Toyota Tops List for Cheapest Cars to Maintain Over a Decade
Few would be surprised at Toyota's top ranking in the least-expensive cars to maintain over 10 years. Toyota typically ranks among Consumer Reports' most reliable cars.
This year Toyota took the top spot in the Most Reliable ranking and indirectly took No. 2, too: Lexus was ranked second ahead of BMW. It stands to reason that the fewer times a car is in the shop, the less expensive it is to maintain.
Toyotas, on average, have a 10-year maintenance cost of $5,996, with six models locking out the top six least expensive cars to maintain. CarEdge.com reported the Prius, Yaris, Corolla, Prius Prime, Camry, and Avalon were the Nos. 1-6 least-expensive models to maintain over 10 years, with the Honda Fit taking No. 7.
Fleet Success Summit 2023: Why It’s a Must for Fleet Professionals
By Steve Saltzgiver
Wow! It’s hard to believe we’re coming up on another year since the inaugural Fleet Success Summit was held in Mesa, AZ!
However, I’m really looking forward to our second event, March 21-22, 2023, at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas!
This year, the slogan of "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" will be violated as attendees will take back some priceless fleet management gems and best practices to significantly improve their operations.
Fleet Remarketing Expert Wraps Up 2022, Previews 2023
By Bill Bishop, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, FLD Remarketing
At the beginning of 2021 and 2022, I was privileged to write a year end/year ahead article for the folks at Fleet Management Weekly.
It’s also something we do for our own customers, partners and associates by producing and distributing our free White Metal Market Report, a look at the medium duty wholesale market that we publish each and every quarter.
Looking back on the predictions I made - and measuring them against the reality of what actually occurred - I would offer that I wasn’t far off in identifying what would become some of the most important trends that would follow.
And now, as we kick off another year, I’m ready to take a look back at 2022, and offer some thoughts on what I believe the fleet industry will experience in 2023.
This is the Worst State in the U.S. to Drive In
The 10 worst places to drive include New Jersey, California, Michigan, New Hampshire, Nevada, Missouri, Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware Washington and, at number 50, Hawaii. That’s right, Hawaii.
That’s the stunning conclusion of a new study by Wallethub.com, which measures 31 key metrics, including the cost of ownership and maintenance, traffic and infrastructure, safety, access to maintenance.
If you live in one of the “good” states, keep in mind the states with highest percentage of rush hour traffic congestion include Florida, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland and California. Those with the lowest are New Mexico, North Dakota, Maine, and Mississippi.
NYC Mayor Announces Results of Successful Pilot Program to Reduce Speeding and Hard Braking in City Fleet Vehicles
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services Commissioner Dawn M. Pinnock announced the preliminary results of active intelligent speed assistance (ISA) technology being tested in 50 city fleet vehicles and which has ensured almost universal compliance with local speed laws.
DCAS Deputy Commissioner and NYC Chief Fleet Officer Keith Kerman said. “New York City is focused on reducing speeding through street re-design, enforcement, and speed cameras. DCAS is now taking the next step, leading the effort to design a vehicle that can’t and won’t speed in the first place.”
Use of ISA technology also accounted for a 36 percent reduction in hard braking events, which is often an indicator of unsafe driving.
