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The Car Doctor and Haartz Talk Import Tops

December 31, 2019 By Nadeem Muaddi

The Hog Ring - The Car Doctor and Haartz Talk Import Tops

Want to learn more about the convertible top industry? Tune into “The Car Doctor Podcast” for a great conversation with Phil Hollenbeck, senior account executive at Haartz Corporation.

Host John Paul and Hollenbeck recently chatted about a range of subjects — from new developments in topping to Haartz’s strong relationship with the Acton, Massachusetts, community, where they’re based.

For us, the most interesting part of the conversation was Hollenbeck’s comments on knock-off tops and how Haartz is combatting them with its “Discover the Difference” campaign.

Here’s a little bit of what Hollenbeck said:

“We’re constantly fighting imports like most industries are. We’ve actually bought tops that are made with imported material. We go online and buy them ourselves, and we’ve tested them in our laboratory against our material. … The difference between our material that we’re making here in Massachusetts and the material that’s being made overseas that’s a knock-off material of ours is absolutely night and day. You’re talking about tops that aren’t going to last more than a year or two, and they’re coming in at a third to a quarter of the price of what people are selling our topping material for.”

“It’s a difficult fight, but we’re trying to educate people. You know, you get what you pay for, essentially. If you want a top that’s going to last 10 years, you want to make sure you get Haartz material.”

Listen to the full conversation by clicking here. While there, check out some other episodes of “The Car Doctor Podcast.”

The Haartz Corporation is a world leader in highly engineered and uniquely designed convertible toppings. To learn more about Haartz, visit Haartz.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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  1. Fayyaz says

    December 31, 2019 at 7:40 pm

    Harrtz tops and and top material is one of best
    I have been using since past 18 years

  2. David H. Spinazola says

    January 3, 2020 at 8:00 pm

    What are the major manufacturers ( Robbins, GAHH, Kee, Electron, etc. ) using for top material ? Unless it says Haartz, Should we assume it’s from offshore sources ? The quality of razor blades, rivets, pretty much most of what we use has gone downhill. I’m glad I’m at the end of my career; I do the very best I can but you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Thanks, Dave.

    • Thomas McNamara says

      January 3, 2020 at 10:12 pm

      I hope that the good mfgs you mentioned are all using Haartz but I understand your sentiment of being at the end of a great career. Good luck.
      Thomas McNamara
      Gulf coast Fabrion

    • Bobby Boland says

      January 4, 2020 at 2:48 am

      All the companies you listed use Haartz. But some also use other US topping fabric manufacturers, which are also good. I think Haartz is only talking about the cheap made in China crap that’s flooding eBay and Amazon. That stuff is horrible.

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