Motor Age is a monthly trade journal supporting independent automotive service providers by providing professional information to ensure a reasonable profit.

Founded in 1899, it is the premier source and interactive community forum for the best available technical, management, product and resource recommendations and emerging solutions for today's dynamic service challenges.

Serves the automotive aftermarket, general and specialty repair shops, service stations, car dealerships, collusion repair facilities plus their wholesale suppliers.

Today, Motor Age reaches over 140,000 automotive service industry professionals -- shop owners, service writers and technicians.

Read the Digital Issue: Motor Age, September 2009

COVER STORY
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Providing airflow maintenance can keep engines performing at their best.
By Tony Martin, Contributing Editor

The term “tune-up” is becoming an endangered species among automotive technicians. As emission standards tighten, new vehicles require progressively less drivability-related maintenance.

Case in point: veteran technicians will recall the days of replacing the points and condenser in a distributor, then adjusting the dwell and the timing to finish the job. That was a time when 95 percent of gasoline engine failures were caused by the ignition system. With today’s cars, a technician might have to replace the spark plugs at 100,000 miles but would not have to do any other required maintenance on the ignition system. ...

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12 ELECTRICAL
32 MOTOR AGE GARAGE

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Motor Age's primary mission is to provide sound technical and management information and trends to the service dealer, in order for him or her to service and repair vehicles effectively while making a reasonable profit. This ensures that the owner can provide a professional atmosphere, proper training and benefits to employees.

With an experienced editorial staff, Motor Age strives to meet the critical information needs of the 21st century for its readers -- the professionals who service America's automotive fleet.

Editorial coverage of both domestic and import vehicles includes real-world, in-the-bay-today technical information, as well as a look at what servicing issues shops will be encountering in the future. In addition, Motor Age offers shop owners practical business management information like no other service publication.

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