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Raleigh’s Weekend Forecast: Prepare for Some Great Weather
Staying in town this weekend? You picked a good one for it. We’re in for nothing but sunny skies and high temperatures. You’ll still have plenty of chances to watch the clouds roll by, but with lots of blue sky in the backdrop. Here’s exactly what’s to come.
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PSA: Have You Got Old Tires? Beware the Summer Heat.
The summer heat has arrived, and although it’s great for road trips, it’s not great for your car. By August, we’ll be seeing temperatures over 100 degrees here in North Carolina, and that’s got us thinking about safety. Car safety, specifically.
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Chrysler Pacifica and The Honda Ridgeline – Episode 3 & 4 of Zero to 60
Do you have sixty seconds? Of course you do. Everyone has at least a minute to spare. And there’s no better way to spare it than with Leith Cars’ Zero to 60 program, presented by Mark Arsen.
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BMW and Intel Team Up to Build an Autonomous Car by 2021
BMW, in partnership with Intel and Mobileye, announced last week via livestream that they plan to bring a fully autonomous car to market by 2021. Which, in the wake of the first fatal semi-autonomous car crash, is big news.
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Don’t Be Silly – Buy the 2017 Honda Ridgeline
Right now, most of you are scoffing at this headline – you may even be offended by it. Good. It was meant to challenge everything you think you know about the 2017 Honda Ridgeline. Be honest with yourself, how much do you really know about it?
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Why Was the Nissan Skyline Illegal in the United States?
The Nissan Skyline; one of the most coveted imports of all time. It’s fast, beautiful, and illegal – or at least it was illegal. We’ll come back to that.
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Three Biggest Car Scams to Avoid When Buying or Selling by Owner
Have you ever heard the saying: “If something seems too good to be true, it probably is”? If so, you’ve already received some of life’s most practical advice. And today, we’d like to apply that advice to three potential scams you can run into when buying a used car by owner.
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Rolls-Royce’s VISION NEXT 100 Concept Won’t Require a Chauffer
Somewhere above the 10th floor of BMW’s Munich headquarters, a corporate vision building meeting sprouted the idea of BMW Vision Next 100 – a project that asked BMW, BMW Motorrad, Mini, and Rolls-Royce designers to tackle a unique problem: what will their cars look like in 100 years?
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WOW. These Photos of the New 2017 Porsche Panamera Are Stunning
We know those photos of your niece and her first birthday cake are adorable, but just for a moment we need your attention. Porsche officially released the first photos of the 2017 Panamera yesterday, and you need to see it.
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Don’t Worry, The Maserati Alfieri Concept Car Is Still Happening
Earlier this year, a group of Russian fighter jets and helicopters flew dangerously close to the USS Donald Cook, a warship operating in the Baltic Sea at the time. Although the fighter jets were unarmed, their maneuver was a clear display of military hostility. Why might the Russian army do this? The same reason car…