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There is a great deal of similarity between the professional fleet manager of today and the other managers functioning in the corporate world.
Read More →Each year that we produce another data-filled Fact Book, I try to do some extra analysis in this column which might be helpful to you. There were some dramatic changes during the period from the 1979 to 1980, both in retail and fleet marketing.
Read More →Last year some 1600 automobile dealers failed to survive. One needs only to view the sales figures to understand why. In 1978 the U.S. had an 11 million car year.
Read More →My name is Barbara (Bobit) Logue. You are stuck with another of my annual efforts to substitute for the "great one" while he is stretching out three conventions - New Orleans, Houston and La Costa around Super Bowl XV.
Read More →Many of us may be too "mature" and jaded in our business world to attempt a New Year's resolution but there is a need and good reason to begin the New Year with solid optimism.
Read More →Things used to be so simple in the fleet business. I was wearing my white shoes with the gold fish in the heels, and I was buying booze and broads. I was selling fleet cars like popcorn. Now everything keeps changing. This year the car manufacturers have changed, confusing the seller and the buyer ...
Read More →The three highest selling nameplates in this segment are domestically built. Toyota and Datsun are gaining about 26% of the fleet business in this sector.
Read More →It is a consistent concern of our editors to make personal calls on our readers to catch the pulse of what is really happening in the market on the 'firing line.'
Read More →In the record '78 model sales year, both GM and Ford increased their market shares; GM to a new current high of 46.4-percent. Individually, Chevrolet, Chrysler-Plymouth, Ford and Pontiac increased their market shares among the domestics.
Read More →What if...corporate management provided a real incentive for drivers to use their belts - maybe by honoring them? What if...the insurance companies gave premium credits for companies that monitored and achieved high seat-belt usage?
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