How To Build a Demolition Derby Car

    In our latest Zero To 60TV Extra, The Leith Autopark Wendell team builds a demolition derby car.   BAM-CRUNCH-OUCH, you’ve just been rear-ended by a 1995 Ford Escort that resembles an accordion more so than it does a car.  Welcome to a demolition derby night, not as a mere spectator but as a participant. It was a lifelong…

  • Timmy Hill Takes On NASCAR’s First-Ever Roval

    Part 2 of our Zero To 60TV NASCAR special on Timmy Hill and the #66 Toyota Camry.   “Find your line and FOCUS.” That was the well-seasoned advice given to NASCAR driver Timmy Hill in the Xfinity Series Garage at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Hill was preparing to race in the Drive for the Cure 200 September 29th at…

  • The First Automotive Group to Follow in the Tire Tracks of Shows Like Top Gear

    NEWS PROVIDED BY LeithCars.com  Nov 01, 2018, 10:15 ET RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — LeithCars.com launches a digital home for original automotive content.   LeithCars.com Media now includes   Zero To 60TV, 15 episodes range from riding along with a NASCAR team on race day to a review on the exotic, $200,000 plus Audi R8 Spyder. Zero…