Category: Features

The latest feature articles about the automotive aftermarket from THE SHOP.

Filling The Employment Gap

A majority of automotive shop owners admit one of their biggest challenges is finding interested, qualified and skilled young people to hire for their staff. There’s one school in Southern Indiana working to address that very issue. The Prosser Career Education Center of New Albany, Indiana, is celebrating its 50th anniversary by completing a $29… Continue reading Filling The Employment Gap

Front License Plate Cramping Car Style? Consider the Plate Retractor

TEGO Automotive Products has launched its patented TEGO License Plate Retractor (LPR), an app-enabled retractable front license plate bracket that allows style-conscious drivers to avoid tickets and unsightly holes in their front bumpers. The License Plate Retractor is installed underneath the front splash guard of most cars, trucks and SUVs-often in under an hour, according… Continue reading Front License Plate Cramping Car Style? Consider the Plate Retractor

How Ford Designers Across the Globe Gather in the Same Room Without Leaving Their Countries

A designer from Shanghai, China, and another from Dearborn, Michigan, together step into a virtual design space to make changes to a global vehicle design. Both walk around a 3D model, review it and make changes on the fly. Once finished, the two remove their VR headsets and return to their separate workspaces-thousands of miles… Continue reading How Ford Designers Across the Globe Gather in the Same Room Without Leaving Their Countries

LS Fest West Floods Desert with Motorheads

*See additional videos below The Holley LS Fest West at Las Vegas Motor Speedway wrapped up two weeks ago. The company reported that the three-day event reached new attendance records, with 50-percent participation growth, 1,000 cars turning out, and more than 17,000 enthusiasts showing up for the festivities. LS Fest West features a wide assortment of… Continue reading LS Fest West Floods Desert with Motorheads

Comfort is 2020: GMC Debuts Newest Truck

GMC hopes to take “premium to the next level” with the 2020 Sierra 1500. The truck will offer GMC’s new carbon fiber bed, a 3-liter Duramax turbo-diesel, 10-speed automatic transmission, and additional technology like Adaptive Cruise Control Camera. “The Sierra is delivering the tech customers want in the light-duty truck market, and the 2020 model… Continue reading Comfort is 2020: GMC Debuts Newest Truck

Student-Run Car Show Extends Classic Car Tradition

McPherson College hosted the 20th annual C.A.R.S. Motoring Festival earlier this month in McPherson, Kansas. Nearly 400 cars filled the campus grounds on May 4 for the student-run show. Feature cars were prominently displayed in the center of campus and included a 1914 Peugeot L45 Grand Prix, a 1946 Kurtis Novi Indy race car, a… Continue reading Student-Run Car Show Extends Classic Car Tradition

Tint Shop’s Event Raises Money for Family of Fallen Officer

The tragic death on April 6 of California Highway Patrol Sgt. Steve Licon, who was struck and killed by a suspected drunken driver during a traffic stop on I-15 in Lake Elsinore, California, left the people of the Southern California city of Murrieta stunned and saddened. Murrieta-based tint shop named Tintman joined forces with Raized-Up, a… Continue reading Tint Shop’s Event Raises Money for Family of Fallen Officer

Racing Performance Taken from the Track to Your Feet

PUMA and Pirelli have partnered to create a racing-inspired shoe. The new Replicat-X shoe was inspired by Pirelli’s CINTURATO Blue tire, a product used at the highest levels of racing, according to the company.  The Replicat-X sports an oversized full rubber outsole, with a molded sock-liner. Pirelli’s unique CINTURATO Blue tread pattern on the sole-”used to… Continue reading Racing Performance Taken from the Track to Your Feet

Burns Stainless CEO Introduces Exhaust Merge Collectors

Vince Roman, CEO of Burns Stainless, used the above video to provide an introduction to exhaust merge collectors. Roman discusses and displays 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1 and 8-1 collectors; also explaining why Burns has standardized on a 15-degree merge angle. Burns Stainless will provide future episodes that will provide more depth on these concepts.

Jeep Teases Hybrid Renegade, Compass

Jeep leadership in recent months has stated their desire to produce electric SUVs for the U.S. beyond 2020. In March, at the Geneva International Motor Show, the company showcased electric-hybrid technology it’s already set to bring to the European market. “Today, the Jeep brand is making another major evolutionary step toward respecting the environment and… Continue reading Jeep Teases Hybrid Renegade, Compass