Hot August Night Cruise In with Steve Saleen!

Chris Leith Performance Car & Truck Division is pleased to announce its’ first ever Hot August Night Cruise In with Steve Saleen!

The 2010 Hot August Night Cruise in will be held August 20th, from 4PM-8PM on the grounds of Chris Leith Automotive located on Capital Blvd. in Wake Forest. There will be a meet and greet with Mr. Saleen, a collection of gorgeous classic cars on display, the Chris Leith Monster Truck, and music and food. The whole community is invited out to take a “Ride and Drive” of the all new Dodge SMS 570 Challenger.

Steve Saleen is a former racing driver that is best known for being the founder and former vice chairman of Saleen, Inc, which until 2009 was an OEM manufacturer of specialty vehicles including highly modified Ford Mustangs. Mr. Saleen’s latest endeavor with his new company SMS will focus on the expansion into the high-end American Muscle Car markets. SMS recently introduced the first product in their line of Signature Series ultra-high performance vehicles, the SMS 570TM Challenger and SMS 570XTM Challenger.

Chris Leith Performance Car & Truck Division is the Mid-Atlantic’s exclusive Saleen Dodge Challenger Headquarters. This exclusivity allows Chris Leith Dodge to be the only dealership to sell Saleen Dodge Challengers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Chris Leith Performance Car and Truck Division offers a selection of more than twenty Dodge Challengers, including the RT, SRT, Hemi, and Saleen models. They are located 9 miles north of the Raleigh Beltline and 4.5 miles north of I-540 on Capital Boulevard North. All specialty vehicles can be viewed online at ChrisLeithPerformance.com.

2010 SUBARU OUTBACK MP Wake Forest NC North Carolina

Kia Soul

Hands-free Bluetooth connectivity, iPod/USB integration, satellite radio, ABS, disc brakes all around, A/C and a full suite of airbags are just some of the features standard on 95% of all Souls going to market.

To the average Kia buyer, what's going on inside the car is more important than performance. If space is a key component, the 53.4 cubic feet of interior cargo space with the rear seats down may be an issue (the xB has 69.9 cubic feet, the Cube 58.1), though the under-floor storage is a nice touch. For customers concerned with style and comfort, the Soul may actually win them over with its larger seats, reasonable space and funky-yet-intuitive dash complete with a crystal clear display.

The Soul is a great car.

2010 Viper “Final Edition” models

To celebrate the final year of production for the current-generation Dodge Viper, Dodge is building a limited production run of just 50 2010 Viper SRT10 “Final Edition” models.

Available in Coupe, Roadster and ACR (American Club Racer) model configurations, each Final Edition Viper exterior features a Graphite Clear Coat body with a painted black center stripe traced in red. Viper Coupe and ACR Final Edition models include a black windshield surround. All Final Edition models carry unique side sill badges.

The black interior features custom red accent stitching, red painted halo surrounds on the gauge cluster and bright stainless steel screws in center stack bezel. A numbered dash plaque (1-50) is located on the shifter bezel just above the unique Viper Final Edition floor mats.

All Viper Final Edition Coupe and Roadster models will wear six-spoke wheels painted in Anthracite, while ACR models will come with five-spoke Sidewinder wheels in black.
The 8.4-liter (510 cu. in.) V-10 engine remains the heart of the 2010 Dodge Viper SRT10. With 600 (450 kW) horsepower and 560 lb.-ft. (760 N•m) of torque, benchmark performance numbers, (including 0-60 mph in less than 4 seconds, quarter-mile time in the mid 11-second range, 0-100-0 mph in 11 seconds flat and a top speed of 202 mph) continue to prove how the serious, race-inspired, street-legal two-seater performs without apology.

This build of 50 Final Edition 2010 Dodge Vipers includes all three model configurations for the first time - 20 Coupes, 18 Roadsters and 12 ACRs. In 2002, a total of 360 Viper Final Edition Coupes (326) and ACRs (34) were built with Viper Red Clear Coat exterior and white stripes.

Production of the 2010 Dodge Viper Final Edition models is scheduled to begin in early summer.

2010 Dodge Viper

The last of the current generation of the Dodge Viper has rolled off the line at the Conner Avenue plant that has been making the sports car since 1992.
The last 2010 Dodge Viper built is an SRT10 Coupe with a 1-of-a-kind paint scheme designed in cooperation with the owner of the largest Dodge Viper collection in the world.

Wayne and D’Ann Rauh of Arp, Texas own more than 40 Dodge Vipers, the largest known collection in the world, and it is fitting that these rabid Viper fans would purchase the very last of the 2010 Dodge Vipers.

The Viper is now on a two-year hiatus after which the auto maker’s executive team could bring it back with a new look and design with the help of Fita SpA’s expertise. Chrysler merged its assets with Fiat last year.

Trans Am - Keith Morgan

Kevin Morgan - Designer of the Phoenix Trans Am stopped by to say hello to Chris, and visit our 2010 Trans Am. Kevin's love affair with the Trans Am started after the release of the Smokey & The Bandit movie in the 1970's. So when the latest generation Camaro was released, Kevin went to work and created his vision of the 2010 Trans Am. The Trans Am Depot acquired the rights to the "Trans Am" name, and with their design team, his vision is now reality. Stop in to our Chris Leith Chevy Showroom and see this fantastic collector car today!

Ram Rules! - 2010 Motor Trend Truck of the Year Winner