2013 Mazda CX-5 Pricing and Info

Mazda has just announced pricing for the 2013 Mazda CX-5, which starts at only $21,490! Talk about sticker shock! This slots the CX-5 under both Toyota Rav4 and Honda CR-V, 2 of its biggest competitors.

For your $21,490, you’ll get the Sport model with front-wheel drive and a six-speed manual. The Skyactiv six-speed automatic will cost an extra $1400. The standard features on the Mazda CX-5 include 17-inch wheels, power windows, automatic headlight shutoff, a roof spoiler, tilt and telescopic steering, and an auxiliary audio jack for your Ipod or MP3 player. Opting for the all-wheel drive Mazda CX-5 with active torque split will put you at $24,140. You can also add on a Bluetooth Audio Package that includes hands-free phone and audio streaming, a 5.8-inch color info screen, and HD Radio for $400!

Next up is the CX-5 Touring, priced at $24,690 for the front wheel drive model. This trim level includes the Bluetooth Audio Package standard as well as a power driver’ seat, rear backup camera, blind spot monitoring, and leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob. Options include a Moonroof/Bose Package and a Technology Package. The Technology package adds navigation, Homelink, bi-xenon headlights, rain-sensing wipers, and alarm for $1185.

Finally, the range-topping Grand Touring model is priced at $27,840 for the front-wheel drive model. The Grand Touring gets 19-inch rims as well as a long list of other options including leather, heated front seats, dual-zone climate control, satellite radio, and a Bose sound system.

We still don’t have a confirmed delivery date, but make sure you check back because we’ll be announcing it as soon as we do!

2012 Super Bowl Automotive Commercials

We all know a good amount of people watch the Super Bowl solely for the commercials, and the rest of us just see them as an added extra. MotorTrend pooled together all of the automotive commercial last night for your viewing please here. We’ve pulled a few of our favorites and posted them below!

Get a TWO-NIGHT STAY at the Tropicana!

Get a TWO-NIGHT STAY at the Tropicana Casino & Resort in Atlantic City courtesy of Ray Price Cars. Enjoy the fun and games, stay in their beautiful rooms, dine on delicious cuisines, and party all night! All you have to do is purchase or lease a new 2012 Honda Civic or 2012 Honda Accord. That’s it! With every qualifying purchase you’ll be entitled to a weekend, or mid week, getaway to exciting Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Right now we have attractive lease offersfor both the Honda Civic and Honda Accord for you to take advantage of. 2012 Honda Civic LX’s can be lease for $99 per month and 2012 Honda Accord LX’s for $129 per month. Make sure you hurry in though because supplies are limited, and when these trips are gone, they’re gone!

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$250 minimum. Combined offer, get your best deal on a packaged price. See dealer for complete details, while supplies last.

The 2013 Ford Fusion makes it’s first appearance!

We all finally got a look at the upcoming 2013 Ford Fusion at this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit and we’re really excited for one of these to arrive about 8 months from now! Ford will be the first to offer gas, hybrid, and electric versions of the same vehicle in the mid-size sedan market. This all-new Fusion is part of the continuing One Ford program, which seeks to align all of Ford’s models as truly global designs. The new Fusion’s look draws heavily from the design of the previous European version, the Mondeo, and combines it with forward thinking to create some truly beautiful lines.

The 2013 Ford Fusion will be available in multiple trim levels. The top of the line SEL trim with be replaced with the newly coined Platinum trim level, the name change a true reflection of the new refined look of the car. SE and S trim levels will remain, with the SE being offered in both a Appearance and Luxury packages to cater to different customers. As for the gas engines there will be 3 choices; a 170 hp 2.5 liter four-cylinder, a 179 hp 1.6 liter EcoBoost turbocharged four-cylinder, and the 237-hp 2.0-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder Ford has been using in most of its new models. Sevel of these engines will come mated to a 6 speed automatic, with a manual will be available with some trims, as well as all wheel drive. The All-New Fusion will feature a whole host of technologies, including Ford’s interactive MyFord Touch system.

As for the exterior and interior styling, we’ll let the pictures speak for themselves…

Surprising Safety and Fuel Efficiency Innovations on the way in 2012!

The Detroit Free Press recently gave a sneak peak of some interesting safety and fuel efficiency innovations you can expect to see in popular cars, trucks, and SUVs in the coming year.

The first feature touched on is “stop-start” technology. This new technology automatically shuts the engine off when one is stopped to save on fuel consumption, then kicks it back on when the driver is ready to get moving again! Seems like a very futuristic idea to us, but stop-start technology is already available on the Mazda3 and you can expect it be available on many more models by the end of 2012. The writer also speaks on the growing trend of getting bigger numbers out of smaller engines, something we’ve seen for a few years now. Ford has already fully incorporated it’s EcoBoost engine line-up into nearly every model that it produces and many other manufacturers produce both horsepower and torque numbers near the 300′s with four-cylinder turbo engines.

The current needs and wants of consumers has sparked most manufacturers into pushing the envelope as far as technology in automobiles goes. You can read the entire article at the Detroit Free Press Website.

 

 

CarsinBarns.com

Documenting the forgotten cars rotting away across America and around the world!

Today we wanted to take a minute and share a site that we here at Ray Price browse on quiet rainy afternoons much like today, CarsinBarns.com. If you have a love for classic American muscle, vintage autos, or car restoration, this is a site you need to check out. In a nutshell, users submit photos and stories of old cars they find throughout the country to create a kind of shrine to the rusting and rotting classics that sit across the country. One could probably take a drive along the back roads in the Poconos and find your own car in a barn to submit to the site!

The site has a tool that allows the viewer to narrow their search if they’re trying to catch a glimpse of a certain make or model. They also provide news updates where people sometimes submit their progress of convincing previous owners to let them buy these rusting masterpieces and restore them to their previous glory. There’s even a monthly calender you can purchase and a newsletter you can sign up for. So if you’re like us, and looking to pass some time on this dreary winter afternoon, we suggest you take CarsinBarns.com for a spin!

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