General Motors Collision Part Pricing (November 2015)
Effective December 1, 2015, list price information for GM collision data will be available exclusively through a new system called MyPriceLink.
What impact does this have on MOTOR and how does it affect the data I receive from MOTOR?
The impact to distributors of GM data, such as MOTOR, is that list price information for collision parts will no longer be made available in monthly part price updates GM releases, and instead will be replaced with a value of $0.00. As a result, MOTOR products that contain GM collision part pricing will list the price for the affected parts at $0.00.
All products provided by MOTOR that include GM collision part price information will contain list price information of $0.00 for the affected parts. Note there is a percentage of parts that cross over to the mechanical segment, such as door lock actuators and suspension control arms, which will also contain a $0.00 list price beginning December 1, 2015. A one-time list of the part numbers impacted by this change will be available for download from MOTOR’s FTP site on December 1, 2015. We will notify you of the file location once the information has been posted.
How do I obtain current price information for the affected GM parts moving forward?
There are two options currently available to obtain suggested list prices for genuine GM parts.
Application Program Interface (API)
Access GM MyPrickeLink suggested list prices through a Collision Estimating System API. For additional information please visit: http://mypricelink.com/
Collision Link
A web portal offering a manual lookup is also available as an alternate method of obtaining suggested list price information for genuine GM parts once MyPriceLink launches. Please visit http://www.collisionlinkshop.com/ for more information.
Vehicle Reclassification from Light Duty to Medium Duty (October 2015)
Effective November 20, 2015, the Auto Care Association will reclassify some Light Duty vehicles to the Medium/Heavy Truck vehicle type in the Vehicle Configuration Database (VCdb)
What vehicles are being reclassified?
The ACES Heavy Duty working group, sponsored by the Auto Care Association, has reviewed and voted to reclassify many Class 4 and Class 5 vehicles that have been historically classified as Light Duty Vehicle Type in the Auto Care Vehicle Classification Database (VCdb). As of the November 2015 publication, these vehicles will be classified as Medium/Heavy Duty Truck Vehicle Type.
What impact does this reclassification have on data I receive from MOTOR?
Customers who receive MOTOR’s ACES-coded content should be aware that the Auto Care Association has announced it will reclassify some light duty vehicles to the Medium/Heavy Truck vehicle type in the November 20 release of the Vehicle Configuration Database (VCdb). The reclassified vehicles will no longer exist in the Light Duty VCdb. However, this change will not impact the coverage of the Light Duty MOTOR products you currently receive; existing coverage of the reclassified vehicles will continue without interruption.
When is this reclassification going to occur?
These changes are forecasted to occur with the November 20, 2015 VCdb publication.
Which vehicles are affected by this reclassification?
The reclassification will include vehicles such as the Ford F-450 Super Duty and the Chevrolet Express 4500/GMC Savana 4500. A complete list of impacted vehicles is attached in an Excel worksheet.
For more information on the vehicles affected by the VCdb reclassification, please see the September 2015 VCdb release notes at http://www.autocare.org/What-We-Do/Technology/release-notes.
You may contact Auto Care at [email protected] for information on subscribing to the Medium / Heavy Duty VCdb.