Polyvance Finishes Its First 24 Hours of LeMons Race
“This was a fun team-building exercise for our company,” said Kurt Lammon, Polyvance’s president. “The 24 Hours of LeMons is all about making real racing affordable by limiting the price of the car to $500, excluding safety equipment.”
Universal Technical Institute to Commemorate 50th Anniversary
A celebration at its flagship Avondale, Ariz., campus will highlight the dedication of its employees, successful graduates from each of the past five decades and UTI’s collaboration with industry partners.
Study Finds Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Sales Will Exceed 17M by 2020
Report finds that electric car manufacturers are prioritizing range as the key issue, since consumers’ “range anxiety” is the greatest hindrance to the adoption of electric vehicles.
National AutoBody Research Launches New Labor Rate Survey for Luxury Brands and Special Vehicles
Through the survey, NABR measures and reports the market-based labor prices collision repairers charge for working on vehicles such as Audi, Bentley, Mercedes or Tesla, as well as special vehicles such as the Ford F-150 or Nissan GT-R.
OEC Selected by Infiniti Canada for Collision Parts Ordering and Fulfillment Solution
Powered exclusively through CollisionLink, the Infiniti Market Shield parts marketing program will allow Canadian Infiniti retailers access to competitive pricing on eligible OE parts against non-OE parts.
South Carolina Body Shop Owner Takes on State Farm Over Botched Repair
After inspecting the car repaired by a Select Service shop, Ascue’s Auto Body & Paint Shop came up with a corrective estimate total of $5,423.03, far more than State Farm’s estimate of $519.
CARSTAR Puget Sound Collision Centers Donate Car to Deserving Military Family
The vehicle’s recipient, Daniel H. DerHammer, was on active duty from January 1996 to November 1998, and was in a HMMWV accident and suffered a broken neck and back in August of 1998 while his unit was in NTC Yakima.
Exhibit Space Selling Out for NACE | CARS 2016
Two-thirds of the NACE | CARS 2016 show floor is already booked, and exhibitors have contracted for more than 40,000 square feet of exhibit space for the 2016 Expo.
OEM Representatives to Discuss Shop Certification at NORTHEAST 2016
With representatives from Ford, Nissan, Audi, Honda and more in a discussion led by Assured Performance Network’s Aaron Clark, the presentation will provide information on taking the most effective steps to becoming certified.
Ten OEMs Commit to NACE | CARS 2016
In addition to sponsorship and exhibit commitments, several of these companies will be offering specialty training – including launches of all new programs.