Parts Partners: Toyota to use CCC Promote, allows dealers to offer promo parts pricing
Toronto, Ontario — Toyota is making strides to boost the price appeal of its parts, as the OEM signs on with CCC Intelligent Solutions to integrate the automotive data company’s CCC Promote platform into Toyota and Lexus dealerships. The Promote platform from CCC helps part suppliers offer promotional parts pricing to collision repair shops via […]
Add-Ons and Accoutrements: Average Ford Bronco owner spends $1,700 on OEM accessories
Michigan, United States – Ford retailers have sold over one million units in Bronco accessories, with the math suggesting that the average Bronco owner spent $1,700 on these additions. While the average owner of the smaller Bronco Sport spent $800 on factory-backed accessories, most Ford Bronco owners spent around $1,700 instead. Why Ford accessories in […]
Refit and Refined: 49 percent of newer pickups are modified with specialty parts, says SEMA report
California, United States – New research from the Speciality Equipment Market Association (SEMA) suggests that nearly half of all late-model pickup owners have modified their pickups, with these drivers considering even more modifications in the future. “The pickup truck market is the largest segment of the specialty-automotive aftermarket and a key opportunity for businesses,” said […]
Supply Strain: Few rentals and even fewer parts continue to pressure repair shops nationally
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan — A frequent Collision Repair contributor made national news this week speaking to Global News on the vicious cycle of parts shortages, rental fleet downsizing and strained customer relations that continues to plague our collision repair industry. Chelsea Stebner, managing partner at Parr Auto Body and long-time Collision Repair columnist, went in depth […]
Cyber Sorting: BMW-backed startup develops digital fingerprints for auto parts
Toronto, Ontario — A BMW-affiliated tech company has developed a piece of technology that allows automakers and suppliers to track and authenticate parts across supply chains and distribution systems through a digital fingerprinting system. According to the CEO of Bellevue, Wash.-based Alitheon, Roei Ganzarski, the company’s technology is able to authenticate tiny surface characteristics within […]
Brace for Impact: Project Arrow aims at 2022 reveal date
Toronto, Ontario — In a recent interview with Automotive News Canada, Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association (APMA) Chief Technical Officer Fraser Dunn said the Project Arrow all-Canadian concept vehicle is on course with a reveal planned for the Las Vegas-based CES show in January 2023. The car will be assembled from eight mega-stampings laser-welded together, said […]
PARTS PAINS
Navigating the shortages, together Story by MAX REID About two years ago, collision centres across Canada found themselves in limbo. Facilities were full of technicians, looking to work but there was little to be found. Today the industry finds itself in a new limbo: pre-COVID repair volume has returned to the industry, and yet the […]
Joining the Cast: Tesla to integrate single front-end cast piece to Model Y
Toronto, Ontario — Tesla is simplifying the body structure of its Model Y SUV, making it the first vehicle of its kind to feature two large single casting pieces at the front and rear of the vehicle. The automaker plans to make a partner for the single-piece rear casting, integrated in January, with a complementary […]
Building a Bronco: Ford details 2022 Bronco materials usage in ‘On Target’ newsletter
Toronto, Ontario — The last time anyone was talking about something interesting they saw in a Ford Bronco, it was 1994—yet Ford has released specs on the material usage of the new 2022 Bronco and Bronco Sport. The latest edition of Ford’s “On Target” monthly newsletter saw the OEM delve into the details of the […]
United We Stand: CAR Coalition launches U.S. Right to Repair campaign
Washington, District of Columbia, United States — The CAR Coalition, a group of independent automotive parts and repair companies, associations and insurers committed to preserving customer choice has launched a multi-million dollar U.S. campaign in support of the right to repair movement and key legislative measures, including the Save Money on Auto Repair Transporation (SMART) […]
