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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 AntichJanuary 1, 2000

How Fleet Management Will Change in the Next 5 Years

We have identified 21 trends in five key areas – vehicle purchasing, maintenance management, license & title, truck management, and vehicle taxation – based on interviews with 33 fleet management experts.

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Articlesby Mike AntichDecember 1, 1999

GM Debuts Goodwrench Fleet Service Program

The Goodwrench Fleet Service program is GM’s entry into the commercial truck service business using GM-certified commercial dealers. Although the focus is on trucks, plans are to begin servicing car fleets at a later date.

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Articlesby Mike AntichDecember 1, 1999

4-Step Process Learn How to Spec Trucks Like the Pros

If your experience has been primarily managing a car fleet, the idea of spec’ing a truck can be daunting. Trucks must be equipped to handle very specific fleet applications, which require specifying a multitude of components such as the right drivetrain, suspension, and body. This task is complicated by the large number of mix-and-match components that are available and the specialized jargon used in truck spec’ing.

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Articlesby Mike AntichNovember 1, 1999

CSC Seeks to Combine High Tech with High Touch

For Consolidated Service Corporation, Internet-enabled fleet management is a double-edged sword: while it offers speed and flexibility, it threatens to dilute the high-touch customer service that fleet managers demand.

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Articlesby Mike AntichNovember 1, 1999

Higher Fuel Prices Threaten Operating Cost Stability

Fuel is at its highest price since September 1997. This is in dramatic contrast to last year, when gas prices were at their lowest level in 90 years after adjusting for inflation. The unknown is whether fuel prices will decline in 2000.

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Market Trendsby Mike AntichOctober 6, 1999

The Changing Role of the Public Sector Fleet Manager

Evolving roles, tech demands, and budget pressures are reshaping public sector fleet managers from asset overseers to strategic service providers.

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Market Trendsby Mike AntichOctober 4, 1999

Many Public Sector Fleets Want a Partnership With Fleet Service Providers

Public fleet managers increasingly turn to outsourcing amid budget cuts, seeking efficient partnerships with private service providers to maintain service levels.

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Articlesby Mike AntichOctober 1, 1999

Many Public Sector Fleets Want a Partnership With Fleet Service Providers

I have received a tremendous amount of feedback from public sector fleet managers to the Market Trends column appearing in the August 2002 issue on the need to create a partnership with fleet service providers. You will be able to read many of these comments in the letters to the editor page over the next several issues.

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Articlesby Mike AntichOctober 1, 1999

The Changing Role of the Public Sector Fleet Manager

The role of the public sector fleet manager has been changing over the past 20 years. The genesis of this change can be traced back to the privatization trends in government that emerged in the early 1980s during the Reagan Administration.

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Articlesby Mike AntichSeptember 1, 1999

USFL President Says Customer Service to Drive Lessor’s Growth

Also coinciding with the hiring of Rick Schwartz as USFL’s new president were the acquisition of the Canadian and U.K. lease portfolios of Newcourt Credit and the relocation of four departments to the Dallas headquarters.

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