Mitsubishi this month called its next-generation 2022 Outlander “the best-equipped, most connected vehicle the company has ever sold in the U.S.” Besides the body, chassis and NVH items we covered here, a great deal of [...]
Mitsubishi last month revealed a next-generation 2022 Outlander carrying the automaker’s first application of hot-stamped ultra-high-strength steel in the passenger cage. The use of the light, strong substrate allowed Mitsubishi to save about 50 pounds [...]
By Zach Pucillo OSHA recently published the most cited violations of 2020 for all businesses. The cited standards don’t change drastically from year to year, but they serve as a reminder to everyone to find [...]
More advanced ADAS poses a risk that drivers will either misinterpret the technology as truly self-driving or fail to adequately supervise the vehicle. For this reason, OEMs have incorporated means of measuring the driver’s engagement, [...]
CCC on Wednesday released its annual “Crash Course,” and while the 2020 data might in some aspects capture a true outlier of a year, collision repairers should still hustle over and download the free industry [...]
BMW on Thursday advised shops to look up OEM repair procedures fresh on every individual vehicle rather than referencing a document from a prior repair. BMW North America collision program manager Jonathan Inzano acknowledged that [...]
Honda last week announced it would this spring shift its ProFirst certified collision program management system to CCC and use DEKRA for auditing auto body shops. “(American Honda Motor Co.) looks forward to stepping into [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists last week announced it would in April hold its first live open board meeting since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. The event, scheduled the same [...]
LNC Partners announced last month it had added the 10-shop Southern California and Arizona repairer Kaizen Collision Center to its portfolio. The private equity firm’s Feb. 16 announcement follows CenterOak Partners’ fall 2020 revelation it [...]
Allstate last month reported its auto underwriting profit more than doubled last year to more than $3.4 billion, despite having to absorb higher severity and refunds to policyholders. The profitability stemmed at least in part [...]
