smart is "againt dumb!"

Have you ever received a gift and thought, "that is the dumbest gift I have ever received."  Well smart USA wants to help you rid of the mindless, dumb gifts in your life.  Now through January 17th you can upload a picture of your dumb, mindless consumption and enter for your chance to win a new smart fortwo coupe!  I'm uploading a picture of the cow bell (yes, that's correct, a cow bell!) I received this Christmas!  It's a shoe in for sure!  Just click here for more details.

Year End at Keeler Motor Car Company

When the holidays coincide with the month end, year end, decade end, and a major winter storm to boot, it tends to create a little "happy" chaos here at Keeler Motor Car Company.  Our new and used car managers are scrambling to get the last few customers into Keeler Motors and on the road in their new rides!  We expected to see many of our customers in here yesterday but as all of you know the Northeast experienced a rather big snowstorm.  Thankfully most of the snow ended up south and east of us but we still got a nice little snowblast from mother nature.  Well our fantastic snow removal crew here at Keeler Motor Car did a fantastic job yesterday and we are eager to finish our month and year up strong!
 
So, what does this all mean for you?  Well - this could possibly be the BEST week ever to purchase a new or pre-owned vehicle at any of our Keeler locations. 

Happy Honda Days is still going on at Keeler Honda, the BMW Joy Sales Event is in full swing at Keeler BMW, the Mercedes-Benz Winter Event is still heating up The Mercedes-Benz Center at Keeler Motor Car, the All-New MINI Countryman has finally arrived in our Keeler MINI showroom and our smart center Latham has a fantastic deal on the 2010 smart fortwo pure coupe.
 
So much going on and such little time!  Get to Keeler Motor Car this week for these amazing sales.  For more information, or to set up an appointment for test drive, call 518-785-4197 or fill out the contact form at the following link:  Keeler Motor Car Contact

2010 Albany Auto Show

The 2010 Albany Auto Show will be held April 9th - April 11th at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. Keeler Motor Car will be on hand representing Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Honda, MINI and smart. You can go to www.enycar.org for more information.

You can drive to the YUKON in a Smart car

THANKS to a combination of passion, planning and patience, man has not only proven that he can walk on fire, but that he can also walk on the surface of the moon.

With that spirit in mind, I like to think that my gas tank is always half full rather than half empty. Anything's possible. What's the worse thing that can happen? I've got life insurance. Buy the ticket, take the ride.

That said, even a perennial optimist like me was filled with doubt when Mercedes-Benz Canada sent me an invitation to partake in a winter driving expedition from Kelowna, B.C., to Whitehorse, Yukon. The itinerary outlined a four-day, 2,500-kilometre road trip to the Arctic that promised to be the adventure of a lifetime.
The only catch was we had to take this expedition in a Smart car.
My initial thought was that maybe the Smart marketing team wasn't as smart as those cute little cars they sell.

A division of Mercedes-Benz, the Smart is the smallest road-legal car sold in Canada. Although I'd driven one in the past and thoroughly enjoyed it, I have to admit that the mere prospect of driving a Smart car through some of the harshest and most severe weather conditions on the planet had me thinking that this was a very tall order for a very small car.

Dubbed the Smart Winter Expedition, the checklist did little to ease my doubts. Seven Smart cars, three Mercedes-Benz support vehicles and a flock of automobile journalists from across the country. The fact that a support team made up of professional drivers and technical specialists had been assembled to hold our hands throughout the journey helped to somewhat ease my worried mind, but as I boarded the plane I still couldn't help but wonder what I was getting myself into.

Read the rest of this great article here.

Save the Date - 3rd Annual Keeler Motor Car Sidewalk Sale

Save the Date!!

The 3rd Annual Keeler Motor Car Sidewalk Sale has been scheduled. Make sure you're here on February 20th and 21st to view over $1,000,000 in used car inventory all indoors and under one roof. Check back here or on www.keeler.com soon for more details!!

You won't want to miss it!

Visually Challenged: Daimler encourages you to design your own Smart, results vary

Not digging the Smart ForTwo's two-color paint palette? Think you can do better? You're in luck. Daimler, Smart's German parent company, has announced a contest where customers and budding designers can customize their own ForTwo. Hit up styleyoursmart.com and you can... well, style your Smart.You have until February 23rd to post your own smarty-pants design, and the winners will be announced three days later. America's tiniest automaker promises prizes totaling about $7,200 (€5,000), which, we imagine, is plenty of money to turn your design into a reality... assuming you already own a ForTwo.At this point, the contest has just begun and there don't seem to be too many contestants just yet, so we grabbed the most colorful option for our lead image above. We briefly considered plastering our own Fortwo with the Autoblog logo, but thought better of it. Perhaps if they'd finally fix that transmission... Click here for the official Press.

Come Celebrate Summer at the Keeler Block Party

2008 smart fortwo Passion Coupe for Sale

Color: Blue Metallic with Black Tridion
Price: $13,999
Odometer: 8,360 miles
Style: 2-Door Coupe
Year: 2008
Transmission: semi-automatic

Specs:
9-spokes alloy wheels (15")
power windows
softtouch: automatic gear program, switchable to softtip
electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors
smart premium sound system package
lockable glove box
fog lamps
air conditioning, including dust and pollen filter
panorama roof
electric power steering
seat heating

click here for more details or contact Jon Monroe at 518-785-4197 ext. 501 or jmonroe@keeler.com.

Driving your smart in your garage

Have you ever thought about better ways to make use of your garage? How about driving in and driving out of it? Well the smart makes things like this possible. See for yourself.

smart Safety Report

(Source: Capital News 9)

smart USA is planting trees!

In celebration of the smart fortwo’s first year anniversary in the United States, smart USA will plant a tree in honor of every vehicle sold in 2008. In partnership with American Forests and Daimler Financial Services, smart USA will plant approximately 25,000 trees in the Cache River State Natural Area, located in southern Illinois, about 150 miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. smart USA plans to continue this initiative for every vehicle sold in 2009 as well. This partnership not only celebrates the smart fortwo owner, but also helps the environment, much like the environmentally friendly smart fortwo.

Simply by purchasing this vehicle, smart fortwo owners have already played an active role in supporting the environment. In addition to great fuel economy, the smart fortwo is up to 95% recyclable, and is certified as a SmartWay vehicle for its low air pollutant and greenhouse gas scores by the Environmental Protection Agency. The smart fortwo leaves a small carbon footprint on the American landscape.

smart fortwo owners, as well as the general public, will be able to visit the Cache River State Natural Area, or camp overnight at Fern Cliff State Park, located across from the tree planting site*. In addition, when owners reach the one year anniversary of taking delivery of their vehicle, they can download a certificate recognizing this environmental contribution.

American Forests, the country’s oldest non-profit citizens’ conservation organization, is a world leader in planting trees for environmental restoration, a pioneer in the science and practice of urban forestry, and a primary communicator of the benefits of trees and forests. Since 1875, American Forests has been working to create healthy forest ecosystems for every community. smart USA will be planting the trees as part of the American Forests' Global ReLeaf campaign, which is dedicated to planting native trees in rural and urban ecosystem restoration projects across the United States and around the world. The Cache River State Natural Area project will create large blocks of historic hardwood bottomlands that support neotropical migratory birds. It will provide high-quality swamp and wetland habitats for more than 100 species listed as threatened or endangered, such as river otters, little blue herons, and the Indiana bat.
Click here to visit the American Forests website.

If you are a smart fortwo owner, you can download an official certificate recognizing the tree planted in honor of each smart fortwo sold in the United States. Please enter the last 6 digits of your VIN# and the state in which you purchased your smart fortwo.
Go to http://www.smartusa.com/smart-fortwo-plant-a-tree.asp

Note: Only smart fortwo owners who have reached or passed their one year anniversary will be able to download the electronic certificate.

Keeler Motor Car 2nd Annual Used Car Sale

Keeler Motor Car Company held its 2nd annual used car sale this past weekend. I have to say as marketers we went into the sale with not the highest of hopes due the recent economic downturn. Well, we are happy to report that the sale was a big success.

The sale was held in our Mercedes-Benz building and included all types of makes and models on sale from our franchises and also off-brand vehicles. Some of our most popular vehicles during the sale include the Honda Pilot, Honda Accord, BMW 3-Series, Jaguar XF, Land Rover Range Rover, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, MINI Cooper, BMW X3, BMW 5-Series and the all new smart car.

As employees, we love this event because it brings us all together under one rooftop and builds camaraderie and moral. As a customer (which i am as well!) I love this event because you can see all the different lines that Keeler Motor Car Company represents in one place and plus, who doesn't love getting a good deal - especially nowadays!

Thanks to all the Keeler Motor Car Company employees and their families for giving up their Sunday to allow this event to take place and a BIG thanks to all the new Keeler customers we saw this past weekend - welcome to the family!