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$37,000 HAS BEEN RAISED FOR THE RICHMOND CHRISTMAS FUND! A huge thanks to our Angel Donors, Lead Sponsors & Window Partners for your amazing generosity!   Now in its 21st year, the Windows of Hope, their largest fundraiser, generates a huge portion of thedollars required to help struggling families in Richmond enjoy a happier Christmas. […]

Richmond Auto Mall's 2023 Food Bank Drive Reaches 27,425 Items! The Food Bank Challenge got underway on November 21st and continued through to December 12th. A big thanks to our 17 dealership Chief Elf Organizers (CEOs)! Your enthusiasm,competitive spirit and dedication made all this possible!     DEALERSHIP CHALLENGE: The winner of the Dealership challenge […]

The holiday season is here! The Richmond Auto Mall and the Richmond News are back again this year to lend a big helping hand to the Richmond Christmas Fund!   Now in its 20th year, the Windows of Hope, their largest fundraiser, generates a huge portion of the dollars required to help struggling families in […]

  After an absence from the compact pickup market for several model years, Ford came back in 2019 with a new Ranger and it’s been a very popular product. Today’s compact pickups are generally a lot larger than they used to be and this applies to the Ranger. It’s true that people buy compacts because […]

For those of us who’ve watched Hyundai’s continual upwards progress over the years, Kona is a relatively new nameplate. That being said, the Kona is one of the most innovative products in the industry because it is available either as an electric vehicle or with a conventional internal combustion powerplant. Not many automakers give you […]

  The first-generation Porsche Boxster was launched in 1996 and became a major success for the company. It was a reasonably high-performance German roadster that was a lot less expensive that its ‘big brother’ 911 model. Later, a coupe variant was launched as the Cayman.     Porsche adopted the name ‘718 Boxster’ for its […]

  The Integra was one of two launch products back in 1986 when Honda introduced Acura as its luxury brand in North America. (The other product was the Legend). It remained in the Acura range until 2006 when it was dropped, probably because buyers were increasingly turning to SUVs and crossovers. Happily, the Integra is […]

  Korean automaker Hyundai has announced that it will launch an all-new Sonata midsize sedan for 2024. This is exciting news because the Sonata has long been one of Hyundai’s most popular cars, even in a range now dominated by SUV/crossovers.   The Sonata has been manufactured since 1985 and the new model is the […]

The Toyota Venza is an intriguing product because it slots into the company’s range with a slightly different role to that of its SUV/crossover stablemates. Toyota likes to think of the Venza as a cross between an SUV and a stylish station wagon (remember those?). It’s a high style, premium product that’s widely popular despite […]

Recently, Land Rover launched its fifth generation Range Rover and although it is entirely new, it still has visual design clues that go all he way back to the very first model of almost 50 years ago. The first Range Rover was one of those ‘right from the start’ products that still looks good. In […]