2018 Chevrolet Traverse In-Depth Video Review

Expert Chevy Sales Consultant Nick Cramer is here to show you the new features on the 2018 Chevy Traverse. Enjoy as Nick goes in-depth in explaining all of the exciting new updates that make this Chevy such a practical and multi-faceted vehicle. You can stop in and see Nick at Uftring Chevrolet in Washington, IL!

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Uftring Nissan Announces Partnership - Peoria IL Nissan Dealer

Contact: Joe Phillips                             FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Phone: (309) 690-6200
Mobile: (309) 369-5775
joephillips (at) uftringnissan.com


UFTRING NISSAN ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP
Gary Uftring welcomes Joe Phillips as a partner in the North Allen Road dealership

Gary Uftring announced today that Joe Phillips, General Manager at Uftring Nissan, has become an ownership partner in the North Allen Road dealership, effective immediately. Mr. Phillips has been the General Manager of Uftring Nissan since 2006, when the dealership opened its current facility at 7400 N. Allen Road in Peoria.

Uftring Nissan’s dealer principal, Gary Uftring, said, “I am tremendously excited to welcome Joe Phillips as a partner at Uftring Nissan. Joe’s leadership and vision for the future is the driving force behind the success of the dealership. Joe and the entire Uftring Nissan team have the products and facility to shine in 2013 and beyond. I look forward to their achievements and continued commitment to exceptional customer service.”

Mr. Phillips, commenting on the partnership, said, “I would like to thank Gary Uftring for the opportunity to take my involvement in this great dealership to the next level. For the past 13 years, Gary’s guidance and friendship have been a source of great inspiration for me both professionally and personally. As Uftring Nissan continues to grow, I am dedicated to maintaining the standards of excellence that define every Uftring dealership.”

ABOUT UFTRING NISSAN
Uftring Nissan is a full-service Nissan dealership located at 7400 N. Allen Road in Peoria, IL. Uftring Nissan is a member of the Uftring Auto Group, and has been serving customers from its current location since 2006. Uftring Nissan is a four-time recipient of the Nissan Owner First Award of Excellence – awarded to select Nissan dealers who excel in 12 different sales and service categories.

ABOUT JOE PHILLIPS
Joe Phillips graduated from the University of Illinois in 1992 and has been in the automotive field for 21 years at dealerships in Peoria and Clearwater, Florida. Joe joined the Uftring Auto Group in May of 2000 and has served as both Nissan Sales Manager and General Manager. Joe and his wife Shari live in Germantown Hills and attend Great Oaks Community Church. They have two boys, Parker, 15 and Lucas, 10, and enjoy traveling and sports.

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UFTRING NISSAN
7400 N. Allen Road
Peoria, Illinois 61614

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Uftring Automall - Ford's Electrified Lineup

FORD - FUSING TECHNOLOGIES
Many of the innovative technologies of Fusion Energi are shared across Ford’s electrified vehicle lineup and draw from the automaker’s portfolio of about 500 patents related specifically to hybrid technology:

MyFord® Mobile: Enables access via smartphone or Web-based interface to perform key tasks, such as monitoring a vehicle’s state of charge and current range or locating charge stations and planning routes to find them

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Eco cruise: Saves vehicle energy by relaxing acceleration compared to standard cruise control

EV mode button: Conveniently mounted on the console to the right of the shifter – allows a driver to switch vehicle operation between three modes: all-electric, normal hybrid operation and conserve battery power for later use

Regenerative braking is capable of capturing and reusing more than 90 percent of the braking energy normally lost during the braking process

Hybrid transmission, designed by Ford engineers in-house, is capable of operating at high speeds and in a smooth, fuel-efficient manner at the same time

Advanced lithium-ion batteries used in Ford’s electrified vehicle lineup – covered by an eight-year/100,000-mile component limited warranty – are smaller and lighter than nickel-metal-hybrid batteries used in previous-generation hybrids

Charge port with LED light ring, conveniently located on the driver’s side and near the front of the car, it features a light ring that illuminates to indicate charge status

Visit the Uftring Automall Today for more information about Ford's incredible electrified lineup of vehicles.

Uftring Weston Chevy Cadillac $10,000 Winner

Uftring Weston Chevy Cadillac $10,000 Grand Opening Giveaway Winner

Uftring Weston Chevrolet Cadillac presents $10,000 to the Winner of the Peoria, IL Dealership's Grand Opening Promotion. Peorian Tim Pletkovich was presented the check by Owner Mark Weston on November 26, 2012 at the dealership.

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Uftring-Weston$10K-Giveaway

Nov 27, 2012 -
Uftring Weston Chevrolet Cadillac celebrated their huge four-month Grand Opening Event by offering customers and visitors to their all-new dealership a chance to win $10,000 in Holiday Cash.

On November 26, 2012, Owner Mark Weston presented Tim Pletkovich of Peoria a check for the promotion's $10,000 Grand Prize. Mr. Pletkovich is a customer of the dealership and the editor of Civil War Fathers, Sons of the Civil War in WWII. All of the employees of Uftring Weston Chevy Cadillac would like to extend their congratulations to Tim and also thank the many customers and friends who stopped by the dealership to register over the past few months.

Located a 1/4 mile west of their former location at War Memorial and University, the new dealership’s showroom, service department and retail display space is substantially larger and extremely customer-friendly. “We have two distinct indoor showroom areas for Chevrolet and Cadillac, which is essential for properly displaying both brands,” says Mark Weston. “Additionally, we are now able to stock over 500 new and pre-owned vehicles at one location, which has been a huge benefit to our customers.”

Uftring Weston Chevrolet Cadillac celebrated the new dealership with a multi-month Grand Opening Event featuring special offers, giveaways and tours of the new facility. The Sales Department is open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8am to 8pm, Tuesday and Friday from 8am to 6pm and Saturday from 8am to 5pm. The Service Department is open weekdays 7am to 6pm and Saturdays 8am to Noon.

ABOUT UFTRING WESTON CHEVROLET CADILLAC
Uftring Weston Chevrolet Cadillac is a full-service automotive dealership serving customers throughout central Illinois. Formerly Jim McComb Chevrolet, Uftring Weston has over 80 employees in sales, service, parts and body shop departments. Uftring Weston Chevrolet Cadillac is an Uftring Auto Group dealership and a multi-year recipient of the General Motors Mark of Excellence Award.

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Corvette Enthusiasts Unite at Uftring in Washington!

October 20, 2012

UFTRING CHEVY HOSTS HUGE END OF SEASON CORVETTE EVENT IN WASHINGTON, IL

Corvette owners gathered for one of the last times this season for a huge open house event at Uftring Chevy in Washington on Saturday, October 20th. Uftring Chevy is known as Central Illinois' Corvette Headquarters, with an impressive selection of new and late model pre-owned Corvettes. Uftring Chevrolet is also an authorized Callaway Corvette dealer, one of only a handful in the midwest. Check out the photos below!

For more information, Visit www.UftringChevy.com.

Uftring Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram | 0% APR For Up to 60 Months

Uftring Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Pekin, Illinois - serving as a Peoria Illinois Chrysler Dodge Jeep Dealer, is excited to announce the BIG FINISH of 2011. Hurry in and get 0% Financing for up to 60 Months on select models of the 2012 Chrysler Town and Country, 2012 Chrysler 200, plus 0% for up to 72 Months on 2011 Chrysler 200 and Chrysler 200 Convertible. Financing is with approved credit on select models.

Uftring Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram is also excited to offer 0% APR on all 2011 and 2012 Dodge Models. Dodge customers in the Peoria and Pekin area will want to hurry to our dealership to take advantage of these year-end offers.

Off roading customers will appreciate 0% APR for up to 60 months on new 2012 Jeep Liberty, and 0% financing for up to 36 months on 2012 Wrangler and Compass.

Hurry in while our selection of 2011 Jeeps still lasts or get a great deal on a 2012 Model. We also have custom upfitting available.

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Season's Best Savings | Uftring Weston Chevy Cadillac

Uftring Weston Chevy Cadillac | Season's Best Event | 0%APR for 72 Months

Uftring Weston Chevrolet Cadillac in Peoria, Illinois is excited to announce the Cadillac Season's Best Event - where we are offering 0% Financing for up to 72 Months on new 2011 Cadillac CTS, SRX and Escalade models. We are the Cadillac dealer in Peoria Illinois you should see if you want to save thousands of dollars on the financing alone. Just in time for holiday shopping, Uftring Weston still has a great selection of new 2011 Cadillacs for sale. Visit us at our location at 3622 N. University in Peoria for a test drive today. Treat yourself to a new Cadillac for the holidays, during the Season's Best event at Uftring Weston Chevy Cadillac in Peoria.

All financing to qualified buyers. See us for complete details. Expires 1/3/12.

Our First Car!

Sorry I've been keeping you in suspense but I didn't want to share our exciting news until we got all the paperwork finalized. From the title of this blog you probably guessed we got the car! It definitely took some patience to get there-it took a week for financing to get back to us! But we did it!
We got the call April 9 from our salesman Chris Rocke that Eddie (AMAZING finance guy at Uftring Nissan) had worked out a deal with Nissan to finance us as recent college grads. This gave us a great rate (5.89%) even though we don't have the most established credit history other than credit cards. Getting approved was the big moment for us. I was ready to run over to Nissan and sign all the paperwork that day but my fiance was a little more weary. He was concerned we hadn't looked enough and that the car might be a lemon. He tends to over-think things more than I do so he wanted to tell Chris we'd wait until Monday to make our decision so we could do more research....Men....
Well Monday came around and Jacob had done his research. The Sentra was good to go. We met Eddie at the store to sign a stack of paperwork (I'm not over exaggerating) that would finally make us the owners of our very first car together! We signed papers from Nissan and Uftring and the state and even Indiana (?) signing away that we knew what we were getting ourselves into and that we would get insurance in case we got ourselves into something bad. (Get quotes online. It takes fifteen minutes and you can print off proof of insurance right then).
And there it was. The car was ours. They pulled it out front for us. It was a nice surprise to have the interior and exterior completely cleaned by the dealership. They even put on brand new tires for us and filled them with Nitrogen! Chris handed us the keys-here was our car.
Now you think this would be the end of our story but apparently you have to wait for your lender to send you some paperwork once the financing has officially gone through. By April 19 (one week later) we hadn't received anything but got a call from Eddie. I thought this was bad news but apparently he had talked with Nissan and negotiated an even better deal on our financing. We are now only paying 3.99% interest! We had to go in an sign some more paperwork of course (we got another car wash out of this trip though so that was a bonus) but this is going to save us almost $1000 in interest-Thanks Eddie!
Yesterday we received the notice from Nissan. Everything has gone through and the car is Officially Officially ours. I've been really happy with the Sentra-it gets great gas mileage and drives smooth and the smart key is awesome (I can start it and unlock it with the touch of a button!). We still have two years of warranties on it so we don't have to worry too much about maintenance and our payments don't start until the end of next month.
This has been quite a different experience than I thought it would be. I had really thought there would be a lot more stress and buyer's remorse, but so far Jacob and I are incredibly happy. We want to thank Uftring Nissan for taking such good care of us and thank you for being a part of our experience.

Buying Your First Car

One of our newest members to the Uftring Auto Group tackles the world of car shopping

My name is Alyssa Reginetz and I have been working in the Marketing Department at Uftring for about a month and a half.
I'm 22 and the only car I've ever owned was a '98 red Ford Contour I've been sharing with my identical twin since we were 17. Currently sole custody of the Ford has been granted to my sister so I've been using my fiance's 2004 Chevy Malibu, while he finishes his last semester at Bradley University.With his graduation right around the corner, however, we know we need a new car.

This is going to be our first together so we've been doing heavy duty research on cars for the past month. There is A LOT of info out there and choices so my first word of advice would be to figure out your needs in a car, match them with a few models and then start more in depth research.

Our criteria helped to cut our options a little so we took a weekend to go to the Automall and the Nissan store to test drive a few cars. We went online to browse some inventory options and picked out a few cars we liked BEFORE getting to the lot. If we hadn't done that we probably would have wondered those lots for hours.

At the Automall we drove a new Ford Focus and a used Suzuki SX4. Test driving really helped to see the difference in the two cars. The SX4 was a little louder with more head room, testier gas and breaks, better upgrades (there was a space for your Garmin!) and less blind spots. The Focus was so quiet, drove smoother, had impressive breaks but stiffer steering. It really depends on what you're looking for but I was pretty much ready to buy the Focus after the drive. My fiance isn't quite as spontaneous as I am and he talked me into going to Nissan.

At the Nissan store we saw two really nice Sentras and a nice older Altima with tons of upgrades. The two drove about the same but the Altima had much better upgrades. Even so we liked the Sentra more because of it spaciousness, price and unique features. There was a little pop out garbage can and the cup holders swiveled so that you could make room for bigger cups. It also only has only 30,000 miles and gets about 34 mpg.

We've decided the Sentra is the car for us but we didn't do one important thing-get pre-approved. I thought the process would be quick and painless-we have great credit and a good amount of money in the bank-but we've been waiting now for two days to get some sort of approval.

Lucky for us the Nissan store is handling all the negotiations for us and were the ones to find us some rebates for new grads. (Recent/Upcoming grads should really check out the recent grad financing option on New Nissans). Almost all the manufacturers have programs or rebates so DO YOUR RESEARCH.

We hope to hear from the lenders tomorrow and to own our first car soon so wish us luck! If you have any tips or suggestions post them here.

Alyssa

The Corvette

What is it about a Corvette that makes you feel free?

The speed? The rumble of the engine? The wind in your hair?

This iconic Car was first seen in 1953-designed by Harley Earl. Since its inception the Corvette has truly become and icon of American Sports Cars. We here at the Uftring Group hold a special reverence for these machines and are pleased to announce the arrival of a new specially made Corvette.

The Jim McComb Dealership has been privileged to temporarily house a brand new Corvette. This Corvette is custom built with all the stops. The car will be on display at the dealership until it has been sold and will also be on display at the Central Illinois Auto Show. Corvette enthusiasts are welcome to
admire this beautiful machine.

Come by to appreciate one of the finest examples of the American Automobile.

Welcome to the Uftring Family!

Check out their NEW website!

We are excited to announce our newest location – Uftring Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep in North Pekin. Negotiations with Joe O’Brien to purchase the former O’Brien Dodge Chrysler Jeep of North Pekin concluded on February 12th.

The return of the Jeep franchise is especially exciting for us, as we were long known for our Jeep sales and service expertise. The former Uftring Jeep serviced and sold more Jeep vehicles than any dealership in the area and was popular with Jeep enthusiasts throughout Central Illinois. We are really looking forward to getting back in the Jeep business and providing the same level of outstanding service and customer commitment.

Uftring Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep is located at 140 Radio City Drive in North Pekin, on Route 29 just south of I-474. The facility is newly reconditioned with Wi-Fi, refurnished spacious lounges and an accessory store. Currently, there are 21 sales, service and parts employees. In the future, we anticipate creating additional jobs as the dealership grows. The facility is now open to customers, with an official Grand Opening to follow.

Ford Fusion is Motor Trend's 2010 Car of the Year

DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 17, 2009 – The Ford Fusion – America's most fuel-efficient midsize sedan – today was named MOTOR TREND's 2010 Car of the Year®. The award comes hot on the heels of Fusion setting record-breaking sales for 2009.

"Ford has proven its resilience in these tough times by delivering to market a car with broad appeal to a broad range of consumers," said Angus MacKenzie, MOTOR TREND editor-in-chief. "The Fusion range has matured into a competitive roster of midsize sedans, able to compete with sales juggernauts such as the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord. It is no surprise the Fusion now ranks in the top 10 best-selling cars in America."

The prestigious award from MOTOR TREND comes at a time when Fusion sales are already at an all-time high, further positioning the vehicle as a formidable contender in the competitive midsize sedan market.
"The MOTOR TREND Car of the Year award is another testament of our commitment to delivering a world-class car lineup," said Derrick Kuzak, group vice president, Ford Global Product Development, who accepted the golden calipers on behalf of the Ford team. "Whether it is the best-in-class fuel economy or quality unsurpassed by Toyota or Honda, the Fusion and Fusion Hybrid are clear evidence that Ford is serious about our car lineup."

To win the coveted Car of the Year award, Fusion outperformed the competition – including the BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan – in six new categories: design achievement, engineering excellence, intended function, efficiency, safety and value.

"The Fusion brought a vast assortment of choice that has the potential to appeal to every type of driver, from the eco-conscious to the sport-minded," said MacKenzie. "The Fusion's combination of comfort, fuel efficiency, assortment and technology made it a clear winner among our panel of judges."

The 2010 Fusion and Fusion Hybrid are the most fuel-efficient sedans in America. The new models offer more power; class-exclusive technologies, such as Blind Spot Information System (BLIS®) and Ford SYNC®; and more total passenger and luggage capacity than the Toyota Camry.

The Fusion lineup expanded in the 2010 model year to include all-new Hybrid and Sport models and a new selection of gas-powered engines – all paired with six-speed transmissions – that deliver even more horsepower and better fuel economy.

Used Land Rovers In Illinois

Jaguar-Land Rover of Peoria is excited to announce the launch of a brand new website exclusively dedicated to showcasing Used Land Rovers in Illinois. If you are in the market for a used, pre-owned or Certified Land Rover in Chicago, Peoria, Springfield, Decatur, Champaign, Rockford or St. Louis, then you should should start your search here. We have updated specials, Land Rover videos, detailed descriptions, multiple photos and all the information you need to make an informed decision about purchasing a used Range Rover or Land Rover from an experienced dealership in Illinois. Visit us today and save on a new, used or certified Land Rover. We will be happy to make your dreams come true.

New Ford Fiesta Due To Arrive Summer 2010

After months of anticipation, the 2011 Ford Fiesta is scheduled to arrive at Uftring Ford in the Uftring Automall next summer. Thanks to the Fiesta Movement, the vehicle can already claim 50,000 potential customers - some of them right here in Central Illinois.

Fiesta is continuing its sales momentum as Europe's No. 2-selling car and Ford of Europe's top-selling vehicle, helping Ford's share in Europe's main 19 markets increase for the eighth consecutive month.

Nearly 340,000 Fiestas have been sold since the car was launched last autumn, with 21,800 delivered to customers in August. Fiesta was the best-selling foreign vehicle in August in both Italy and France.

In Europe, the Fiesta name has long been synonymous with outstanding drive quality, design and value. The all-new Ford Fiesta will bring its three-decade heritage to U.S. consumers in 2010.

Check UftringAutomall.com for additional updates on the exciting new Ford Fiesta.