The editors of KBB.com (Kelley Blue Book) have just picked the top family cars they recommended for 2013, and Conicelli Autoplex in Conshohocken sells an astounding 7 out of 10!

"Our annual list is aimed at helping families find the right ride and always includes something for everyone, with a special nod to the best of what's new," said Jack Nerad of KBB.com.

1 Nissan Pathfinder
2 Honda Accord
3 Toyota Prius V
5 Honda Odyssey
6 Toyota Avalon
8 Honda CR-V
9 Nissan Altima

Not only does Conicelli Autoplex sell all of these top-rated cars, but we make it simple for the consumer to compare, since at Conicelli you only deal with a single salesperson, no matter how many brands you wish to shop!

Don't endure the hassle of driving from county to county and dealer to dealer, just come to Conicelli Autoplex in Conshohocken and you'll find out why we are "A Nice Place To Do Business"! You can reach us at 1-888-Conicelli or visit our website at www.conicelli.com.

Winners of the 2013 "I Spy Mr. Nice Guy" Beach House Contest (from left to right): Kathleen Gallagher (grand prize), Joseph Bontempo (2nd prize), and Betty Strain (3rd prize), with Conicelli Autoplex Internet Sales Director Lori Hammond.

Conicelli Autoplex held the drawing for its "I Spy Mr. Nice Guy" Beach House Contest on Tuesday evening, May 7, 2013 in the Conicelli Honda showroom in Conshohocken, Pa.

The contest had been running since February, with Conicelli management spotting over 100 drivers with "I Spy Mr. Nice Guy" magnets displayed on their vehicles, which entitled them to a $20 gift pack and the opportunity to participate in the contest with a grand prize of a week in a Sea Isle City oceanfront condo.

After kicking off the festivities with refreshments, snacks and games, all of the contestants were registered to play in the drawing. In all, there were more than 40 contestants on hand, and the first segment of the contest was held, where a surprise contest for Best Dressed Contestant was held. Betty Strain and Donna Garretson each won in a tie, and each received a $75 gift card.

Then the main event was held, the drawing for the Beach House. The Grand Prize of a week in the beach house was won by Kathleen Gallagher, from Philadelphia Second Prize, a $350 gift card, was won by Joseph Bontempo, a Norristown resident, and the Third Prize of a $150 gift card, was won by Betty Strain of Philadelphia.

Thank you, everyone, for participating. Keep that "I Spy Mr. Nice Guy" magnet on your car, because it won't be very long before the next big contest begins! In the meantime, Conicelli management will be giving away $20 gift packs to lucky drivers who are spotted with a magnet on their car.

Conicelli Autoplex sells the Most Affordable Compact Sedans.

Cars.com shopped for the lowest-price compact sedans that had a minimum selection of options -- automatic transmission, USB port, cruise control, remote entry, tilt/telescoping steering wheel and steering-wheel audio controls -- that most buyers want, rather than a totally stripped-down base model. At the top of the list are 4 cars sold by Conicelli Autoplex, where buyers can assess and test-drive all of these top-rated vehicles with the help of a single salesperson.

The winner, America's Most Affordable Compact Sedan, according to Cars.com, is the 2013 Nissan Sentra SV (with Driver's Package), followed by the 2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS (with Preferred Package), the 2013 Toyota Corolla LE, and the 2013 Honda Civic LX.

All of the vehicles in tested trim have an MSRP of less than $20,000, though they can also be found in higher trim levels at a higher price. The comparison included the cost of five years of fuel to come up with an overall cost of ownership and operation (Cars.com blog, May 9, 2013).

The leading vehicle, the 2013 Nissan Sentra SV, is available at Conicelli Nissan in Conshohocken, Pa., where there is a current lease special offering the SR trim as a Sign & Drive ($0 due at signing) lease for $219 per month for 36 months.

Finishing second in the comparison, the 2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS, is available at Conicelli Hyundai in Conshohocken, Pa., which has a Sign & Drive lease special ($0 due at signing) in a different trim (Option Group 2) for $213 per month for 24 months.

Third place was the 2013 Toyota Corolla LE, now being offered in a low-down-payment 36 month lease for $145 per month (with $905 due at signing). The Corolla is offered at both Conicelli Toyota locations, in Conshohocken and Springfield, Pa.

Finally, the 2013 Honda Civic LX can be leased for $128 per month for 36 months (with $2754 due at signing), and is available at Conicelli Honda in Conshohocken.

All of these leases, plus dozens more, can be viewed on the Conicelli Autoplex website's Specials Page. A unique part of the buying experience at Conicelli dealerships is that all vehicles and all brands (Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Scion, and Toyota) can be seen and test-driven with a single sales associate. No more wandering from store to store, now you can shop all of these most affordable vehicles in one location, with one sales associate!

Members of the award-winning Technology Student Association, comprised of students from Colonial Middle School and Plymouth Whitemarsh High School and sponsored by the Conicelli family and Conicelli Autoplex, are shown at the Pennsylvania State TSA Conference in April, when the awards were presented.

The Colonial Technology Student Association (TSA), a group of students from Colonial Middle School and Plymouth Whitemarsh High School who focus on science and technology topics, produced projects that were submitted at the Pennsylvania TSA State Conference held April 18-21 at Seven Springs Conference Center, and won some impressive awards.

Tell us why your Mom is the best Mom, and you could win a $300 gift card for her!

Just submit a letter on the Conicelli Autoplex Facebook page and you're entered in a contest with a prize of a $300 gift card for your Mom, just in time for Mother's Day!

Just in time for Mother's Day (Sunday, May 12), Conicelli Autoplex in Conshohocken, PA, offers a contest that will surely bring the winner lots of smiles -- a $300 jewelry store gift card!

All you have to do to enter is submit a letter on the Conicelli Facebook page or email it to Conicelli Autoplex.

The winning entry's Mom will receive a $300 gift card to Steven Singer Jeweler, on the famous Jewelers Row in downtown Philadelphia.

Entries must be submitted by May 8; the winner will be chosen by Conicelli management and announced on May 9.

Further information and complete contest rules may be found on the Conicelli Autoplex website.

Conicelli employees T.J. Smith, Internet manager, and Nicole Wellington, Toyota service consultant, hold Cradles to Crayons collection bags as they welcome donations at the Conicelli Autoplex in Conshohocken.

There?s less than one week remaining for area residents to participate in the Conicelli Auto Dealerships-Cradles to Crayons? joint Great Green Spring Clean and Drive initiative.

The program, which ends Tuesday, April 30, provides an important ? and vitally needed ? opportunity to repurpose children?s items that are no longer needed and put them into the hands of low-income and homeless children in our community -- helping to mitigate the acute effects of poverty while keeping the items out of landfills.

Continuing through April 30 -- in support of the joint Great Green Spring Clean and Drive initiative -- the Conicelli Autoplex on Ridge Pike in Conshohocken, which includes Conicelli Toyota Scion, Honda, Nissan and Hyundai, and the Conicelli Toyota Scion dealership on Baltimore Pike in Springfield, will serve as collection points for the donated children?s items that have been forgotten, no longer fit, have fallen out of favor, or simply were never used. Dropoff boxes are located at each location.

Further supporting the ?Great Green Spring Clean and Drive? program, the Conicelli dealerships are offering an additional incentive for area families to bring the new and nearly new children?s items needed by Cradles to Crayons for the area?s vulnerable children to their Conshohocken and Springfield locations: an opportunity to test drive one of our new hybrid-, electric- or natural gas-powered cars.

Cradles to Crayons accepts items for children in need, birth through 12, including new and nearly new infants? and children?s clothing, socks and underwear, coats, hats, footwear, newborn baby items, baby safety equipment, books, and arts and crafts/school supplies. A more detailed list of needed items (and unacceptable ones, too) is available at www.cradlestocrayons.org/philadelphia/most-needed-items.  

The Conicelli Autoplex in Conshohocken is located at 1200 Ridge Pike, in Springfield at 860 Baltimore Pike.

Cradles to Crayons is a Montgomery County-based nonprofit that provides children, 0-12, in homeless or low-income situations in the Greater Philadelphia region, with essential items to alleviate the acute effects of poverty; supplying these items year-round without charge by connecting communities that have with communities that need -- concurrently fostering social change by providing meaningful, tangible volunteer experiences for adults and children.

Benefiting from a mild redesign, the all-electric 2013 Nissan LEAF has been named as the Best Green Car of 2013; it's available today at Conicelli Nissan, as are two Leaf charging stations for complimentary use by the LEAF community.

Conicelli Nissan, in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania has offered the all-electric Nissan LEAF since it first came to the Philadelphia market in 2011, and is stocked with cars ready to test drive.

"You won't find an all-electric car that offers a better balance of range, practicality, refinement and value than the LEAF," according to the just-released list of the 10 Best Green Cars of 2013 from Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com.

After two years on the market, Nissan tweaked some aspects of the LEAF for 2013, and the result is an increase in efficiency from 103 MPGe to 130 MPGe. "MPGe" is the method that's been devised to provide electric-only vehicles a number that's equivalent to miles per gallon of gasoline. Overall, the changes mean a larger trunk, shorter charging time and longer driving range, not to mention a price that's been lowered by $6000 from last year's model. Importantly, the $7500 federal tax credit still applies, and depending upon where you live, there might be significant state and local tax incentives, as well.

The LEAF, a four-door hatchback design that seats five, is offered in three trim levels, S, SL, and SV, and is now being produced in Smyrna, Tennessee instead of being imported from Japan.

The LEAF is a fully-outfitted car with all the expected amenities, even in its base trim. The LEAF S includes such items as heated front and rear seats, heated leather steering wheel, Bluetooth hands-free phone system, Nissan Intelligent Key, pushbutton start, and 4-speaker AM/FM/CD/MP3/WMA audio system with USB connection, Sirius/XM capability and steering wheel mounted controls. On the base model!

The all-electric 2013 Nissan LEAF is available now at Conicelli Nissan, a part of the Conicelli Autoplex family of dealerships in Conshohocken and Springfield, just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Further information about the all-electric Nissan Leaf can be had by calling Conicelli Nissan at 1-888-Conicelli.

KBB.com has announced its list of the Best Green Cars for 2013, and four of the ten winners are from brands offered by the Conicelli dealerships in Conshohocken and Springfield, Pa.

Efficient automobiles are hardly surprising anymore, given the advances in technology in recent years. The car-buying public has seen miles per gallon rise steadily since the '90s, so seeing numerous hybrids like the iconic Toyota Prius on the roads is not uncommon.


But as technology continues to advance, improvements in efficiency are moving to larger vehicles each year. The just-released 2013 list of KBB.com's Best Green Cars includes the expected Toyota Prius, Toyota Prius Plug-in, the Honda Fit EV and the Nissan Leaf (brands that are all available at Conicelli Autoplex, selling Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Scion, and Toyota vehicles near Philadelphia).

But surprisingly, perhaps even astoundingly, number nine on the list is the 2013 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, the largest sedan in the Toyota lineup!

The 2013 Avalon Hybrid achieves 40 MPG highway and 39 MPG city, a level of efficiency that was previously only matched by what used to be thought of as "typical" hybrids: somewhat small and quirky vehicles. Well, this isn't that, by a long shot. The all-new 2013 Avalon Hybrid offers spacious seating for five and a generous trunk, in addition to standard features that used to be reserved for top luxury cars.

With the Toyota Avalon Hybrid, the buyer can expect heated leather-trimmed seats, backup camera, power tilt/slide moonroof, alloy wheels, and a long list of other amenities. As KBB.com says in their announcement, "If comfort per gallon were a thing, Avalon Hybrid might be king."

Customers with an interest in both economical operation and luxury appointments may have found the perfect vehicle. View the current Avalon Hybrid inventory and test-drive the all-new 2013 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, as well as the full lineup of dependable Toyota models, at the two Conicelli Toyota showrooms, located near Philadelphia in Conshohocken and Springfield, Pa. Just call 1-888-Conicelli or visit the websites of Conicelli Toyota of Conshohocken or Conicelli Toyota of Springfield.

The Conicelli family and Conicelli Autoplex are proud to have helped sponsor the Technology Student Association (TSA), a group of students from Colonial Middle School and Plymouth Whitemarsh High School. The organization focuses on topics in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, the "STEM" subjects seen as fundamental to modern educational advancement. The organization participates in local, state, and national conferences in technology related areas.

The TSA group recently competed in the Region 5 competition held February 23, 2013 at Strayer Middle School in Quakertown; Colonial Middle School qualified 24 members and Plymouth Whitemarsh High School qualified 22 members for the state competition. They will be competing at the Pennsylvania State TSA competition to be held April 18-21, 2013 at Seven Springs Conference Center. All students who place at the state competition will have a chance to compete at the National competition in Orlando, Fla. from June 21-25, 2013.

More information about the TSA program can be found at the state and national websites.