The auto body shops who suffered the largest financial blow from the COVID-19 response could receive a second PPP loan under at least two congressional proposals. Democrats sponsored one of the two measures we examined, [...]
Calling it a first for the automotive industry, Mercedes recently announced the next-generation S-Class offered an optional rear airbag designed to handle the different sizes and seating of passengers there. “Especially in the S-Class, the [...]
Nissan this month announced it would late next year sell its first electric crossover, the Ariya, starting at “around $40,000.” The vehicle, which in its longer-range two-wheel drive format is expected to get 300 miles [...]
Two auto body trade schools last week described programs structured to provide students with significant shop time early in the process. Representatives from Cleveland, Ohio-based Matrix Trade Institute and Saint Louis, Mo.-based Ranken Technical College [...]
Caliber Collision on Tuesday described a vision of treating a market as “one giant body shop” instead of numerous individual ones. Supply chain strategy and procurement Senior Vice President Dave Smith presented the Auto Insurance [...]
Repairers curious to see the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ new Blueprint Optimization Tool in action can tune in each Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. for special live demos, Executive Director Aaron Schulenburg said last week. [...]
Financial advisory firm Focus Advisors on Sunday announced both the appetite for acquisitions and sale prices of auto body shops appeared to be at or near 2019 levels. Focus operations director Chris Lane called the [...]
Editor’s note: The COVID-19 coronavirus response dramatically cut U.S. traffic, and thus the potential for crashes to arise and fill auto body shops. According to I-CAR, some repairers took advantage of the slowdown to fit [...]
Repairers polled by the latest “Who Pays for What?” study reported less favorable experiences with Allstate’s Virtual Assist channel — but still overwhelmingly saw better response times on supplements. About 59 percent of the unspecified [...]
Society of Collision Repair Specialists Executive Director Aaron Schulenburg on Thursday said the organization’s testing has yet to uncover how information related to a collision repair is reaching the vehicle history company CARFAX. “Every time [...]
