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ADAS ‘Here to Stay,’ Says American Honda Asst. Manager, Could Be New Income Stream for Shops by Stacey Phillips
Adaptive Cruise Control, Blind Spot Information and Collision Mitigation Braking Systems are just some of the Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) in vehicles today. According to Scott Kaboos, the assistant manager of collision marketing for American Honda Motor Co., not only will these systems prevent accidents in the future, but there may also be fewer claims on vehicles that are equipped with these systems. Kaboos discussed “Honda ADAS Systems: Today and Tomorrow” dur-
ing a recent Guild 21 podcast. Presentations are sponsored by VeriFacts Automotive. “Love them or hate them, ADAS Systems are probably here to stay,” said Kaboos. “The question is: ‘Are they going to be effective?’” During his Guild 21 presentation, Kaboos shared information from a study compiled by a major insurance company partner regarding 26,039 Honda Civic vehicles from the 2016 model year. “We compared how many vehicles were drivable vs. non-drivable after an accident,” he said. “We noticed See ADAS, Page 4
North Loveland, CO, Develops New Auto Businesses
Burger King If all goes as planned, the lot closest to the 57th-287 intersection will house a Burger King restaurant with two drive-thru lanes, according to the architect guiding the project through the city planning process. Diana Oceguera, owner of DEO Architecture in Denver, said she has worked with the Colorado-based franchise owner, Ocedon, on a few previSee Loveland Auto Shops, Page 16
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The southeast corner of 57th Street and U.S. 287 in north Loveland continues to develop, with plans for a Burger King and two automotive-repair businesses working their way through the city approval process. “That site is rockin’ and rollin’,” said Jennifer Hewett-Apperson, the city planner working on the development. The area first came out of dormancy last year with the construction of a Tractor Supply Co. store, which opened in October. The Denver-based developer, Drake Real Estate Services, has ap-
proval to build a Caliber Collision auto body shop just north of Tractor Supply and is dividing the development, called Loveland Commons, into four more lots, Hewett-Apperson said.
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VOL. 36 ISSUE 2 FEBRUARY 2018
CCC Drops Proposed Charges, Makes Other ‘Secure Share’ Changes
would have to pay CCC $0.50 for each estimate they received. CCC has now Following months of industry criticism halted plans for the $0.50 toll. The company also said that contrary as well as recent strategic announceto its announced plans, it will ments from its competitors, CCC Information Services still allow such data transfers to said in late December that be done via the commonly used “Estimate Management it was making significant Standard (EMS)” data export changes to its new “Secure file rather than requiring the Share” data exchange reuse of the newer “Business quirements scheduled to go Message Suite (BMS)” data into effect in April. Mark Fincher of export file. This will allow CCC had said that beCCC Information Services said the third-party vendors more flexginning next spring, all CCC company was ibility in implementing sysONE collision repair shop estimate data transfers to dropping its plans tems to accept BMS files. for added fees and third-parties—such as shop making changes to CCC also said it has made management systems, rental changes to its terms of agreeother elements of car companies or CSI its “Secure Share” ment in an effort to alleviate data exchange some of the other concerns providers—would have to go system voiced by industry vendors. through Secure Share (rather “CCC is committed to facilitating than shops sharing the data directly as they do now), and those third-parties See Secure Share, Page 4 by John Yoswick
ABAT President Speaks on Todd Tracy’s Honda Fit Crash Tests by Chasidy Rae Sisk
In December, Texas attorney Todd Tracy experimented with crash-testing several Honda Fit vehicles to evaluate the differences between improper repairs being performed and vehicles being repaired using aftermarket parts. After the testing, Tracy issued a statement deeming the experiment a success. “Now, for the first time, we have a scientific engineering basis to refute any insurance company who insists on bullying a repair shop into using nonOEM-approved repairs or aftermarket parts… Insurance companies need to get out of the repair business and let the repair shops repair vehicles so that people aren’t riding around in ticking time bombs,” Tracy said. The tests, which took place Dec. 18–20 at the KARCO Engineering fa-
cility in Adelanto, CA, consisted of crashing three Honda Fits into a honeycomb aluminum barrier at 40 mph using a narrow frontal offset test in order to test the repairs in the most rigorous and dangerous way possible. An unrepaired black 2010 Honda Fit was used as a control vehicle to demonstrate how it should hold up in an accident, compared to a red 2009 See Crash Tests, Page 18
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