A body shop’s employees need to know what is acceptable, reinspector, appraiser and expert witness David Smith said last year, telling a virtual audience they’d be “amazed” at the varying degree of quality he sees [...]
Genesis last month said its brand-new GV70 SUV coming to the U.S. this year would employ both steel and aluminum in the vehicle body. According to Genesis, the “enhanced body frame structure” on the SUV [...]
Collision repairers should treat the vehicle as paramount, even ahead of the customer or one’s shop, a reinspector and expert witness advised in a Society of Collision Repair Specialists virtual course released this fall. Auto [...]
A new National Transportation Safety Board report on the risk of lithium-ion battery fires for towing professionals and first responders offers potential safety lessons for body shops as well. “Thermal runaway and multiple battery reignitions [...]
I-CAR on Friday said it would continue to grant the industry free access to the Repairability Technical Support online resource through June 30 and permit shops to keep taking online “Virtual/Instructor-led” courses it substituted in 2020 [...]
The Mustang Mach-E just won Motor Trend “SUV of the Year,” GM just redid its logo to stress electrification, and Volkswagen’s all-electric $39,995 ID.4 goes on sale “in a matter of weeks.” Charging networks are [...]
We recently covered Kia’s unveiling of a more futuristic-looking logo which ditches the brand’s familiar oval. But we should mention two other OEMs’ badge revisions as well: Volkswagen and General Motors’. Volkswagen It’s a subtler [...]
The Small Business Administration announced Wednesday it would let all small businesses apply for “first” or “second draw” Paycheck Protection Program loans on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Small businesses who use smaller lenders — those with $1 [...]
A ValuePenguin “State of Auto Insurance in 2021” report announced last week estimated that auto insurance rates this year represent a 1.7 percent decline — the first decrease in more than a decade. “The rate [...]
CCC reported that repairable auto vehicle claims were down 21.3 percent in 2020 — and 26 percent if comprehensive claims were discarded. The second quarter proved the worst for auto body shops, with all repairable [...]
