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HUDSONVILLE, MI – StrobeWisevcan provide up to 10 seconds of additional warning time over and above brake lights to following vehicles, warning them of a slowing or stopping vehicle that has yet to engage the traditional brake light features.
Read More →HOUSTON --- Westside Lexus in Houston was named the 2008 Toyota/Lexus Certified Collision Center of the Year during a special dinner last month at Lakeside Country Club.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, CA --- An April 1 hearing will weigh the merits of a California Senate bill (SB 350) seeking to prohibit collision-repair shops from using non-OEM aftermarket crash parts in the repair of an insured consumer's vehicle unless the parts are "at least of like kind and quality to the part being replaced in terms of fit, function, and finish."
Read More →MINNEAPOLIS, MN --- ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a Minneapolis-based collision repair company, has acquired a repair center in Loveland, CO. This facility, formerly known as Loveland Auto Body, brings the total number of ABRA repair centers to 96 in 11 states.
Read More →TOKYO, JAPAN --- Toyota Motor Corp. said it has developed a a rear-seat center air bag to help reduce the severity of secondary injuries incurred by rear-seat passengers in a side-on collision.
Read More →YOUNTVILLE, CA --- The all-new 2010 Toyota Prius will include safety features designed to comply with class-top level collision safety performance in each global region of sale, and to accommodate stricter safety requirements in the future, Toyota said.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, CA --- California State Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod on Feb. 26 introduced a bill (SB 427) designed to reduce "parts switching" practices by some in the state's auto collision repair industry.
Read More →SHERMAN OAKS, CA --- A San Diego-based private equity fund, Kelly Capital LLC, is moving toward acquiring Earl Scheib Inc., a national chain of 85 automotive paint and collision repair shops.
Read More →INKSTER, MI --- Ford is opening a technology center in Inkster, MI., dedicated to finding design solutions and repair procedures that will lower repair costs and ultimately drive down auto insurance premiums.
Read More →ALBANY, NY --- Auto insurance companies operating in New York have not systematically violated the state's insurance law that gives consumers the right to choose where they want their vehicles repaired after a collision, Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo said last week.
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