SEMA praises bill protecting racers from EPA interpretation of emissions modding
— March 9, 2016SEMA on Tuesday praised legislation to stop the EPA from clarifying that overly changing the emissions
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Subaru global platform will debut with 2017 Impreza, offer more rigidity, use high-strength steels
— March 8, 2016All next-generation Subarus starting with the Impreza on sale later this year will feature a rigid,
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I-CAR guest column: It’s time to understand, implement vehicle-specific repairs
— March 7, 2016Editor’s note: In the latest in an I-CAR column series on industry issues, OEM business development
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Done deal: Vista Equity closes $6.5B acquisition of AudaExplore parent Solera
— March 4, 2016Calling it the “next phase of Solera’s global expansion,” AudaExplore parent company
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Headlight tech under development has 1,024 LED pixels, might include gold ‘nano-sponge’
— March 4, 2016HID, LED and adaptive headlights already added complexity to what had been a relatively straightforward,
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Thatcham says autobraking cuts premiums 10%; Consumer Reports adjusts scores to push tech
— March 3, 2016Consumer Reports announced last month it will give extra credit to models with autobraking, and Thatcham
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Gene Marks: You never, ever want to run your business like Gogo
— March 3, 2016Editor’s note: From time to time, Repairer Driven News features pieces by prolific national columnist
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CCC Crash Course: 70% of appraisals had lightweight part — up from 11.1% just 10 years ago
— March 2, 2016In a decade, the number of vehicles with at least one lightweight part grew from 11.1 percent of vehicles
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CCC releases annual ‘Crash Course’ report at ‘inflection point’ for shops, insurers
— March 2, 2016Calling both the auto insurance and collision repair industries at an “inflection point,”
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LKQ straddles OEM, aftermarket glass worlds with $635M purchase of PGW
— March 2, 2016LKQ’s $635 million acquisition of Pittsburgh Glass Works not only launches the aftermarket collision
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