On Sunday December 2nd, 2012, The Philadelphia Inquirer did a piece on the 2013 Scion FRS. Here is an excerpt and the full story:
The new-for-2013 FR-S is the product of a Toyota/Subaru joint venture. Its Subaru counterpart, the BR-Z (are you growing weary of these cattle brands yet?) is largely identical mechanically and aesthetically, although there is some styling differentiation up front.
Despite its reasonable price (it starts at $24,200 with the manual gearbox and $25,300 with the automatic), the FR-S is a true sporting machine, a real funster. It’s blessed with excellent driving dynamics, thanks in part to its suspension design and the fore-to-aft weight balance afforded by its rear-drive layout.
As a consequence, the FR-S proved a lot of fun to throw around on a back road.
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We want to ask you, what are your thoughts of the new 2013 Scion FRS?
For the second year in a row, Toyota and Lexus are the top non-luxury and luxury brands, respectively, in the annual Kelley Blue Book Best Resale Value Awards, which assess how well 2013 models are expected to retain their original list price after five years of ownership. According to KBB, “Toyota’s entire lineup of 2013 model-year vehicles is expected to retain the greatest amount of its original value after the initial five years of ownership.”
Six Toyota models won in their categories: Avalon, FJ Cruiser, Sequoia, Sienna, Tacoma and Tundra. The FJ Cruiser was the vehicle with the highest resale value among all 2013 models. Tacoma was second overall; 4Runner was fifth and Land Cruiser was sixth.
Four Lexus models won in their categories: IS, GS 350, RX 450h and LX 570. LX ranked eighth on the overall Top 10.
Scion tC won its category and was 10th on the overall Top 10.
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To read the Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands’ news releases, please visit www.toyotanewsroom.com
To read a New York Times article about the awards, please click here.
First Day photos at the all-new Central City Toyota
At 7am on Monday November 26th, 2012, the first customers had the opportunity to enter the all new Max Paul’s Central City Toyota. Customers were treated to a wonderful Breakfast from Hymies Deli and had the opportunity to tour the new facility. Some of the many highlights included, four 60 Inch Flat Screen TV’s in the Lounge, an Indoor and Heated Service Drive Thru so customers never have to be outside from the time they arrive at Central City, a Café, Wi-Fi, Environmentally friendly restrooms, and much more. Here are a few photos taken at Central City Toyota. Congratulations to the customers and employees on the all new Central City Toyota!
Central City & Ardmore Toyota New Owner Clinic
On Thursday November 16th, 2012, Max Paul’s Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota hosted a Toyota New Owner Clinic for all new customers who just recently purchased a vehicle from the dealerships. This Clinic gives customers a great opportunity to meet the Service Directors of Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota as well as the Service Advisors, Technicians, cashiers and Valets who will assist customers as they go through the process of doing maintenance and routine service on their new vehicles. We would like to thank all of our guests for attending and hope they all enjoyed the catered dinner and prizes given away at the clinic. Would you like to learn more about the Toyota New Owner Clinics for Ardmore Toyota & Central City Toyota? Let us know and we will sign you up for the next class so you can learn all about how your car works and meet the team who will help you.
For the second straight year, Toyota is the No. 1-ranked manufacturer on the annual CarMD® Vehicle Health Index™. The Toyota and Lexus brands accounted for three of the top 10 and 18 of the top 100 vehicles (16 Toyota and two Lexus vehicles).
The 2010 Toyota Corolla was the top ranked vehicle in the index, with the lowest combined repair incidents and lowest average repair costs per number of registered vehicles. Others in the top 25 were the 2008 Toyota Yaris (2nd), 2007 Lexus ES 350 (7th), 2009 Toyota Camry (13th), 2007 Toyota 4Runner (18th) and 2009 Toyota Matrix (25th).
The data for the 2012 index’s Manufacturer & Vehicle Reliability Rankings was procured from CarMD’s network of thousands of certified automotive technicians and database of more than 3 million verified repairs. The November 2012 Index statistically analyzes repairs that apply to roughly 136 million model year 2002 to 2012 vehicles, taking place in the U.S. from Sept. 1, 2011 through Sept. 1, 2012. In determining the top 10 manufacturers, CarMD included those whose makes and models account for at least 1 percent of the U.S. vehicle population according to R.L. Polk data, and 1 percent of CarMD’s data.
To read CarMD’s press release, please click here
Delaware County Vietnam Veterans of America Parade
On Monday November 12th, 2012, Max Paul’s Ardmore Toyota participated in the Veterans Day Parade in Media, PA. During the ceremony & parade, the Chapter 67 Delaware County Vietnam Veterans of America Honor Guard fired a 21 gun salute to honor all American Veterans. Ardmore Toyota was proud to be part of this event with our customer and Veteran Jeffrey Dorfman. We are honored to support Jeffery and the Delaware County Vietnam Veterans of America.
On Thursday November 8th, 2012, Max Paul’s Ardmore Toyota hosted the Taste of Ardmore event for the 4th year. The event celebrates some of the excellent food and fashion that is part of the Ardmore Community.
6ABC, CBS3, Main Line Times & Ardmore Patch were some of the media outlets on hand at Ardmore Toyota to cover this wonderful event. The event is put together by the Ardmore Initiative which is the Ardmore Business coalition. The proceeds from this fundraiser support the local Ardmore businesses in the community.
Restaurants that participated in Taste of Ardmore included Gillane’s Bar & Grille, Firinji, Ardmore Station Café, Plate, Kotatsu, MilkBoy Coffee, Primavera Pizza Kitchen, A Taste of Olive, McShea’s, McCloskeys, Main Line Wine Events, Tired Hands Brew Company, Golden bowl and Barbacoa. Some of the shops whose fashion was recognized during the evening included Hassry’s Treasures, Human Zoom Bikes, Giannini Jewelers, Lucky Girl, and more.
For a full story written by Main Line Media News as well as a video of the fashion show from The Taste of Ardmore event, please click here
Click here to read the story in the Ardmore Patch
On November 5th, 2012, Ryan Pesin, VP of Marketing for Ardmore & Central City Toyota, presented a check for $500 to Jenna Jackson, of Living Beyond Breast Cancer (http://www.lbbc.org/).
Their mission is as follows: “Living Beyond Breast Cancer empowers all women affected by Brest Cancer to live as long as possible with the best quality of life.”
Throughout the Saturday’s in October 2012, Ardmore & Central City Toyota invited customers in to test drive or service their vehicle, and on behalf of those customers, Ardmore & Central City made this donation to LBBC. In addition, to help bring awareness to Breast Cancer and this wonderful cause, all employees wore Pink T-Shits on Saturday’s in October. Congratulations to all customers for visiting Ardmore Toyota (www.ArdmoreToyota.com) & Central City Toyota (www.CentralCityToyota.com) throughout October to support Living Beyond Breast Cancer.
Toyota today announced a $1 million contribution to the American Red Cross and other nonprofit organizations to support relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Sandy in the regions worst-hit by the storm. In addition, Toyota will match employee contributions to the American Red Cross and other non-profits doing relief and recovery work in affected communities.
Beginning Nov. 1, Toyota Financial Services (TFS) and Lexus Financial Services (LFS) will launch a “Customer Outreach” calling campaign to lease and retail customers who are delinquent, or become delinquent, due to circumstances related to the storm and who reside in the 13 states directly impacted by the hurricane (CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT and WV) and in the District of Columbia.
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The Scion FR-S earned industry recognition on October 30th, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada with the Hottest Sport Compact award on the first day of the 2012 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas.
“Scion is honored the FR-S earned the SEMA Hottest Sport Compact award, which adds the judges’ esteemed endorsement to the thousands of enthusiastic owners who have already taken this sports car to the next level in a few short months,” said Scion Corporate Manager Jaycie Dane. “Personalization is a core component of the Scion brand, making the SEMA show a perfect spot to showcase the vast possibilities of the FR-S.”
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