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Showroom and Tell: The Kia K900
Today marks another edition of Leith Cars’ Showroom and Tell. With its recent release, we thought it appropriate to take a closer look at the Kia K900. Exterior The initial assessment of a vehicle is its appearance. The Kia K900 is visually striking with a unique combination of strength and grace. The sharply angled headlamps…
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Zero to Sixty: The Soon-to-Arrive Lincoln MKC
For this week’s edition of Zero to Sixty, our video of the week focuses on the design aspect of one of Lincoln’s more interesting expected cars, the MKC. As a new vehicle, it offered Lincoln’s design team an opportunity that many professionals are lucky to have once in their careers: the opportunity to make a…
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Real People Matter at Leith CDJR Wendell
For this week’s edition of Real People Matter, we travel back in time to a few months ago at Leith Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM in Wendell. One of our customers, Peter N., visited us out of what he called desperation. Peter is a proud Jeep owner and he noticed uneven wearing on his tires, occurring…
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Leith Fully Detailed: Audi Cary
This past Thursday marked the launch of the all-new A3. It is for this reason that we chose to head over to Audi Cary for another edition of Leith Fully Detailed. When people think of quality German products, a few staples likely come to mind: bratwurst, sauerkraut, lederhosen … and superior car manufacturing. That is…
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Best In Class: The BMW Film Series
Thank the aluminum and reinforced steel gods, because it’s Friday. As is our custom, we sit down over a digestion-helping bowl of plain Greek yogurt with granola and looks through all the blog posts written for Leith’s 33 dealerships during the past week. Between honey-sweetened mouthfuls of wildberry granola, we weigh what is most interesting,…
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Showroom and Tell: The 2014 Lincoln MKZ
Today’s Showroom and Tell spotlight falls on the sleek and sophisticated 2014 Lincoln MKZ. As the spiritual successor to the fabled Lincoln Towncar and a triumph of the company’s rebranding several years ago, the MKZ is the most well-rounded Lincoln in the fleet. Its styling, inside and out, sets the tone for the whole lineup.…
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Zero to Sixty: 2014 Maserati Ghibli SQ4 AWD Technical Tour
In recent years, the Maserati brand sought to expand the accessibility of its Trident marque. These efforts yielded a gorgeous entry-level sedan: the Ghibli. As a result of smart advertising, the Italian automaker’s newest addition reached a vast audience – and it was well received. Part of its success is the AWD (all-wheel drive) system…
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Real People Matter: Jaguar Land Rover Cary
Our Tuesday blog series—Real People Matter—is based on the principle that how people perceive their experience is of the utmost importance to us. We could have the most amazingly innovative, beautiful and revolutionary cars on the planet, but if people don’t feel comfortable, respected, heard and valued, then our cars would simply be hulks of…
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Blog Refresh and Leith Fully Detailed: Leith Buick GMC
We’re back from a week-long hiatus, which wasn’t actually a hiatus. If it had been a hiatus, we wouldn’t have been doing any work. Instead we would have all gone our separate ways, taken time off from the blog, and started several experimental and ultimately unsuccessful side blogs. Then we would have sheepishly gotten back…
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Best in Class: Goodyear’s Inferno-Free Blimp Policy
Our Friday series picks our favorite blog post of the week from any of our 30+ dealerships’ blogs. This week it comes from Leith Ford for their informative, intriguingly referenced and plain off-the-wall post about blimps. There is a tie-in to cars, of course, as well as a tip about a contest Goodyear is running.…