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Collision Repair

Friday Fun: DeLoreans return, crashes in the smartphone era and a look at odd driving laws from Europe

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 1, 2016 — The DeLorean is poised for a comeback, Mazda plans to add more ultra-high-strength steel to the 2017 CX-5, Alex Sun of Mitchell discusses the coming world of peer-to-peer insurance and much, much more! – Mazda announced this week its “next generation” 2017 CX-5 will add […]

Mazda's 2017 CX-5 will add ultra-high-strength steel to the A- and B-pillars and side sills.

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Friday Fun: Cars may be getting too big to park, cops crack down on texting and Genesis launches in Canada

Toronto, Ontario — November 24, 2016 — This week’s Friday Fun looks at a Maaco shop owner who stepped up to help a family with a vandalized vehicle, how cars are becoming too big for parking spaces, the launch of a new luxury car brand and much, much more! – A collision repair shop in […]

Vandals keyed 'Trump' and 'Go home' into a vehicle belonging to Jorge Santiago. A local Maaco owner stepped up to repair the vehicle for free. Santiago is both a US citizen and an armed forced veteran.

Friday Fun: Trump’s upcoming impacts on the auto industry, CRASH Network wants shops to rate insurers and electric vehicles are going to get noisier

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — November 17, 2016 — The outlook for the auto industry shifts with the election of Donald Trump, CARSTAR US issues a credit card and electric vehicles are going to have to make some noise. – Could Trump kill the demand for aluminum auto bodies? A flood of reports appeared […]

Just another day in the shop ... or maybe not. Those tiny dents are apparently bullet holes.

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Friday Fun: After-hours bar in a shop gets busted, insurance jumps 400 percent in Saudi Arabia and sports cars may be on the way out

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — November 10, 2016 — This week we take a look at why it’s a bad idea to run an after-hours bar out of your shop, what may be the coming end of the sports car and much, much more! – A driver in the UK just narrowly missed jail […]

Toronto's car manufacturing days are long gone, but there was a time when Ford and other companies maintained manufacturing operations in the city. Ford's facility was located at Christie and Dupont, with the ground floor serving as a showroom (seen here).

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Friday Fun: Big change for car bows, ABRA scores big and Chinese automakers are rebranding

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — November 3, 2016 — SEMA has grabbed a lot of headlines this week, but there’s still been plenty of news outside the Las Vegas Convention Center. This week we take a look at how Facebook slapped down an insurer, ABRA’s very successful training program and an alumninum-related change in […]

It's a car bow for a new generation! The Car Bow Store is the company behind a lot of the big bows you see in dealerships. They've switched to suction cup attachments instead of magnets to allow the bows to be attached to aluminum hoods.

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Friday Fun: Sledgehammer rampage, body shop gets hit and burglar gets caught by his limited wardrobe

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 27, 2016 — It must be the season. A series of spooky, horrific and haunting scenes played out at collision repair centres across North America this past week. You may have had a tough week at work, but at least no one rammed their car into the building […]

It's a little hard to tell, but the man in the centre of the photo was caught on surveillance video, beating on a car at Dave's Auto Body in Florida with a sledgehammer. According to a report by a local TV station, he then took a few swings with the hammer at some of the staff. So, how was your week at work?

Friday Fun: ABRA has a new CEO, composites have strong potential and Telsa may have a new rival

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 20, 2016 — It looks like big US consolidator ABRA has a new CEO, Snapsheet raises $20 million in venture funding and Apple gets out of the car game. – The CBC reports that fire crews battled a blaze at a Winnipeg autobody shop Tuesday night. The District […]

LeEco has unveiled a new feature: a steering wheel that can retract into the dashboard when in autonomous mode.

Friday Fun: Repair costs and rising premiums, eagles dare and UK auto industry is ‘hanging by a thread’

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 13, 2016 — This week we look at rising premiums in BC and how they’re linked to rising repair costs, a bald eagle that wound up where it shouldn’t, the UK auto industry’s woes and much, much more! – British Columbia newspaper The Province ran an extremely interesting […]

Sometimes it's very difficult to diagnose exactly what's wrong a vehicle. This was not one of those times.

Friday Fun: Consolidation insights, Chrysler working on fuel cells and the Ford Bronco will return in 2018

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 6, 2016 — This week we look at the latest report from industry analyst Bradley Mewes, the reintroduction of the Ford Bronco just in time for OJ Simpson’s parole hearing and the fuel cell vehicle Chevrolet is developing for the US Army. – Collision repair industry analyst Bradley […]

Chevrolet is developing a zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the Colorado ZH2 for the US Army to find out if fuel cell tech is viable in military situations.

Friday Fun: Paying a bill in coins, an old computer gets the job done and Volkswagen plans to go big with electric vehicles

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 29, 2016 — This week we look into a football player who paid his repair bill in change, a shop in Poland that is still using a Commodore 64 and Volkswagen’s bold plan for electric vehicles. – Gizmodo has a report of an ancient Commodore 64 that is […]

An ultra-rare Zonda R made an appearance at a track day held by Pfaff Pagani. You can check out some video from the day in the player below.

Friday Fun: Wrangler might go aluminum, the upcoming lithium shortage and a ‘salt water’ powered car

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 22, 2016 — This week we look into the aging and retiring pool of insurance adjusters, a leaked memo suggests the Jeep Wrangler will be getting more aluminum and Tesla needs a lot of lithium. It’s worth noting that “a lot” in this context actually means “literally all […]

The Quant e-Sportlimousine is expected to push back boundaries on two fronts: energy efficiency and being ridiculously expensive. It's expected price is around $1.7 million.

Friday Fun: F-150 part can’t be found and a Canadian company enters the electric car biz

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 15, 2016 — This week we look into East Coasters prepare for a spike in car insurance premiums, an Alberta F-150 driver who can’t find parts for a seven year-old truck and a new electric car being built in B.C. – An interesting report on the CBC this […]

Electra Meccanica, a Canadian electric car company, has produced its first vehicle, the single-seat Solo. The vehicle will sell for $19,888.

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