Kia in February revealed the 2022 Carnival and described the vehicle as stronger and stiffer than the outgoing Sedona it’ll replace. The three-row Carnival “Multi-Purpose Vehicle” targets what Kia calls “the unoccupied space between SUV [...]
California Bureau of Automotive Repair Executive Director Patrick Dorais on Thursday touched on topics like customer communication, vehicle technology and teardowns during a VeriFacts Guild 21 webinar appearance. Communication Dorais’ agency regulates about 5,000 auto [...]
Electrified vehicles continue to take market share from traditional gasoline engines, based on National Automobile Dealers Association data which might demonstrate a need for repairers to prepare now for the trend and its potential ramifications [...]
California Bureau of Automotive Repair Executive Director Patrick Dorais on Thursday reminded the collision industry about California’s requirements on part type disclosure — rules which exclude a variety of terms floating around in the collision [...]
Acura’s next-generation 2022 MDX expands the aluminum content on the popular SUV, according to a January Body Repair News which also highlights some repair considerations associated with the nonferrous parts. The prior-generation 2014 MDX came [...]
Editor’s note: This is the second part in a two-part series. See Part 1 here. By Vincent Romans The last nine years of multiple-location collision industry platform transactions by the larger multiple-location operators with revenue [...]
DEKRA announced Monday that it would provide support to Audi’s certified auto body repair program. “The absolute focus of the Audi Authorized Collision Repair program is the customer,” Audi collision program manager Mark Allen said [...]
Editor’s note: This is the first part in a two-part series. See Part 2 on Thursday. By Vincent Romans I am confident that there is unanimous agreement that our futures are overshadowed by some degree [...]
The Iowa Collision Repair Association notched up a legislative victory this session with the passage and enactment of a bill raising the damage threshold for a salvage title. “We wrote that bill,” ICRA lobbyist Scott [...]
The collision industry’s inability to foster new technicians risks driving them out of the industry and exacerbating the tech shortage, according to ASE Education Foundation Vice President George Arrants. Arrants presented the Jan. 21 virtual [...]
