Alec Gutierrez Senior Market Analyst of Automotive Insights Kelley Blue Book Click here for Analysis of New and Used Car Sales New and used pricing gap tightening; Used subcompact and compact cars only offer consumers an average savings between 5% to 7%, while used hybrid cars and mid-size crossovers are within 3% to 4% of […]
Tom Webb Manheim Consulting Chief Economist Click here to read Manheim’s Index for July 2012 Wholesale used vehicle prices tracked on the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index continued their downward cycle in July – down 1.8% from the previous month and 3.7% from a year ago. That makes four months in a row where the […]
HTUF 2012: Early Registration Pricing Ends Aug. 14! Special Fleet registration rate of $249 – A savings of $550…what a great deal! Learn more Vincentric Releases Lifecycle Costing Tool for Canada Vincentric announced the release of the innovative Dynamic Cost to Own: Canada Fleet Edition calculator. This online lifecycle costing tool for Canada is an […]
By Michael Sheldrick Once again, the swelteringly hot summer emphasizes the importance of the Sustainable Fleet Awards presented earlier this year during NAFA’s 2012 Institute & Expo. There were four award winners: Gregg Hodgdon, CAFM, of E.A. Sween Company; Yvan Lupien of the City of Ottawa; Gayle Pratt of Ecolab, Inc.; and Tony Saxon, CAFM, […]
We have yet to run into a fleet that does not want to mitigate risk. Fleets with strictly set budgets find programs like LeasePlan's PartnerPlan a boon. Tom says, "All of the cost drivers to the lease are fully disclosed to the client before the inception of the lease. The client knows what the interest rate is, what the admin fees are, what the residual value is targeted toward and then they are also given a fixed monthly maintenance budget." What's not to like?