Autoparts

Hella has been an innovator in the automotive industry since 1899 and today a leading OE supplier to most of the world's leading vehicle manufacturers, operator from 70 factories and in 18 countries around the globe.

Hella are now entering the world of Auto Diagnostics. Broughty to you in partnership with Gutmann Messtechnik, the leaders in automotive diagnostics for more than three decades, the state-of-the-art mega macs and mo macs diagnostic device offer an outstanding combination of accuracy, affordability, vehicle coverage and usability.

HGS Data also brings instant access to a world of continually updated and highly detailed vehicle systems and service information, making vehicle maintenance quicker, easier and more efficient then ever. Hella Gutmann diagnostic devices are the only ones trusted by the German ADAC - Europe's largest automobile club, with over 17 million members.

Back in sunny September we secured Frank Massey for a weekend of Diesel Diagnostics training. Along with 10 other 'pupils' we headed to the brand new workshop at M. & M. Garages, Taffs Well. Robert MacNamara was kind enough to lend us use of the corner of his new workshop, being described as a corner may sound a little tight, but this place was huge... and clean, we were spoilt.

Here at Autoparts we like to think we're early in the uptake of new and innovative products. In an effort to keep this up we've taken on a new product from a new supplier, The Turbo Clean Set from Innotec Automotive divison.

Innotec are specialists in techno-chemical solutions and manufacture their own products, which, combined with direct feed-back from customers allows them to stay at the forefront of technological advances. Their extensive range of products are of the highest quality.

Turbo Clean Set is a specially designed set to solve problems of diesel engines in a fast and efficient way such as contamination and seizing of the variable geometry of turbos and catalysts caused by carbon residues.

Denso UK call us last week and drop a bomb shell by inviting us to an open day at the Toyota F1 factory... in Cologne. We bit their hand off and are heading out on the first plane Tuesday morning. Tuesday we're flying at 14:00 and staying in Cologne over night, after a few beers we'll be having an early night, as always. Wednesday, we're heading straight to the factory for our super duper tour. If all goes to plan and we're allowed to take cameras in, you'll be able to take a look at what we're upto as we take a look around. Frank, Martin, you both need to be following our progress...

On the 22^nd July, the European Commission has released an important Communication on the expiry of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (MVBER). The published document accompanied by an Impact Assessment aims at defining policy orientations for the future competition framework for the automotive sector. It intends to address issues such as independent garages' access to technical data, access to spare parts and access to VM authorised repairs. It will also tackle the misuse of warranties aim at excluding independents. The deadling for responding to the report is September 25th 2009.