General Motors Customer Care and Aftersales (GM CCA) announced milestone growth, as well as a new enhancement to its my GM Partner Perks program. Launched earlier this year, my GM Partner Perks provides enrolled repair facilities and collision shops with a comprehensive parts loyalty program, rewarding on purchases of GM Genuine Parts, ACDelco, Chevrolet Performance […]
Ford and McDonalds Partner to Convert Coffee Bean Skin into Car Parts
Collaboration builds on both companies’ commitments to environmental stewardship. Ford Motor Company and McDonald’s USA will soon be giving vehicles a caffeine boost by using part of a familiar staple in the morning routine, coffee beans, in vehicle parts such as headlamp housings. Every year, millions of pounds of coffee chaff, the dried skin of […]
BMW North America Chooses CCC for Collision Repair Parts Marketing
CCC Information Services Inc. (CCC) and BMW of North America (BMW) announced that the vehicle manufacturer will use CCC Promote technology to provide dealers with a new marketing solution to price and promote parts to thousands of collision repair facilities while estimates are being written. CCC Promote offers OEMs a way to present promotional pricing […]
BMW And MINI Partner with OE Connection for Collision Repair Parts Marketing Programs
OEConnection LLC (OEC) announced that BMW of North America has selected CollisionLink for its U.S. collision parts marketing programs for both BMW and MINI, entitled ‘BMW Collision Support with CollisionLink,’ and “MINI Collision Support with CollisionLink,’ respectively. CollisionLink enables U.S. BMW and MINI dealer networks to access competitive pricing on eligible OE parts orders from […]
Nissan North America Partners with CCC for Collision Repair Parts Marketing
CCC Information Services Inc. (CCC) announced today that Nissan North America Inc. has selected CCC to support its collision repair parts marketing and sales efforts. Nissan will leverage CCC Promote to support dealers across the U.S. in offering promotional parts pricing to collision repairers as estimates are being written within the CCC ONE Platform. In-market […]
GM Announces Upcoming eCommerce Price Policy Establishing Electronic Minimum Resale Price
General Motors Customer Care and Aftersales division (CCA), announced yesterday that it will implement an Electronic Minimum Resale Price (eMRP) Policy in the U.S. for certain products, effective January 1, 2020. No specific information was included with the announcement, however the company said it will release details on the policy and the parts impacted on […]
Southeast Toyota Distributors Selects CCC for Collision Repair Parts Marketing
CCC Information Services Inc. (CCC) announced that Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC will leverage the CCC Promote technology to provide its dealers with a new marketing solution to price and promote parts to thousands of collision repair facilities while estimates are being written. CCC Promote is powered by the CCC ONE platform used by 25,000 repairers […]
Volkswagen Announces Free Towing to Certified Collision Repair Facility, Parts Restrictions Starting in January
Volkswagen announced October 1 to its Certified Collision Repair Facility (CCRF) participants that Volkswagen customers, in warranty or not, can receive a free courtesy tow to the nearest VW certified collision center. Starting in January 2020, Volkswagen customers who are subscribed to its Car-Net service will have access automatically, or they can call Volkswagen Roadside […]
Nissan Teaches Robots to Make Replacement Sheet Metal Parts
According to the vehicle manufacturer it could make parts for discontinued models more widely available. Nissan announced has developed a new way to use robots to make car parts out of sheet steel, a breakthrough that could make replacement parts for discontinued models more widely available for customers. Nissan hopes to commercialize the proprietary technique, […]
Collision Repair Facilities Report Widespread Impact on Parts Supply from General Motors Strike
More than 80 percent of respondents report part supply issues on GM vehicles attributed to UAW strike. Collision repair facility operators across the U.S. are reporting they have experienced parts delivery delays on General Motors vehicles that have been attributed to the ongoing strike between the manufacturer and the UAW that began on September 16. […]