The Crossfire was designed in cooperation with bodyshop professionals who wanted a quick and simple method of diagnosing and aligning accident damaged vehicles. It needed to be able to work independently or with any pulling system and be robust enough to take everyday bodyshop use. Basically, a piece of kit which will get used by the technicians and not sit in a corner gathering dust. It also needed to be affordable.

Since the Crossfire was launched, computerised "Point to Point" measuring software and data has been added with an electronic 10 memory measuring gauge and the benefit of "before" and "after" repair reports. As the name suggests, point to point measurements can be taken and compared with the stored data. Conventional length width and height data is also available.

The system can also be used for truck cab alignment.