The Database Enhancement Gateway, which allows repairers and insurers to make inquiries and suggestions of the estimating providers at no cost, offers weekly tips for repairers on the Audatex, Mitchell and CCC programs online and through the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ email list. [...]
For a vehicle as large as the 5,635-pound 2021 Cadillac Escalade, “collision energy management is critical,” GM lead upper structure engineer Jeff McCormick said recently. The sheer mass of the next-generation SUV means the Escalade [...]
Certain advanced driver assistance systems often might not be protecting the vehicle during sharper curves, new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety research has found. The technological inactivity reported by the IIHS on Thursday means body [...]
Collision repairers will find less mild steel and more higher-strength components with thinner gauges on the 2021 Cadillac Escalade, General Motors said late this spring. GM lead upper structure engineer Jeff McCormick told the virtual [...]
We’ve been focusing on total loss valuations lately after consumer advocates have raised the prospect of totals being flipped back to repairable vehicles upon reevaluation of pricing. Our coverage so far has deal with overall [...]
A recent Ford presentation on how it adjusted structural crash protection for the 2021 Mustang Mach-E’s fully electric powertrain provides collision repairers with a sense of changes they might see on other vehicle bodies. Unlike [...]
Another consumer advocate has reported encountering multiple instances of vehicles totaled because of erroneously low valuations. Upon further scrutiny, the vehicles’ revised valuations suggested some of them could have been repairable, according to ZB Claim [...]
Editor’s note: Respiratory protection violations represented the No. 1 source of citations experienced by the NAICS 811121 “Automotive Body, Paint, and Interior Repair and Maintenance” segment last year. Thus, body shops might benefit from some [...]
In addition to highlighting various steel grades (see coverage here), General Motors last month drew attention to some of the structural and joining details body shops would encounter on the 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer. For one [...]
The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E’s body-in-white is nearly all steel, but it presents body shops with some materials variety when it comes to closures. Ford vehicle hardware modules integration chief engineer Mark Mikolaiczik broke down [...]
