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Mike Antich

Former Editor and Associate Publisher

Mike Antich covered the fleet management and vehicle remarketing markets for over 20 years. Mike has written or edited over 5,000 articles on fleet management, manufacturer fleet activities, the fleet leasing industry, and vehicle remarketing during this period.

Mike was the editor and associate publisher for Automotive Fleet magazine. 

Mike was also actively involved with a variety of fleet and remarketing industry associations and was a long-time member of the board of directors for the Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA). He served as AFLA's president from 2008-2009 and was reelected AFLA president in 2021-2022. He was also the chairman of the AFLA Globalization Committee, where he was instrumental in creating the first-ever Global Fleet Networking Consortium comprised of five international fleet associations.

He was also a member of the board of directors and an officer for the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA). He was the Alliance's long-time secretary and chaired its public relations committee. In addition, he was the past chairman of the IARA certification task force, which developed the industry's first-ever certification program for vehicle remarketers. 

In 2010, Mike was inducted into the Fleet Hall of Fame and inducted into the Global Fleet Hall of Fame in 2022. He also won the Industry Icon Award, presented by the IARA and NAAA.

Mike was an international speaker and has spoken at numerous industry conferences, client advisory councils, and fleet sales meetings.

He passed away on Dec. 19, 2025. 

Articlesby Mike AntichNovember 1, 2006

Fuel Prices Drive Up Fleet Operating Costs in 2006

Fleets were hit hard by the steady rise in fuel prices in 2006. In the past several years, some fleets have seen fuel expenses double or even go higher. Especially impacted were truck fleets as the cost of diesel rose at a faster rate than unleaded gas.

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Articlesby Mike AntichNovember 1, 2006

More Fleets Focusing on Driver Risk Management

Seeking greater savings by preventing accidents rather than simply managing them, company executives are stepping up their search for proactive safety programs and bringing risk, safety, legal, and HR into the sourcing team.

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Articlesby Mike AntichNovember 1, 2006

Fuel Prices Drive Up Fleet Operating Costs

Fleets were hit hard by the steady rise in fuel prices in 2006. In the past several years, some fleets have seen fuel expenses double or even go higher. Especially impacted were truck fleets as the cost of diesel rose at a faster rate than unleaded gas.

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Articlesby Mike AntichOctober 1, 2006

Cost Control Starts with the Company Driver

Fleet policy is a crucial part of a company’s overall cost-control strategy. Invariably, the best-managed fleets are those whose drivers adhere to a written fleet policy.

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Articlesby Mike AntichOctober 1, 2006

2006-MY Was a Tough Year for Fleet Order-to-Delivery

Order-to-delivery times for some 2006-model year fleet vehicles were delayed by a combination of weather-related and logistics impediments, such as the ongoing railcar shortage and retail incentive programs that generated high volumes of sales, according to Automotive Fleet's seventh annual OTD survey.

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Articlesby Mike AntichOctober 1, 2006

Vehicle Complexity is Introducing New Fleet Costs

Fleet vehicles last longer. They are safer. They are more technologically advanced. Quality has never been higher. But, as a result, they are much more complex. Automotive technology helps reduce fleet costs, but, in other instances, it introduces entirely new fleet costs, which were hitherto unknown.

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Articlesby Mike AntichOctober 1, 2006

Public Sector FleetsDeveloping Service Level Agreements with Internal Customer Departments

The majority of public sector fleets do not employ service level agreements between the fleet department and internal customer departments. Although these types of agreements are relatively commonplace between commercial fleets and fleet service providers, only in the past 10 years have they begun to emerge in the public sector.

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Articlesby Mike AntichOctober 1, 2006

Driving While Drowsy Is the Same as Being Intoxicated

If you are driving while fatigued, you are impaired. Just like alcohol, fatigue affects your ability to drive by slowing reaction time, decreasing awareness, and impairing judgment. If you are overly tired and driving, it is the same as being drunk behind the wheel.

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Articlesby Mike AntichSeptember 1, 2006

2006-MY Was a Tough Year for Fleet Order-to-Delivery

Order-to-delivery times for the 2006-model year got off to a rough start with Hurricane Katrina. The railcar shortage, a spike in sales volume by retail incentive programs, and new-model introductions further aggravated OTD.

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Articlesby Mike AntichSeptember 1, 2006

Pennsylvania First State to Make Electronic Vehicle Titles Mandatory

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania became the first state in the nation to make use of electronic lien and title, or ELT, by vehicle lien holders mandatory.

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