Now, many of us are stuck indoors with allergies this week, but, my neighborhood is springing to life outside my windows.  People are cutting their grass, planting gardens, painting shutters, and shining up their rides. 

As simple as a car wash should be, it seems that everyone has their preferred tools and methods.  If you're new to the chore, perhaps starting…

Toyota has bumped Hyundai from top brand loyalty spot, by a nose. 

Because Checkered Flag carries such popular automotive brands including Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, and Volkswagen, there's often a good deal of sibling rivalry between our Norfolk and Virginia Beach new and…

It's no secret that we humans have a habit of assigning gender to inanimate objects.  It's not just Americans either.  Several languages assign a gender to every noun.  Many cultures, including ours, just accept that all boats are female. 

Now cars are a little trickier. 

Your mom's old station wagon may have been called "ol' Bessie," while…

Today Robert Chen, GM of Checkered Flag Honda, and Christine Knowles, Director of eMarketing for Checkered Flag Auto Group attended the Partner's Lunch at PB Young Elementary School in Norfolk.  We are excited to announce a new partnership with PB Young and Norfolk Public Schools, in affiliation with the United Way, and other amazing community organizations.  Initiatives include redesigning the library…

 

We've paved paradise to put up a parking lot.  A whole lot of parking lots, that is.

We've all heard complaints about cities moving in over forests and farmland.  And what Checkered Flag fan hasn't heard gripes about strip-malls taking up all the good real estate?  But, as we here in Hampton Roads know very well, sometimes, the problem isn…

Ah, the luck o' the Irish is strong here in Hampton Roads! 

Lucky we are to have such celebrations lasting the whole weekend through.  Living here in the seven cities, we know that any excuse for a party is a good one, but when the ultimate party holiday comes this special time year, one night just isn't enough! 

Thanks to…

Take a break from filling out those brackets and stocking up on chicken wings.  March Madness Sale is here at your Virginia Beach MINI store, Checkered Flag MINI!

We see RED on the Cooper Hardtops

Manual transmission Hardtops starting at $18,975
Automatic transmission Hardtops starting at $20,225
Cooper S manual transmission starting at $21,987
The new JCW Coupe…

Turn it up!   I wanna feel the bass.

Loud enough for you?  One of our Checkered Flag Scion fans loves their tunes so much that they gave up there entire back seat to turn their new Scion iQ into a rolling boombox. 

Guess what?    Yep.  We can do that.

Don't let other dealers dismiss you with, "uhhh, that's not…

If you've visited Facebook or Twitter this week, you've probably had someone suggest you check out a video called, "Kony 2012."  Then, most of you got to YouTube, saw that the video is 29 minutes long, and went back to checking statuses. 

However, over up to 60 million people (as of this evening) did stop and take a look; and…

Nothing makes me feel older than my younger sister calling me to brag about all the fun she's having on spring break! 

Ah, the days of dropping everything on a moment's notice and hitting the road in search of sunshine and clear water are far gone for most of us boring grown-ups.  But, hey, we don't have to…