LeithCars.com News & Research
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Zero to 14,000 Feet: Mitsubishi Takes on Pikes Peak
If you follow Leith Mitsubishi’s blog or Facebook page, you’ve probably heard about the stunning performance of the Mitsubishi team at Pikes Peak in June. Thanks to GTChannel and GoPro, you can now hear and see that performance from a near first-person perspective. If you don’t like high-pitch noises, you may want to turn the…
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Real People Matter: Auto Park Honda Converts Consumers
Reviews posted on websites and social media platforms, in large part, form the reputation of a business. Consumers have instant access to resources like DealerRater and Cars.com, which display star-ratings and testimonials about the buying process other people experienced. It can be so detailed that individual brand ambassadors and finance specialists can be named –…
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Leith Fully Detailed: The Thoughtful Modesty of Leith Volvo
Every Monday, to quote Edward Murrow, “we dig deep in our history and our doctrine” to find one of our dealerships and tell its story. Murrow was a legendary journalist and a Tar Heel, after all, a native of Guilford County, so we feel he has some connection to how we tell stories. Today we…
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Showroom and Tell: The 2014 Jeep Wrangler
Looking ahead to tomorrow, we wanted to use our Thursday vehicle column to highlight a car that is patriotic as they come. We’re talking about a model that has actually served this country for many, many years. This week’s Showroom and Tell features the 2014 Jeep Wrangler. Considered by many to be the only true…
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Zero to Sixty: The 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed
A few months ago, we launched the Leith Cars blog with themed posts that focus on various aspects of our dealerships and the automotive industry. From the customer testimonials presented in Real People Matter to the most intriguing post of the week highlighted in Best in Class, we want you to engage with us. Our…
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Real People Matter: No Pressure from Leith VW of Raleigh
We write about a lot of things on this blog: industry news, vintage cars, exciting car videos, interesting new features, futuristic car concepts, business, and new models. Every once in a while, however, we like to let other people speak their mind for an unvarnished look at how people perceive the automotive world. We like…
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Fully Detailed: Chris Leith Kia
It’s hard to believe that we’re already two-thirds of the way through profiling all of the dealerships in the Leith family. Pretty soon we’re going to have to think of a new column that will take over on Monday after we’ve finished with Leith Fully Detailed. Until then, we still have another eleven dealerships to…
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Best in Class: Jeep’s Longstanding Tradition
We have a peculiar love of traditions in America. Some are familial while others find their roots in national pride. Italian-American families eat “the seven fish” at Christmas and unwaveringly love Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra. Sports fans at live events stand in solidarity during the national anthem. Whatever the tradition may be, we often…
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Showroom and Tell: The Practically Spirited 2015 Golf GTI
For this week’s Showroom and Tell blog post, we look at a car that has freshly arrived at Leith Volkswagen of Raleigh. The 2015 Golf GTI is a beloved car in the U.S. It is seen as a true driver’s car, not quite a rally vehicle, but neither a nitrogen-huffing, spoiler-laden miscreant with a compensatingly…
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Zero to Sixty: Be a Hero with the BMW GoPro App
GoPro cameras have taken the field of high-quality POV action footage and elevated it to astonishing new heights. They are used by enthusiasts in all sports and hobbies to capture their talents on the move. First person footage of rock-climbing, surfing, and even Superman is now on the Tube of You thanks to GoPro. These…