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Here soon: New oil standards
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Two new standards for motor oil will soon arrive. They will reshape the way you buy oil and how you market maintenance programs to your
customers. Your net profit margin will be affected by the decisions you make. More
Analyst predicts small auto sales comeback in 2010
The Associated Press via Google News
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The U.S. auto industry will recover only a little next year, weighed down by high unemployment and other troubles that will continue to limit economic growth, a top industry analyst said. Fitch Ratings analyst Mark Oline predicted that sales will rise to 11.1 million cars and trucks next year, a 7.8 percent increase over the 10.3 million he expects for 2009.
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Attendees and exhibitors create synergy at Automotive Service & Repair Week 2009
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Throughout the hallways of the educational sessions you could feel it. During the networking receptions and the standing-room-only opening general session it was apparent. While walking through the world-class collection of exhibiting companies and seeing all the products, equipment and services, there was no question. A dynamic synergy
was undoubtedly created by the thousands of automotive industry professionals who came together for the ASRW annual events – NACE and CARS 2009.
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Auto body shops win $15 million from insurer
The Hartford Courant
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Auto repair shop owners in Connecticut celebrated a victory in a six-year battle against The Hartford, winning a $15 million jury award in a dispute over appraisals and labor costs for fixing damaged vehicles. A Superior Court jury in Stamford sided with the Auto Body Association of Connecticut in a class-action lawsuit that accused Hartford Fire Insurance Co., part of property casualty giant The Hartford Financial Services Group, of unfair trade practices that led to artificially low
labor rates in damage appraisals.
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"Do You Have Five Minutes?"
 ASA has launched a supplemental "How's Your Business?" survey that asks members about their business and advertising strategy. This
five-minute survey is the first in a series ASA is launching to stay in touch with members and their needs. Take the survey now!
ASA members: Login Now to Start the Survey
Don’t know your membership number? Contact the Membership Department at (800) 272-7467, ext. 295, for your number and to update your
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ABRN names top 10 shops in Top Shops contest
ABRN
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Auto Body World, an ASA body shop member in Tolleson, Ariz., was selected as the top shop in ABRN's inaugural Top Shops contest. David Fait is chief executive officer and Mark Turner is president of the company,
which has six locations and 130 employees in the Phoenix area. A key reason Auto Body World was selected was due to its take on lean processing.
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Road testing customer autos
Zurich
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Road
testing your customer's vehicle after completing service and repair work is generally considered to be a good idea, for many reasons. Obviously it's very important to verify the quality of your work to ensure customer satisfaction. However, validating the safety of the vehicle after work is complete can also help reduce your liability risks.
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Bad times can be good business for some
KHBS-TV
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They say that one man's trash is another man's treasure, and the recession has made that very true for some small businesses in the U.S. With unemployment at a 25-year high, many small businesses around the country have found themselves losing customers and having to close down. The ADP Small Business Report reported that 284,000
small business jobs were lost in March.
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New cars can keep you alive—and keep you pinned inside
KVUE-TV
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In the front of the
car, the engine, the bumper and hood absorb the impact of the crash. In the rear, the trunk and rear bumper serve the same purpose. Typically, passengers have the least amount of protection on the side of the vehicle, protected only by the steel beams in the door and in the posts. Responding to the diminishing number of front and rear-end fatalities coupled with the increase in side impact deaths Congress issued new safety guidelines in 2005 giving automakers less than a decade to improve cars
in the event of a side impact. Lawmakers quickly adopted side curtain airbags as one solution to the problem.
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Fewer 2010-model vehicles pass tougher safety tests
The Wall Street Journal
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Shoppers looking to
buy the safest 2010-model cars will have 67 fewer choices this year than they did in 2009. That's because the test for safety ratings got a lot tougher. A new roof-strength requirement aimed at protecting passengers in rollover crashes cut the number of top-rated vehicles to 27 for the 2010 model year, compared with 94 in 2009. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety added the roof test to the already-rigorous tests it uses to address increasingly specific circumstances under which drivers
and passengers are injured and killed in collisions.
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Check out CARDONE's online catalog of 37,500+ SKUs featuring import and domestic, early to
current model applications. If your part is in our catalog, ask for it at your local parts supplier. MORE |
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A Chinese-owned GM, it could happen
CNN
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GM could one day be Chinese owned. A shocking concept for the ultimate all-American company but one some auto industry experts say isn't too far-fetched. "I can tell you right now the Chinese are shopping heavily in the U.S. auto sector," said David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research, a Michigan think tank. Cole said such a deal isn't imminent and wouldn't happen until GM starts selling shares to the public again, likely a year or more from now. But he says
buying GM would be a major opportunity for the nascent Chinese auto industry.
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Earth-friendly body shop
The
Pioneer Press
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When Minnesota's Mike Schoonover overhauled the painting booths in his Schoonover Bodyworks collision repair shops in Shoreview and Stillwater last year,
he picked one of the toughest Decembers in which to spend a pile of dough. But December 2008 brought freezing rain and icy roads, which led to more serious accidents. And that meant more cars written off by their owners' insurance companies as total wrecks — good for junkyards but bad for the auto-body business. "I've never seen so many cars totaled in my life," he recalled.
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For a limited time, you can test-drive the all-new Toyota Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC), the online tool that provides what you need for fast and efficient Toyota repairs. Gain free access to the
entire catalog of Genuine Toyota Parts so you can source and order right from your computer anytime, anywhere. Start your test drive now!
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United Recyclers offers body shops and
mechanical repair shops the ability to
search used parts for cars and
trucks. Each URG member provides quality assurance to the product. The
result is a nationwide label that delivers consistently high quality
parts and maximizes consumers, collision center, and estimator
confidence.
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MORE is Snap-on's automotive parts
catalog for independent repair facilities. Now, you can find and order
OEM parts from one Web site. Get parts from the dealerships you want to
do business with, without picking up the phone. Learn more.
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