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 […]
Archive | July, 2014
2015 Ford Mustang and F-150 Power Output
We’ve been waiting a long time for the official figures from Ford’s two most highly anticipated 2015 models, the 2015 Mustang and the 2015 F-150. It seems like the blue oval has been set on releasing a single feature from each model at a time, drawing out the agony over months and weeks, but now […]
Help Prevent Vehicular Heatstroke
The Leith Cars group wants to pause for a moment and shift gears to a serious issue that rises every year at this time in the summer. On average, 38 children are killed in the United States after being forgotten in a hot car. More than 670 have perished due to vehicular heatstroke in the […]
Enjoy The ‘Works in Downtown Raleigh This Fourth of July
Tomorrow is Independence Day and as upstanding members of the community, it behooves us to make sure you all know about the festivities going on in downtown Raleigh. 2014 marks the second year for The ‘Works, the city’s full day of events to celebrate the Fourth of July – and supplanted the Raleigh Wide Open […]
Ford Adaptive Steering Makes Breakthrough
We’re really excited about the latest technological breakthrough from Ford. Those of you who are ardent followers of developments in steering technology are probably aware of adaptive steering. It’s the next step past power steering, wherein the wheel becomes easier to turn at low speeds and stiffens up when the car is going faster. Some […]