Month: May 2014
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Showroom and Tell: 2014 BMW 5-series
Showroom and Tell this week is brought to you by Leith BMW, and today’s car is the 2014 BMW 5-series. The first thing you should know about this car is that we list thirteen trim levels on our model research page. What this should tell you is that when you look at the 5-series, you…
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Zero to Sixty: 2014 Maserati GranTurismo MC
As Boyz II Men once sang, “It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.” The Fiat Chrysler Automotive group released its five-year plan for the various brands that fall under its umbrella, and that includes Maserati. While most in the industry didn’t expect too much of a shake-up, it became apparent just how serious the…
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Real People Matter: Leith Mitsubishi of Fayetteville
According to our research, the average adult’s resting heart rate is somewhere between 60 and 100 beats per minute. A cup of coffee increases that by about 3 beats per minute, exercise kicks it up further still, and a roller coaster just about has it popping out of your chest. All of these effects, however,…
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Chris Leith Dodge Fully Detailed
Every Monday, we try to introduce you to another of our dealerships and let you know what their mission statement is. For this week’s Leith Fully Detailed column, we travel to Wake Forest and visit Chris Leith Dodge. Despite having only one of the brands in its name, Chris Leith Dodge sells both Dodge and…
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Showroom and Tell It On the Mountain: The Honda Fit is Go
“The power of love,” sang Huey Lewis with his band, The News, “is a curious thing.” This sentiment comes to mind as we read about Honda’s continual exploration of the 2015 Honda Fit, the latest retailoring of a car that has surprised, interested, excited, and baffled us since its introduction in 2001. Because our blog…
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Zero to Sixty: Nitto Tires Presents “Getting Started”
Normally the Leith Cars video of the week features a short clip of one car going really fast. This week’s video features a multitude of cars that are standing still. It being Wednesday, we like to give you an adrenaline boost to help you clear the hump, but today we’re trying something different. Today we mean…
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Real People Matter: “IDL” at Mercedes-Benz of Cary
If you’ve been following Leith Cars, it should come as no surprise that today brings another edition of RPM: Real People Matter. You can skip ahead guilt-free to the review. As for the rest of you, here’s what this weekly blog post covers. RPM presents reviews of Leith dealerships that highlight the qualities and characteristics…
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Leith Fully Detailed: 24 Years of Leith Toyota Scion
In our inveterate drive to alert the world to all 33 Leith dealerships, we blog about one in particular every Monday. Will it take more than half the year? Sure; that’s math. We won’t stop though, not for math, not for pollen, early onset summer humidity or even the appearance of summer movie blockbusters so…
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Best in Class: Hollywood Flips Out with the Pneumatic Car Flipper
This week’s top post features a device that has changed how movies are made. The pneumatic car flipper was first used in 1998, and its inventors have since one an Academy Award for their technical achievement. Car carnage in films is on the rise because it’s so much easier to arrange now. This is a…
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Showroom and Tell: 2014 smart fortwo Electric Drive
Today marks the start of a new month, so we thought it appropriate to select an all-new model for Leith Cars’ Showroom and Tell. The 2014 smart fortwo Electric Drive is a zero-emissions model offered by the same company that introduced the tridion safey cell. Now you can relish the benefits of both a patented…