Old race cars ran laps at Sonoma Raceway in California during the Historic Motorsports Festival. Story here.
- Burma is being Americanized with fast food and Ford trucks
- Make sure if you’re buying a used car it doesn’t have open recalls
- Costco is now selling a $115,000 F1 racing simulator
You found the used car or truck you want on Mojo Motors. Now what? What most people don’t know is that a car may appear as being available online, but that an online inventory can take 24 hours to update. The vehicle that looks like it’s available today, may have actually been sold yesterday. Spare yourself the heartbreak and wasted time by calling the dealership.
I’ve heard some horror stories of people driving hours to a dealership for the car of their dreams only to find out it isn’t available. I don’t want you to make the same mistake because it leaves shoppers angry and bitter while buying a used car or truck. All of this can be avoided by knowing these three things before calling a dealer. [keep reading]
Are cars with personality, charm and charisma dead? Jason Harper from Bloomberg seems to think so. In his recent article, Harper asks “In this age of mass production and global distribution, have we seen the last taillights of cars with personality? Where are the oddball autos that appeal to only a heartfelt few?”
Cars that Harper digs from the “good old days” are the Citroen DS-19, the Morris Minor Traveller or the Buick Riviera. Sure, those were cool cars, but isn’t it natural for people to look fondly at the past? It’s why after every Super Bowl, people say the commercials were disappointing inferring some sort of benchmark was set in the past. People were more wholesome too, our country was stronger, gas was cheaper, Adam Sandler made funnier movies and cars had more personality.
To his credit, Harper does believe electric cars from Fiskar and Tesla are a sign of change. Their interiors, their curves and wacky details have stimulated excitement in the car industry. Nonetheless, beautiful design aren’t just limited to electric cars. It could be argued a whole host of quirky and charming cars can be found at a dealership near you. Here are a few. [keep reading]
Over the weekend, Dodge won its first Sprint Cup Championship since 1975 and Lewis Hamilton won the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin.
- GM opens a second plant for Chinese economy brand Baojun
- Subaru might just be the best automaker in the U.S.
- Used car market in Florida is set to explode this winter
The prices of electric cars are still too high for 99.7% of car shoppers.
- NASCAR is broken and it needs to be fixed
- Prices of used cars will skyrocket because of Sandy
- Dispute between Jeff Gordon VS Clint Bowyer escalates
As awesome as our website is, no product sells itself. Like sales teams at almost every startup, Mojo Motors has to find creative ways of getting our message heard. We need to break through the noise to sign up dealers since it takes roughly five calls before we get a decision maker on the line.
People that work at dealerships are busy and they’re constantly being sold new tools and products, so they have a habit of blowing off any new product that gets pitched to them. And really, don’t we all do that?
The challenge for us is to find ways of differentiating ourselves from all of the other products currently being pitched. Of course we can try different messages and using our gut we can guess what’s working and what isn’t. Thankfully, it’s 2012 and sales can be a lot more science than art so our gut can rest up for lunch. [keep reading]
I assume anyone reading this post has been to at least one car show. There are just as many categories of car shows as there are types of cars. I’ve been to a lot of different ones but the nostalgic feeling and genuineness found at the local car shows can’t be found anywhere else. And the knowledge you gain from talking to the folks who actually owned and worked on these cars is different from the MPG and HP ratings you find on a sheet at the large international shows. But before I get all sentimental over these local events, I’d like to take some time to explain how these opinions were formed.
About 10 years ago, I went to my first car show with my uncle and his family. This wasn’t a run of the mill local car meet; this was the New York International Auto Show…one of the largest automotive enthusiast events in the world. With hundreds, maybe thousands of cars at display, there was something for everyone to see. From insanely priced and powerful exotics such as the Ferrari Enzo and Porsche Carrera GT to the grocery getters we’re more likely to drive in our lifetimes, all were parked and glistening on what would be the equivalent of a red carpet for cars. [keep reading]
1. Don’t buy a car in the first ten days it’s been listed. Unless you have a great deal staring at you in the face, be patient. Dealerships don’t typically lower the price of a vehicle in the first ten days of listing it online. Any cars still available after that ten day window are fair game to negotiate and bargain your way to a great deal. If the price is still high after a price drop and you’re not in a rush to buy, just keep waiting. The typical used car on Mojo Motors drops in price about three times before being sold.
Have a great weekend and start it right by watching how our friends down in Texas deal with road rage or lack thereof.
- Fiat will offer in-car espresso machines in the Fiat 500L
- Audi digital dealership is basically like shopping online
- Chevrolet Corvair with AWD and a Porsche engine
- The military can still sponsor sports and more importantly, Dale Jr.
Start your week off leisurely with this slow-motion compilation of NASCAR, F1, Moto GP, Indycar, and more:
- The new Fiat 500 is being peddled as an immigrant
- The most expensive car crash in the world cost $31 million
- Hilter’s car got to New Jersey somehow
- Watch a review of what could become this decade’s McLaren F1: the Pagani Huayra
