A recent European study identified that the driver accounts for 20% of Total Cost of Ownership – for bad drivers, this goes up to 40%. That is a stark reminder of the importance of driver behaviour with regard to cost … Read More
There’s good coverage in the Herald this morning providing a plain-English explanation on the current squeeze in the collision repair industry including suppressed labour rates and the resulting critical shortage of skilled technicians. This has been brought about by the … Read More
The 2017 Ford Mustang is a great looking car with a hearty rumble that would make it another classic. But who wants to drive a 2-star ANCAP rated car in 2017 when every other manufacturer is pumping out 5-star models … Read More
We’ve received a number of requests recently for more profile on the collision repair industry, the challenges faced by quality panelbeaters in NZ, and also provide more discussion on the changing face of collision damage repairs. Thatchem and I-CAR are … Read More
Crash Management clients understand that technical repair quality is critical to ensuring vehicle fleet fit condition. New Health & Safety legislation has increased awareness that driving is the most dangerous aspect of work, so ensuring all company cars and trucks are … Read More
The collision repair sector in New Zealand is very aware of increasingly sophisticated car structural design and how complex crash repairs are now. Car crash repair technology has come a long way in two decades, only 20 years ago most … Read More
Every day we see the results of car accidents and car insurance claims. Fortunately most are urban and/or relatively minor, but a proportion are neither – they’re open-road and/or high impact crashes. Sometimes this involves serious injury for the driver … Read More
According to the NZ Herald Business section and Massey University Insurance lecturer Michael Naylor this morning, there will be no car insurance claims or insurance industry as we know it within 15 years. They say that once networked autonomous (self … Read More
Over 300,000 NZ vehicles are estimated to have faulty, dangerous and/or deliberately disabled air-bags. This must constitute the biggest driver safety scandel in NZ history, and could have tragic consequences for anyone involved in a collision. The issue involves Japanese air-bag … Read More
Automakers are investing in new materials that will reduce weight to meet the challenge of higher fuel economy standards without compromising safety and ride quality. To meet these goals, a new generation of Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) for lightweighting … Read More