Sedan fixes taking a backseat to heftier repairs for pickups, SUVs and CUVs

June 14, 2019

With pickups and sport utility vehicles — plus the related category of crossover utility vehicles — now overtaking sedans as the dominate of choice as a daily driver purchase, shop managers and parts purveyors are seeing a larger brand of repair job.

James Guyette

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James Guyette

James E. Guyette is a long-time contributing editor to Aftermarket Business World, ABRN and Motor Age magazines.

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