Tag: Videos
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How a Manual Transmission Works
Your car’s transmission is among its most vital elements. It connects the engine to the drivetrain and governs how much power you use from moment to moment. Yet for most people, it’s a complete mystery how it works. The prominence of automatic transmissions has lessened the need to understand how this magical box beneath our…
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This Inventor Might Have Solved Cupholder Spills
One of the chief problems that has plagued automakers for years is cupholders. Too big, too small, soft drink sized, coffee mug sized, space for a handle, no handle, removable, coverable, etc. How does one get the dried stickiness of a spilled drink out of there? Should the holder have straight walls, or should they…
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Did Super Bowl XLIX’s Car Commercials Work?
Well-functioning companies don’t do anything that doesn’t make money. Therefore, while we all know that Super Bowl commercials famously cost millions of dollars for just a handful of seconds, we can be sure that they are financially worth it. Unless you’re Nationwide. No one ever bought something from a doom-and-gloom salesman, aside from purchasers of…
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Best In Class: Leith Honda’s “It’s Real” Post About OK Go
To paraphrase Phil Connors, “Well, it’s Friday…again,” which means we’re choosing our favorite Leith blog post from the week. Every Leith store has a blog, and our team of writers work at creating the most compelling, informative, relevant and entertaining posts possible. This week, we’re choosing Leith Honda for their essay about OK Go’s new…
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Zero to Sixty: Michael Bay-esque Explosions
Zero to Sixty is our chance to discover an engaging video (or two) about one of the many great brands Leith represents. We scour the Internet – Okay, mostly Youtube – to find something relevant and entertaining. Even if the video is brief, it does provide even just a moment’s break from the workday. If…
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Zero to Sixty: Jaguar’s Gorgeous Missing Six E-Types
Why are cars dramatic? Somewhere at the world’s beginning cavemen chipped these words into stone: “Car videos need drums. And strings. And brass horns. And anthemic vocals. And repeated reminders that Nothing Will Ever Be The Same.” Although cavemen at that time didn’t even know what “videos” or “cars” were, they were wise beyond their…
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Zero to Sixty: Mercedes-Benz AMG GT
Though our series Zero to Sixty can present videos that range many topics, the most appealing clips are connected to speed and power. We know, from working with Leith Cars, there is only a handful of brands that genuinely capture the essence of speed and power – Mercedes-Benz is undoubtedly one of them. The German…
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Zero to Sixty Will Be Quicker in the Ford Lightweight Concept
Lightweight cars are a dime a dozen nowadays, particularly in the high-performance super car arena. Mainstream brands are starting to obsess over their lineup’s waistlines now, too. We can guess that more stringent fleet fuel economy standards have done a lot to motivate automakers into trimming some fat. However, there’s also the classic “Because we…
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Zero to Sixty: The Delicate Tracing of Jaguar’s C-Type to F-Type
For today’s Zero to Sixty video, we have a fairly British presentation of the lineage of Jaguar’s sports cars. Starting with the C-Type in the 1950s to the present day F-Type, we were delighted by the cinematography which was not overwrought and the dialogue which was not overwritten. We also appreciate the video’s selection of…
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Zero to Sixty: Salesman Selling Cars Getting Snarky
It’s Wednesday, so that means Leith Cars presents another edition of Zero to Sixty. This series brings videos from around the web – Okay, so mostly YouTube – that break up the monotony of the week. Whether it is an SUV traversing daunting terrains or a sports car burning out tires in a parking lot,…