In what appears to be a surprise move, Driven Brands has ousted four–year CARSTAR CEO David Byers and made the company’s insurance relations manager head...
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A few dashboard lights aren’t going to tell you everything wrong with a car packed with tens of millions of lines of code and dozens...
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Calling it a “unique initiative,” Honda on Thursday announced it will ask independent mechanical and collision repair shops to check customers’ models against the years...
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Shops across the country have reported State Farm has begun shifting the labor rates it’ll pay up and down based on the results of a recently completed...
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The 2017 Kia Sportage’s body–in–white is 51 percent advanced–high–strength steel or higher, including particularly strong grades in some of the usual–suspect collision areas. What Kia...
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More than a quarter of the 2016 Honda Civic is ultra–high–strength–steel, a major shift towards the light, strong — but sensitive — metal for one of America’s staple...
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Though at first blush a Wisconsin auto body shop choice bill seemed to pass easily in the General Assembly, it was years in the making...
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Car insurance companies can no longer demand repairs be made at a particular auto body shop under a bill signed last week by Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. “No...
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A Mitchell analysis reveals that insurers and shops should expect more total losses and costlier repairs not in the heart of winter but rather the...
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I–CAR is bumping up prices for both regular and welding courses effective Dec. 14, but technicians and shop owners who sign up now can lock...
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