May 2009, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Mike Antich
Many of those millions laid off during this recession’s corporate downsizings drove company cars. The process of reassigning vehicles retrieved from terminated employees can lead to errors. Here’s how to avoid them.
Tags: AmeriFleet, PARS, vehicle reassignment
August 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Staff
It has been “common wisdom” to replace fleet vehicles in relatively short cycles. Rising costs, however, have led fleet managers to consider lengthening replacement criteria. There are pros and cons to the practice.
Tags: replacement cycle
Resale values for pickup trucks have declined by 15-25 percent due to such factors as high fuel prices, tightened consumer credit, and a stagnant construction market.
Tags: pickup trucks, Remarketing
By Jim Hallett
At the 2008 Conference of Automotive Remarketing (CAR) in Las Vegas, Jim Hallett of ADESA shared his insights on the future of the remarketing industry, in particular, the impact of technology.
Tags: ADESA, NAAA, Remarketing
July 2008, Work Truck - Feature
By Joe Bohn
As the cost of truck bodies increases due to rising material costs, recycling bodies on new chassis can become more attractive. However, the cost of vehicle downtime to allow for remounting needs to be taken into account.
Tags: GE Capital Solutions Fleet Services, recycling
March 2008, Automotive Fleet - Cover Story
By Mike Antich & Lauren Colin
Most fleet vehicles are purchased by subprime buyers; however, these buyers are now finding it increasingly difficult to qualify for used-vehicle loans. The slowdown in the construction market is dampening demand for used pickups, and full-size work vans.
Tags: auction, guidebooks, Remarketing, resale value
January 2008, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Paul Fortin
While hybrids can reduce fleet fuel expense, the two other major fleet expenses — maintenance/repair and depreciation — must also be considered to determine if hybrids are the answer to reducing overall fleet costs.
Tags: depreciation, hybrid, lifecycle costs, maintenance, residual values
November 2007, Business Fleet - Feature
By David Wurster, Chris Brown
Follow these common sense strategies before the acquisition decision, during ownership and prior to resale to help you hold the line on residual values.
Tags: resale value, residual values
November 2007, Automotive Fleet - Feature
The International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA) 2007 Summer Roundtable featured a field of strong presenters on such topics as salvage vehicle appraisal, performance metrics, grading scale and inspections, and data mining.
Tags: IARA, Remarketing
May 2007, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Cindy Brauer
Drawing nearly 500 attendees, this year’s remarketing conference, CAR offered an array of presentations and networking opportunities. The IARA Winter Roundtable sessions covered reconditioning and salvage vehicle remarketing.
November 2006, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Bill Bosco
The FASB and IASB have put a new leasing project on their agendas. The outcome will be the creation of one leasing standard applied worldwide. Is this the beginning of the end of off-balance sheet accounting for fleet leases?
September 2006, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Claire Atkinson
Some claim average returns of $1,000 over wholesale. The tradeoff is the time spent researching pricing, managing listings, and building a reliable reputation.
Tags: auction, eBay, Remarketing
May 2006, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By Gage Wagoner
Through LeasePlan’s reDrive! upstream remarketing program, powered by Driveitaway, Philips Medical Systems’ fleet has increased net realization by $106,000 as of mid-February 2006, selling 159 vehicles.
By Chad Simon
Automotive Lease Guide’s Fleet Residuals model provides fleet managers with accurate used-vehicle value projections based on historical auction resale trends, seasonality depreciation rates, and incentive levels.
Tags: ALG, residual values
November 2005, Government Fleet - Feature
By Janis Day Christensen, CAFM
Fleets are exploring non-traditional remarketing channels, such as online auctions, as they try to squeeze higher residual values while operating under the strains of reduced budget dollars and declining internal resources.
Tags: auction, salvage
June 2004, Automotive Fleet - Department
The aggressive fleet incentives that manufacturers are currently offering commercial fleets present the opportunity to give serious consideration to substituting a compact SUV on a selector in lieu of a traditional intermediate-size fleet sedan, so long as it is capable of fulfilling the fleet application. When you compare lifecycle costs during a 36-month service life, a compact SUV actually has a lower monthly total cost. Interestingly, they are also less expensive at a shorter 24-month cycle.
June 2004, Automotive Fleet - Feature
By David Fern
Implementing proactive fleet policies can often produce significant cost savings in the long run. Examine every aspect of fleet operations to uncover expense-cutting opportunities.
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