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January 23, 2025Automotive repair

How far behind the industry is the labor rate

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Automotive aftermarket service and repair shops are charging at least $100 an hour less than they should be, industry experts recently argued.

A recent report from AutoLeap, a shop management software company, reported that the average shop surveyed charges $120 per hour for labour, and figures fluctuate depending on the kind of shop. the State of the Auto Repair Industry found that a specialty shop will charge $179 per hour, compared to a franchised shop at $112 per hour. An independent shop will charge $110 per hour.

“We are at least $100 an hour less expensive

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May 14, 2023Automotive repair

Right to Repair: What’s the future of the automotive aftermarket?

Click to play video: 'Right to Repair: Inside the movement fighting for all consumers'

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Right to Repair: Inside the movement fighting for all consumers

Wally Dingman hates having to turn away customers. It’s what’s kept him in the auto repair business for 40 years.

Like the 371,000 Canadians working in the aftermarket industry, Dingman is more than qualified to repair a vehicle. Yet, in the modern age of repair, just knowing how to do it is not enough.

“Every day it’s getting more difficult to carry out repairs,” Dingman said. “Our scan tools and our repair software have limited access to information because it’s being held by the manufacturers.”

Dingman owns Caughill Automotive

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April 23, 2023Automotive repair

FUTURE OF WORK: Dundas independent auto shops support small business

James and Nicole Elzinga, of Arrow Automotive Repair, and their daughter, Winnie, outside their 200 King St. W. location.

A unique arrangement between three Dundas businesses that might otherwise be seen as competitors set the stage for the independent repair shops to thrive into the future.

Eccles Auto Service, Arrow Automotive Repair and Dundas Cycle and Powersports cooperated to protect local jobs in the auto tech sector, and other small businesses in downtown Dundas.

Bruce Eccles, founder of Eccles Auto, sold his former shop at 200 King St. W. to James and Nicole Elzinga of Arrow Automotive. The shop’s former

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April 15, 2023Automotive repair

CARS Executive Outlook 2023: James Channer

CARS reached out to leaders in the automotive repair and service sector of the automotive aftermarket to ask them about their thoughts about the industry over the next 12 months: How will this year be different, what will drive change and what will be the biggest challenge. We will present their answers in alphabetical order over the coming weeks…

You can view the full feature in the February 2023 issue.

James Channer, Co-founder, COO, In Motion Brands

When a business is as good as it has been for the last couple of years, a lot can go unnoticed. New business

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