The 2026 Conference of Automotive Remarketing convened with a mandate to involve a new constituency — fleet managers — and an updated mission to demonstrate unrealized value in de-fleeted vehicles.
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Taurus was still the best selling used car, as it has been for three years. Ford leads the light truck class as well, with the F-150. Another continuing trend is the popularity of green cars with tan interiors.
Read More →When a company acquires an asset, or the use of an asset, whose value declines over time, that value must be appropriately reduced on the company's books. Vehicles are, without question, assets whose value decreases with use, and fleet managers must make the determination as to how quickly to reduce the original cost.
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Fleet managers have been pursuing cost savings forever. You're right. What is surprising to me is that in this era of virtual deflation for running costs (cheap gas) and the competition between outsourcing service companies as well as the street and sole-source incentives from the makers, where is one to look.
Read More →When is the right time to replace your light trucks and vans? That's a question we posed recently during a roundtable discussion with four of the most knowledgeable fleet managers in the business.
Read More →Controlling depreciation is a major activity of effective fleet administration which, when properly done, can provide a substantial reduction in the cost of operating a fleet.
Read More →If you can imagine for a moment that a leased car is a block of ice that begins to melt as soon as it is driven out of a showroom, you are well on your way to understanding the modern concept of automobile leasing.
Read More →Probably the most lively session at the AFLA Fall Meeting in Chicago this year was the Confessions of Car Wholesalers, a panel discussion of the wholesale car business followed by a testy question and answer session moderated by Pierce Walsh of Warren Buick.
Read More →Ford spelled out the details of its fleet leasing assistance program for 1964.
Read More →Ford is offering leasing companies a unique sliding-scale depreciation program for 1964, Automotive Fleet has learned.
Read More →Peterson, Howell & Heather executive outlines replacement philosophy that can result in huge fleet savings.
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