Announcing the Winning Companies of TechShop's Top 5 Tools Award TechShop once again brings you the winners of our Top 5 Tools award. This award is voted on by the people who use the tools  More»

VIEWPOINT: GM Creates New Recipe for Brake Rotors Over the past three months, there has been a buzz about a new type of rotor from GM. GM’s team of brake experts and suppliers put a batch of rotors on...  More»

Directions: Service and ­Maintenance in 2012 Could Be Headed for a Slow Down It will be interesting to see if drivers of older cars continue to put off maintenance and service to a point where a vehicle repair becomes so expens...  More»

Editor's Notebook: Cash-Strapped Consumers Fuel Unperformed Vehicle Maintenance Trend For those who fix cars daily and are responsible for keeping America rolling, it's disheartening to learn that not everyone has such an allegiance. A ...  More»

Editor's Notebook: Customer Retention Greatly Hinges on First Impressions, Shop Image Continuing last month's discussion with ImportCar shop owner readers offering advice on shop visibility and customer retention, John Volz, co-owner, V...  More»

Viewpoint: Sex, Politics & Religion I worked for a shop owner who once told me there are three things I could not discuss at work with co-workers or customers. The three topics were sex,...  More»

Editor’s Notes: T&E Market Optimism Reflected at AAPEX  More»

Editor's Notebook: Shop Owners Offer Input On Shop Visibility and Profitability in 2012 As you get ready to close the book on another year, it's not uncommon to think about strategies that will boost your bottom line and garner a bigger m...  More»

Editor's Notes: The Million-Dollar Question - Who is Responsible? I love magazines. I swear it's a bit of an obsession. Family members, co-workers and I share them and pass them around. I just ordered a few new subsc...  More»

BRAKELIGHTS: October 1936: Hanging Bums in Hollywood BRAKE & FRONT END, October 1936 – J.S. Bushey was not a subtle man. The ironic part of this story is that Pep Boys has opened next door to the former ...  More»

Managing Company Assets, Part 2 In this space last month, Steve Louden, president of  More»

Directions: Performance Powered - Chevrolet Celebrates 100 Years For its first 40 years, Chevrolet seemed content designing, building and installing four- and six-cylinder engines in its ­vehicles. But all that chan...  More»

Directions: The Price of Neglect While it's good for independent repair shops that more than half of American drivers said they are holding onto their older vehicle because they do no...  More»

Editor's Notebook: Manage Company Assets to Boost Your Shop's Revenue Potential As we continue to face the most challenging economic times in recent history, your shop's bottom line and return on investment are undoubtedly top of ...  More»

Editor's Notes: New CAFE Standard to Take Effect by 2025 On July 29, President Obama announced the next phase in the Administration's program to increase fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas pollution f...  More»