Twenty-two new parts, including wheels, exterior lighting, fascias, steel bumpers and a radiator, have been added to the Ford Customer Service Division's (FCSD) Collision Parts Truckload Program at a significant reduction from list price.
The program offers Ford and Lincoln Mercury wholesaling dealers - the exclusive distributors of genuine Ford replacement collision parts - additional discounts for bulk purchases of high-volume collision parts. The deeper discounts allow dealers to offer the parts at competitive prices to both collision repairers and insurance customers.
To achieve its competitiveness in the market, the Truckload Program utilizes reduced packaging costs, in combination with discounted list prices, and passes the savings on to body shops that purchase the parts from participating Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealers. The 22 parts added to the Truckload Program, and the respective average list-price reductions include: five wheels (-35 percent), one radiator (-33 percent), 12 fascias (-21 percent), two exterior lights (-18 percent) and two steel bumpers (-4 percent).
"Given the current economy, now more than ever repairers need ways to continue providing the highest-quality, reasonably priced repairs vehicle owners expect and deserve. The Truckload Program helps to meet their needs," said George Gilbert, Truckload Program manager for FCSD. "The genuine OEM replacement parts sold on the program also enable Ford to continually help reduce both repair cycle time and overall collision repair costs - two important factors for our body shop and insurance customers."
The program continues to expand and currently includes more than 400 high-volume collision parts covering more than a dozen part types, including bumper fascias, steel bumpers, bumper bars, exterior lighting, mirrors, grilles, car and truck radiators, wheels, header panels/GOR/GOPS, hoods, isolators/impact pads/shafts, valances and radiator condenser modules.
