Category: Cars

  • Youth Revisited, Road Trippin’ a Red Hot Camaro to Richard Petty Motorsports

    When you get a call from Richard Petty Motorsports to come by the garage in Welcome, N.C. (near Lexington) to interview their hot-shot NASCAR Cup driver Bubba Wallace, you first say, “absolutely.” Then you ask yourself, “where can I get my hands on a nice, used Chevy Camaro for the road trip?” That second question…

  • A Twelve Foot Tall Monster Truck + Friday Night Racing = LeithCars.com Night at Wake County Speedway

    NEWS PROVIDED BY LeithCars.com  Jul 10, 2019, 10:12 ET RALEIGH, N.C., July 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — To show its support for grassroots racing in North Carolina, LeithCars.com, (a part-time sponsor of MBM Motorsport’s NASCAR Xfinity Toyota driven by Timmy Hill), partnered with two area short track ovals this race season. Southern National Motorsports Park near Lucama and Wake County Speedway south of Raleigh have been…

  • 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…

  • Maserati, Porsche, Jaguar…LeithCars.com Brings Luxury & Performance Brands to VIRginia International Raceway for Spring Charity Laps Event

    NEWS PROVIDED BY LeithCars.com  Apr 13, 2019, 16:15 ET RALEIGH, N.C., April 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Nestled along the banks of the Dan River in south-central Virginia is a legendary motorsports road course known to race fans and drivers simply as “VIR.” Besides the hundreds of racing events held each year at Virginia International Raceway, the track also holds…

  • 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,…

  • LeithCars.com is “Supra” Excited to Sponsor Timmy Hill’s NASCAR Xfinity Race Cars at Charlotte

    NEWS PROVIDED BY LeithCars.com  Feb 15, 2019, 10:53 ET DAYTONA, Fla., Feb. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — After jumping into its first NASCAR team sponsorship at Charlotte’s Roval in 2018, LeithCars.com is excited to announce its partnership with driver Timmy Hill and MBM Motorsports will continue in 2019. Hill will make the official sponsorship announcement of the #66 Toyota Supra Xfinity Series…

  • 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…