Ford, AutoNation to sell own lines of aftermarket parts
— January 31, 2017Within days of each other, Ford and No. 1 auto dealership chain AutoNation announced plans to sell their
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Mark your calendar for hat trick of collision trade shows in Feb., March, April
— January 31, 2017Three major collision repair trade shows are coming, one in each of the next three months, and shops
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Ford SmartLink scans DTCs, transmits codes to owners in ‘plain English’
— January 30, 2017Following third-party competitors like Meineke, T-Mobile, Verizon and even the insurer Metromile, Ford
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Safelite parent company Belron makes collision moves in Canada, Belgium
— January 27, 2017Safelite parent Belron will expand further from glass to more auto body work with its late 2016 acquisitions
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Chubb calls earlier email ‘sent prematurely,’ says it continues to pay for scans ‘case-by-case’
— January 26, 2017Chubb has called an earlier email declaring it would scan all 1990-or-newer vehicles before and after
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Audi can etch custom matte designs in car paint, plans to expand option beyond R8 supercar
— January 25, 2017It’s almost like high-tech keying: Audi has developed a method of partially matting a vehicle
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Big indirect win for collision repairers as Calif. Supreme Court backs insurance commissioner’s regulatory power
— January 23, 2017California collision repairers can breathe a little easier. The state Supreme Court has reversed a lower
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New SCRS video from SEMA: See FCA, Honda, Toyota, Nissan representatives discuss scanning
— January 23, 2017Repairers trying to educate their colleagues/employees, insurers or customers on the need for vehicle
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Vendor referrals No. 1 as CREF-I-CAR survey reveals how collision repairers are finding techs
— January 20, 2017Workforce details revealed by the recent I-CAR-Collision Repair Education Foundation study offers some
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Enterprise, former CIECA chair blast CCC Secure Share; Enterprise pitches ARMS successor as 2nd BMS option
— January 20, 2017Enterprise Holdings on Wednesday challenged CCC’s plan to charge vendors for access to collision
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