Chrysler on Thursday announced a refreshed 2021 Pacifica made safer by advanced driver assistance systems and stronger A- and B-pillars and quieter from noise, vibration and harshness upgrades, The OEM also described a redesigned Pacifica [...]
A new study by researchers from Temple and the Universities of Alabama and Wisconsin ties rising premiums to factors like the cost of medical care and repairing more advanced vehicles rather than heightened auto insurer [...]
Body shops will notice some significant changes on the exterior and brains of the 2020 Kia Cadenza following a refresh unveiled Thursday. The refresh comes just three model years after Kia unveiled the next-generation 2017 [...]
The California Autobody Association recently alerted members to a variety of laws which mostly took effect Jan. 1, and employees, managers and owners should take note. Shops outside of the major national market might also [...]
A Monday post on the free automotive professionals forum Diagnostic Network offers an interesting real-world example of why pre-repair scans and safety system checks matter. First things first: Advice from an Internet message board isn’t [...]
XponentialWorks last month announced a project with Arcimoto to 3D-print parts for its $19,900 electric “Fun Utility Vehicle” — with an initial effort lightweighting suspension components by more than a third. “If successful, the new [...]
The California Fourth District Court of Appeals on Thursday reversed an Orange County Small Claims Court which had held an insurer couldn’t appeal a small-claims verdict against its no-show policyholder. State law clearly stated otherwise, [...]
A Midas franchisee tripped up by Iowa’s lien laws offers a lesson to other automotive professionals to review the process for disposing of vehicles left abandoned or with an unpaid bill. Midas Auto Systems Experts [...]
An interesting new CLM column by Branch Insurance claims head Charlie Wendland pointed out how claims insurtech like AI photo estimating might produce unintended consequences. Wendland said a quick signup process and “cool” computer-generated photo [...]
Nearly 20 percent of collision repairers reported they assumed an auto glass vendor would notify them about calibrations following a window replacement, the latest “Who Pays for What?” survey found. That response by 18 percent [...]
