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Motor Mouth Podcast 3: Car repairs in the digital age

Season 1, Ep. 3

In the third of our series of podcasts with Motor Insurance World speakers Mike Partridge, paint and body business manager at Volkswagen UK, is interviewed by Post’s content director Jonathan Swift, outlining what challenges insurers can expect to come across over the next decade.


As our vehicles become more advanced, what is the result on the costs of repairs? Are the modern cars as robust as marketed? Have “dodgy repairs” been adequately removed from the automotive sector? Mike Partridge, paint and body business manager at Volkswagen UK, gives his views on how the cars repairs industry is adjusting to the digital age.


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