Toyota's second annual Certified Collision Center Performance Group Expo brings together the largest gathering of Toyota certified facilities with leading collision industry partners. This exclusive event connects dealer principals, general managers, and collision center owners and managers with innovative products and services鈥攃reating valuable opportunities for over 300 repair facilities.
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The Impact of Tariffs on the Automotive Claims Industry
There has been a significant amount of press coverage surrounding the potential imposition of a 25 percent tariffs on automobiles and auto parts imported to the United States from countries that have previously received 鈥渕ost favored nation鈥 status, incurring tariffs of only 2.5 percent. The proposed tariff increase emerged as a response from the Trump administration to increasing globalization of the auto industry.
KPI Spotlight: Percentage of Repair for Individual Part Types
In our recent article, 鈥淢itchell Collision Repair Industry Data: Q2 2018鈥, we discussed the importance of monitoring the overall percentage of parts repaired. While this is an important step to help ensure the correct decision-making behaviors are being put into practice by appraisers in the field, it is the first of many. The next step to improving performance in regards to overall percentage of parts repaired is to look at repair percentages for individual major component parts.
Mitchell Collision Repair Industry Data: Q2 2018
The initial average appraisal value, calculated by combining data from all first and third-party repairable vehicle appraisals uploaded through Mitchell systems in Q2 2018, was $3,109, $31 more than this same period last year. The continued development suggests a final Q2 2018 average appraisal value of $3,140.