Assured Performance’s Canadian subsidiary Certified Collision Care on Wednesday announced it would manage certified Hyundai and Genesis auto body repair networks for the reason that country.
Certified Collision Care already manages networks for multiple other Canadian OEMs, including Hyundai and Genesis sister company Kia. Repairers already on such programs should find Hyundai and Genesis certification relatively simple, based on the Wednesday news release.
The program ought to be fairly straightforward for the more than 525 existing Certified Collision Care shops in Canada. The company said no dealer sponsorship or enrollment fee is going to be necessary to entitled to the Hyundai and Genesis networks.
“We are pleased to embark on this partnership with Assured Performance and also the Certified Collision program,” Hyundai Auto Canada customer experience and aftersales director Michel Poirier said inside a statement. “This can bring added value to the customer experience efforts and help our dealers and customers with use of a professional and certified network of body shops. We are looking forward to launch the Hyundai and Genesis Certified Collision Repair Centre Program, ensuring that Hyundai and Genesis customers across Canada are supplied with safe and proper repairs in a facility certified by Hyundai and Genesis, within their community.”
Certified Collision Care said network shops is going to be featured on the shop locator and can “order special Hyundai and Genesis Certified Collision Repair Centre Program signage.”
“We are extremely excited to partner with Hyundai and Genesis to launch and manage the Hyundai and Genesis Certified Collision Repair Centre programs, and to add this recognition to our Certified shop's credentials,” Certified Collision Care Vice President Leanne Jefferies said in a statement. “Our joint-effort certification program provides top performing collision repairers an effective means to differentiate themselves in their market by aligning most abundant in powerful brands within the automotive industry.”
Certified Collision Care requires shops to meet certain general tool, equipment training and facility criteria, plus some of their certifying automakers impose one more group of requirements for admission to their individual networks. The certifier didn’t specify if Hyundai or Genesis certification would come with this kind of OEM-specific list.
“This program will ensure facilities possess the tools, process, equipment, training, and facilities necessary to repair Hyundai and Genesis vehicles according to manufacturer specifications, all necessary to the vehicle's fit, finish, durability, functionality, value, and safety,” Certified Collision Care wrote inside a news release. “Drivers across Canada can select a Certified Collision Repair Centre that meets Hyundai and Genesis requirements. This is particularly important based on the increasingly advanced technology, complex vehicle design and repair standards for Hyundai and Genesis vehicles.”
