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Not every dent, scratch, or mechanical issue is worth fixing before selling a fleet vehicle. Learn how to weigh repair costs, resale value, market demand, and downtime to determine when reconditioning pays off and when selling as-is makes more sense.
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The 2019 International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA) Spring Roundtable was co-located with the 2019 Conference of Automotive Remarketing at the Caesars Palace Las Vegas.
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The 2019 Consignor of the Year award was given to Chris Clarke of ARI this year. He spoke with Automotive Fleet to talk about his win, the remarketing industry as a whole, and ARI's remarketing operations.
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Fleet management company remarketers discussed trends affecting their day-to-day jobs and the industry as a whole.
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Overall car segment values were up 0.24% last week, compared to 0.29% the week before. Overall truck segment values were up 0.16% last week, compared to 0.19% the week before.
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Current sales of electric vehicles are largely driven by incentives, and while incentives help move the metal on the new-vehicle front, they have a negative effect when it comes to residual values.
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The spring / tax season market uptick helped make March a strong month for used vehicle sales, and late-model sedans from fleet leasing consignors continue to outperform their SUV/CUV counterparts, according to Tom Kontos, KAR's chief economist.
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Black Book analysts forecast an annual depreciation rate of 15% in 2019 as the supply of used cars and trucks increases, up from a "noticeably strong" 12.4% depreciation rate in 2018.
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Outside factors such as a record-spanning government shutdown, the polar vortex, and a hit to consumer confidence led to a slow start to used sales in 2019.
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The lull that the wholesale market experienced through January and February was upended in March, as the industry saw the traditional spring bounce in values, according to the most recent Manheim Index report.
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Vehicle depreciation accounted for 32.9% of the total cost of ownership over the past 12 months, which continues a three-year trend of declining depreciation costs, according to a new study from Motus.
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