Loudoun County Exotics · Sterling, Virginia

Loco Exotics

Luxury & exotic car repair

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Case study · client site · 2026

Loudoun County Exotics fixes Ferraris, Porsches and Lamborghinis in Sterling, Virginia. The site had to feel the way the cars do, so I built it as a short film you scroll through.

01

Not a body shop. An atelier.


the brief

Most repair shop sites sell on a price list and a stock photo of a spanner. This shop works on machines that punish shortcuts, for owners who notice everything.

So the goal was a feeling, before a single word gets read: these people are obsessive, in the best way. Everything on the site serves that one story.

02

Told in five scenes

the storyboard
Loudoun County Exotics · Sterling, VirginiaLoco ExoticsLuxury & exotic car repair
1ArrivalA black 911 floating on its own reflection. Quiet, expensive, patient. The first thing you see, and the promise of everything after.
01German car repairBMW · Mercedes-Benz · Porsche
02Italian car repairFerrari · Lamborghini · Maserati · Alfa Romeo
03Luxury & exotic serviceBentley · Aston Martin · McLaren & more
04Diagnostics & maintenanceFactory-level equipment, honest counsel
2The craftA single gear, machined and lit like jewellery, with the four services stepping through it. Precision you can almost feel.
Brakes · Rotors · CalipersStopping power, restored to spec.
3Stopping powerA brake disc spinning like a turntable, with the scroll driving the spin. Services, told as a moment.
Bodywork · Paint · Detail
  1. 01Paint correction
  2. 02Paint protection film
  3. 03Ceramic coating
  4. 04Wheel & trim refinishing
4The detailsA tail light glowing in the dark while the finishing services roll past. Care, down to the smallest part.
Reviews · What people are saying about us.“The dealer quoted six weeks. LoCo did it in nine days and documented every torque value.”Dana R., Ferrari 488 GTB · Major service
Reviews · What people are saying about us.“The panel gaps are tighter than when it left Stuttgart. Obsessive in the best way.”Marcus T., Porsche 911 Turbo S · PPF & paint correction
Reviews · What people are saying about us.“They found what two other shops missed. My only shop from now on.”Victor A., Lamborghini Huracán · Clutch & diagnostics
5The liftA Ferrari rising on the lift as you scroll, with real reviews popping up over the film. The proof, after the feeling.
03

The scroll is the playhead


try it below

Nothing on the site just autoplays at you. Each film is scrubbed by the scroll, so the visitor directs the pace: scroll slowly and the brake disc turns slowly, flick and it spins.

Scenes hand over to each other through a tunnel transition instead of a hard cut, so the page reads as one continuous take. That transition took four attempts to get right, and it was worth every one.

Brakes · Rotors · CalipersStopping power, restored to spec.
Scroll to spin
04

Stills before motion


the golden rule

Every shot was generated with AI, and I directed it like a shoot. Each scene started as a still: composed, approved, and only then animated from that exact frame, so no credits were spent on a film nobody wanted.

The text was planned before the picture. Headline space, light sources out of frame, cars low in the shot, blank brake calipers. You cannot style your way out of a frame with gibberish baked into it; the fix is always to shoot it again.

05

Film, not a website


the nerdy bit

Scrubbing video on scroll usually stutters. I re-encoded every clip with a keyframe every four frames, eased the playhead toward the scroll instead of jumping, and never asked for a new frame while the last one was still loading. Add momentum scrolling and it glides like a film.

Under the hood it is one HTML file, two stylesheets and one script. No framework, fast on a phone, and it even works offline.

06

Then it gets out of the way


the useful part

After the story come the things a customer actually needs: services by marque, reviews, hours and directions, and a booking form that promises a call back within one business day.

Big feelings up top, easy answers below.

People don’t remember a spec sheet. They remember how the site made them feel about their car.visual storytelling