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. [...]
Acura on Thursday said its next-generation 2021 Acura TLX rides on a body-in-white which was “NSX aside, the most rigid ever offered on an Acura vehicle.” The body is 56 percent “advanced, lightweight materials, including [...]
As some of the initial borrowers exhaust their Paycheck Protection Program loan funds, the Small Business Administration has issued its interim final rule on how companies can avoid having to pay it back. According to [...]
North Carolina collision repairers’ work on rewriting state law has produced new ethical standards for licensed auto damage appraisers and formally requires them to carry North Carolina licenses, Carolina’s Collision Association President Brian Davies said [...]
Lemuel Douglas “Doug” Middleton, a Hall of Eagles member and I-CAR cofounder who continued to serve the organization into his 80s, died earlier this month. He was 97. Industry veteran Jeff Hendler, owner of JD [...]
A new round of rulemaking found North Carolina collision repairers obtaining better storage disposition notification and fighting off other unwanted changes to total loss rules, a body shop owner said Tuesday. Carolina’s Collision Association President [...]
British vehicle research center Thatcham Research has asked automakers to create a warning light for advanced driver assistance systems. The insurer-funded, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety-esque Thatcham’s work includes studying repair methods and running Euro [...]
A new Ford software upgrade announced Wednesday lets authorities roast the interiors of their 2013-19 Police Interceptor Utilities at “beyond 133 degrees Fahrenheit” to fight COVID-19 coronaviruses. “Vehicles from the 2013 to 2019 model years [...]
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists recently joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and many other trade organizations in urging Congress to provide businesses with further financial and legal cushions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On [...]
America’s Recovery Fund Coalition research announced Wednesday warned that more than 2 million small businesses could be broke and at risk of closure next month — even with Paycheck Protection Program loans. The coalition, whose [...]
