Insights
Motor Vehicle Markets: Q3 2017
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Average wholesale prices in October were down only modestly month-over-month and were up year-over-year, bolstered by lingering impacts from hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
¶¶ÒõÏÂÔØ»Æ Collision Repair Industry Data: Q3 2017
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The initial average appraisal value, calculated by combining data from all first and third-party repairable vehicle appraisals uploaded through ¶¶ÒõÏÂÔØ»Æ systems in Q3 2017, was $3,019, $16 less than this same period last year. However, continued development suggests a final Q3 2017 average appraisal value of $3,043, which represents an increase over the same quarter last year.
¶¶ÒõÏÂÔØ»Æ Total Loss Data: Q3 2017
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Total loss data for both vehicle age and actual cash value of total loss vehicles processed through ¶¶ÒõÏÂÔØ»Æ servers.
¶¶ÒõÏÂÔØ»Æ Canadian Collision Summary: Q3 2017
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The average gross initial appraisal value, calculated by combining data from all first and third party repairable vehicle appraisals uploaded through ¶¶ÒõÏÂÔØ»Æ Canadian systems in Q3 2017, was $4,003 - a $178 decrease from Q3 2016. Factoring for development yields an anticipated increase to $4,042.
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¶¶ÒõÏÂÔØ»Æ Canadian Collision Summary: Q2 2017
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This data is the product of upload activity from body shops, independent appraisers, and insurance personnel, more accurately depicting insurance-paid loss activity, rather than consumer direct or retail market pricing.
The Importance of Automotive Diagnostics in Collision Repair
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Vehicle complexity has exploded in the last decade. Collision repair used to be about sheet metal, headlamp and bumper replacement; now it involves more and more sophisticated electronics. Essentially repairers must be prepared to fix a computer network on wheels.