A unique journey to AAPEX 2023: Restoring a rare Lincoln Blackwood, traversing the Lincoln Highway, and diving deep into the automotive aftermarket.

The automotive aftermarket grew 9.7% in 2022, outperforming expectations (previously forecast at 8.5%). With high inflation persisting, the industry is expected to grow an additional 8.1% in 2023. The auto care industry continues to show its reliability and ability to adapt across the service and retail sectors, continually adjusting to meet demand in an ever-dynamic market.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a tool like any other. It needs to be understood. It needs to be specific to the job at hand – specific to automotive in order to meet the challenges we’re facing. When leveraged correctly, it can help build trust between the shop and the consumer through transparent sharing of personalized, vehicle-specific, historical repair information.

AAPEX has announced the schedule of technical and business management training to keep shop owners, service advisors and technicians ahead of the curve.

Just like the inner workings of our businesses, challenges that arise in the automotive aftermarket are seldomly singular – they all have a cause, an effect and contributing factors. Today’s topic is no different. As we collectively work towards addressing the technician gap or adapting to new vehicle technologies, we must realize that these challenges can’t be talked about in a vacuum – they’re related and can enable us to address both more effectively!

AAPEX is accepting nominations for its annual Service and Repair Awards that honor industry professionals.

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AAPEX 2023 is inviting technical and business management trainers to submit session proposals for the Joe’s Garage training program.