Drivin' Through

Musing about how changing circumstances have affected my COVID-era existence, I was somewhat surprised to discover that one of the few constants in my life is the car wash.  »

The International Carwash Association’s latest Consumer Research Study, released in April this year, finds that 83 percent of consumers washed at a professional car wash in the past year.  »

Mid June brought an announcement from the Southeastern Car Wash Association (SECWA) that its American Car Wash Expo 2020, scheduled for September 14-26 in Atlanta, GA, had been cancelled.  »

Of late, reports on reopening the economy is taking up as much airtime and as many column inches, if not more, than the Coronavirus pandemic itself.  »

Under normal circumstances, this column would have been dedicated to a recap of The Car Wash Show. But we are operating under decidedly abnormal conditions, that is, if we are fortunate enough to be operating at all. No show, no... »

Though not entirely unexpected, the announcement from the International Carwash Association that The Car Wash  »

Within the space of three months, car wash professionals will have gathered twice in Texas for a convention and tradeshow. At the end of January, the Southwest Car Wash Association held its annual event at its new home in Fort... »

Prosper Insights & Analytics, an Ohio-based provider of “consumer intent” data serving the financial services, marketing technology, and retail industries, has issued its January Consumer Intentions & Actions data. »

These days, tech is what separates new cars from older models. The latest developments in connected capabilities are what consumers clamor for and what automakers obligingly provide.  »

Over the past two months, Standard & Poor’s published three reports that are of interest to anybody in the automotive industry.  »

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it is said. This explains why one collector will lust after a Caravaggio, while another adorns his walls with the works of Joan Miró. »

Starting on page 39 in this issue, we report on the results of the 2019 In Bay Automatic Survey.  »

Today’s automobiles are technological marvels. Actually, to this layman’s mind, they have always been. But the technologies currently being baked into our vehicles are advancing at a pace that perhaps cannot be sustained... »

About a month ago, I passed by a car wash in suburban Phoenix I had visited five years ago. I recounted my experience in this column then (November 2014). »

It caused sudden pangs of nostalgia. A recent poll commissioned by Supersonic Car Wash in Utah sought to determine if Utah car owners still had that “loving feeling” for their cars. »