www.aftermarketonline.net JUNE 2023 AFTERMARKET 3 CONTENTS BUSINESS 8 Big issue: Autotech Connect 12 ZEV Mandate: Sector reacts 14 Neil Pattemore: Is your business approved? 16 Tina Drayson: Shut up and listen 18 Digital roads: What does the future hold? 20 MEWA: Environmental impact TOP TECHNICIAN/TOP GARAGE 22 TOPDON: Supporting technicians TECHNICAL 24 Aftermarket of the future 26 Frank Massey: A month in the life 28 Ryan Colley: It’s Evoque-ative 30 Repairify: OE tools AUTOMECHANIKA BIRMINGHAM 31 Automechanika Birmingham 2023 preview IN FOCUS 39 Diagnostic tools 42 Garage management systems 44 Clutch and transmission 46 Lifts and jacks 50 Snap-on: Delivering diagnostic tools PLUS... 52 Competition/General products 54 On the road: Maverick Diagnostics 56 Garage visit: Cleevely EV 58 EVs and hybrids 60 Training update 64 Recruitment 66 Teabreak ACHTUNG BABY! Editor | Alex Wells alex@aftermarket.co.uk | +44 (0) 1732 370 345 Managing Director | Ryan Fuller ryan.fuller@dfamedia.co.uk | +44 (0) 1732 370 340 Contributors Ryan Colley | Tina Drayson | Neil Kennett | Frank Massey | Neil Pattemore | Martin Pinnell-Brown | Günes Yenen Operations Manager | Emma Floyd emma.floyd@dfamedia.co.uk | +44 (0) 1732 370 340 Marketing Executive | Hope Jepson hope.jepson@dfamedia.co.uk | +44 (0) 1732 371081 Finance Department accounts@dfamedia.co.uk | +44 (0) 1732 370 340 Chief Executive | Ian Atkinson ian.atkinson@dfamedia.co.uk | +44 (0) 1732 370 340 Published by | DFA Aftermarket Media Ltd 192 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BE Alex Wells, Editor Average net circulation July 2021 to June 2022 19,073 @aftermarketmagazine @aftermarket01 @aftermarketmagazine ISSN 2516-9149 Aftermarket is published 10 times a year and is sent free of charge to applicants meeting the publisher’s criteria. All others may subscribe at £60 per anum, £120 Europe and £150 rest of the world. While every care is taken to provide accurate information, the publisher cannot accept responsibility for any errors or ommisions, no matter how caused. All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior consent of the publisher. The views of contributors do not necessarily represent the views of the publisher. Copyright: DFA Media Group 2023. The best things in life are free they say, and as Editor, I do get my fair share of gratuities. For example, at the launch of the battery tester by Maverick Diagnostics and AVILOO, which you can find a write-up on across pages 54-55, I ended up with a rather nifty cap, which I took on holiday with me over the Easter break, which was muchneeded as there is a lot coming up over the next few weeks, including of course, Automechanika Birmingham 2023, more on which later. Sadly, I can’t supply all my sartorial needs via PR giveaways, so I’m always on the look-out for fresh clobber. During our recent family visit to the Costa Del Sol, I was in a playground supervising the children when I spotted fellow dad sporting a tie-dye U2 ZOO TV Tour 1993 t-shirt. I missed this tour back when I was a teen, and still I wish I had gone. A t-shirt would be the next-best thing. Was it original or a repro? I didn’t know, and I didn’t care. All I did know was that it was hideous and I wanted it. If it was original, it might be worth a lot, and maybe he’d actually been to the show. He might be really attached to it in fact, so would I need to go in like a deranged plutocrat? “For your tatty tour top, I’ll swap you one night with my million-dollar wife.” To be honest that’s less an Indecent Proposal, more an incoherent one. It’s lucky I’m not an unravelling oligarch though, as I would have ended up chasing the immaculate Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud that I later saw snaking its way up the hill from the beach, trying to put an offer in. A car like that is a rare sight in Benalmadena, believe me. That being said, they might be more common in Marbella, although ‘common’ isn’t a word that should be used when referring to such a beautiful car. Anyway, back from the trip, I’m full of energy now and ready for Automechanika Birmingham 2023. It’s hard to believe the last one was actually four years ago now. Last year’s UK Garage and Bodyshop Event, also from the same organisers, was a much-needed jolt back into live events for this sector, and was much-enjoyed by everyone who attended. A full-size Automechanika Birmingham is a much bigger affair and will be correspondingly even more amazing I am sure. Have you signed up yet? If not, stop reading, go to the cover, copy down the link that takes you to where you can get your free ticket, book it, and then come back here. Don’t worry, I’ll wait. Of course, if you are reading this at the show itself, you will already have your free entry sorted. You will, of course be wondering what to see. We have you covered there as well, as across pages 31-38 you will find our pull-out Automechanika Birmingham 2023 special show guide. Everything you want to know will be in there. What are you waiting for? I would say it’s even better than the real thing, but the actual event is so much better. See you at the show!
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