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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 AntichApril 1, 2005

Top Trends Fleet Accident & Driver Risk Management

These include increased Internet-enabled real-time communication, new technology applications, increased cost of replacement parts, and, perhaps most importantly, a growing shift toward focusing on driver risk management.

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Articlesby Mike AntichApril 1, 2005

Public Sector Fleet Management Stricter Enforcement Needed of Take-Home Vehicles

Take-home vehicles have been controversial for years, but recently, they have come under even closer scrutiny at a number of jurisdictions. For instance, Rockland County in New York clamped down on the number of government employees assigned take-home county-owned vehicles. For years, department heads could determine who got to commute to work in a county vehicle.

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Articlesby Mike AntichMarch 1, 2005

Why Reimbursement Doesn’t Work From a Safety & Liability Perspective

Ask yourself these questions. With an employee-provided vehicle, how do you ensure it is properly maintained? How do you know the condition of the tires? What about the brakes? How do you know when an employee postpones a safety-related repair?

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Articlesby Mike AntichMarch 1, 2005

Why Reimbursement Doesn’t Work from an HR Perspective

A company-provided vehicle can be used as a recruiting tool and company benefit. Providing a company vehicle gives your company a competitive edge in hiring top-caliber salespeople, technicians, and managers.

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Articlesby Mike AntichMarch 1, 2005

Employee Reimbursement is Counter-Productive to Corporate Green Initiatives

Professional fleet management helps the federal government achieve its environmental objective by operating millions of well-maintained, fuel-efficient vehicles.

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Articlesby Mike AntichMarch 1, 2005

A Test Bed for New Remarketing Technology

Manheim DRIVE is a laboratory to test innovations with consignors and dealers in vehicle check-in, reconditioning, and paint and photo technology. If the innovations prove successful, they will be implemented at auctions.

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Articlesby Mike AntichMarch 1, 2005

Lower Tire and PM Lower Tire and PM Maintenance CPM Flat in 2004

Onboard oil life monitoring systems are lowering preventive maintenance expenses for fleets by extending oil drain intervals. Also, wear items, such as tires and brake pads, are lowering cents-per-mile expense by lasting longer.

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Articlesby Mike AntichFebruary 1, 2005

Message to Public Sector Fleets: Users or Customers? Is it Semantics or a Mindset?

In a recent letter to the editor, Chris Amos, commissioner of equipment services, for the City of St. Louis, pointed out that in the editorial in the September/October 2004 issue of Government Fleet magazine I referred to departments as “users” instead of “customers.” In his letter, Chris wrote: “Some may interpret the term ‘customer’ for internal customer groups as just semantic, but it goes to a mindset shift that public fleets need to make if they haven't already. ‘User’ almost connotes an

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Articlesby Mike AntichFebruary 1, 2005

Used-Vehicle Prices Predicted to Decline in CY-2007

The 2004-model vehicles, and some 2005 models, you acquired will most likely be taken out of service for resale in the 2007-calendar year.

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Articlesby Mike AntichFebruary 1, 2005

Is Your Personal Use Chargeback Too Low?

More than 91 percent of commercial fleets in the U.S. allow employees personal use of company-provided vehicles, according to a 2004 survey conducted by the National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA).

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