Ford: Two-thirds of 2019 Rangers so far had optional appearance package
— March 25, 2019Ford on Monday announced buyers of “more than two-thirds of all-new 2019 Ford Ranger pickups”
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Boyd Group scan experiment finds 81% vehicles had DTC — often without dash light
— March 25, 2019An 822-vehicle study by Gerber Collision’s parent company last year overwhelmingly demonstrated
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Win a year of Toyota TIS; guides for clear coat, glass: 5 more DEG tips
— March 22, 2019The Database Enhancement Gateway, which allows repairers and insurers to make inquiries and suggestions
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Gerber sees link between improved tech benefits, higher same-store sales
— March 22, 2019The CEO of Gerber Collision’s parent company reported Thursday that the company’s normalized
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Gerber head talks M&A, including effect of Caliber-ABRA
— March 22, 2019Boyd Group CEO Brock Bulbuck on Thursday expressed no concern over the merger of two of Gerber Collision
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Hear auto materials trends in SCRS video of DuckerFrontier IDEAS Collide talk
— March 21, 2019Industry professionals who missed SCRS’ new IDEAS Collide forum at SEMA will be able to check out
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Drew Tech VP offers insight on insurers’ scanning views
— March 20, 2019Some insurers have responded to the rise of scanning by creating their own criteria for when the procedure
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CCC: Less than 1% of 2018 auto body repair appraisals contained a test weld
— March 19, 2019CCC’s 2018 estimate databases revealed fewer than 1 percent of all repairable vehicle appraisals
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CCC: Calibrations found on 1% of vehicles; wide range of charges seen
— March 18, 2019Just “slightly less than 1 percent” of all vehicles tracked in CCC between November 2017
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CCC: Percentage of estimates with scans closes on 40%; average diagnostic cost falls
— March 18, 2019Nearly 40 percent of CCC repairable estimates in the fourth quarter of 2018 contained a manual entry
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