The Collision Vision

Building Better Careers: Growing the Next Generation of Technicians

Welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg. On a recent episode of the podcast, I sat down with Juan Carlos Gasga Per

Repair Quality: How Technicians Set the Standard with Juan Carlos Gasga Perez

Welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg. Collision repair is becoming more technical every year. New materials, mo

Right-Sized ADAS: A Realistic Path to Owning the Work

Welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg.   On a recent episode of the podcast, I sat down with Fox and Gerard of ADA

Building Better Leaders in a Changing Industry with Dan Carranza

Welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg. Collision repair has never lacked for technical expertise. But as our ind

Getting ADAS Right From the Ground Up with ADAS Calibrations of Hawaii

Welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg. Few areas of collision repair have evolved as quickly — or carry as muc

Repair Quality: Why Systems Beat Talent

Welcome back to The Collision Vision Roundtable. I'm Cole Strandberg. Coming off my conversation with Israel Garcia of Merced Auto Body, we wanted to continue exploring

Small Fixes, Big Gains: How One Shop Sharpened Its Paint Process

Welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg.   In collision repair, we spend a lot of time talking about technology, ADA

Starting From the Shop Floor: What One Operator Learned Working Across Collision

Welcome to another episode of The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News!   I'm Cole Strandberg, and today I'm joined by David Black, chief operating officer of Body b

More Than a Final Step: Rethinking Alignment in Collision Repair

Welcome back to The Collision Vision Roundtable. I'm Cole Strandberg. Coming off my conversation with Dan Stander, we wanted to continue exploring a topic that's becomi

How One Shop Builds Alignment Into the Repair Process

Welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg.   Today we're diving into a topic that, in many ways, sits at the center of

ADAS In-House: What It Takes to Make It a Shop Capability

Coming off my conversation with Mike Ambrosino of ADAS Diagnostic Solutions, we wanted to continue digging into one of the most important operational shifts happening in

Partnerships: Where Shops May Leave Value on the Table

Welcome back to The Collision Vision Roundtable. I'm Cole Strandberg.   Coming off my conversation with Mike Schoonover, we wanted to go deeper on one of the biggest them

Built to Last: How Strategic Partners Power a Legacy Shop

Welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg. Today's episode is about something every operator wants but very few trul

EV Fire Risk: What Shops Need to Know Now

Welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg. Today we're diving into a topic that's moving quickly from "emerging" t

From ADAS Bottlenecks to ADAS Control

Welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg.   Today's episode is a case study, and one that hits right at the center of

The Glass Gap: Training, ADAS, and Shop Readiness

Welcome to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg.   Today we're talking about a piece of the collision ecosystem that impacts safe

Tech to Scale: Improving Intake and Growth Readiness

Welcome back to The Collision Vision Roundtable. I'm Cole Strandberg, and as part of our new format, we're unpacking the key themes from my recent conversation with Sebas

From Intake Bottleneck to Instant Estimates: CARSTAR Torcam's Tech Playbook

Welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News. I'm your host, Cole Strandberg. Today I'm joined by Sebastian Torres, a sharp family-business operator le

ASE in a Collision Shop: Lessons, Numbers, & Next Steps

Welcome to our new follow-up roundtable on The Collision Vision. I'm Cole Strandberg, joined by our permanent panelists, Erin Solis and Sheryl Driggers, and today, our re

Beyond Bodywork: Why JDM Collision Added ASE Mechanical Certs with John Melendez

Happy New Year, and welcome back to The Collision Vision, driven by Autobody News! We're kicking off 2026 with a new look and a slightly new format— and most importantl