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Fleet managers surveyed for this year's report card, overall, gave the OEMs high marks in a number of areas. Fleet managers also identified areas where improvements can be made in OEM products and services.
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Subaru of America has announced a date that fleets can begin ordering the 2015 Legacy mid-size sedan and Outback crossover — a pair of vehicles that have seen significant redesigns.
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Fiat Chrysler received more than 10,000 orders for the 2015 Chrysler 200 on the first day the ordering bank opened, the company has announced.
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Ford Motor Co. has begun producing its 2015 Transit full-size vans at its Kansas City assembly plant as its E-Series replacement and one of the most hotly anticipated commercial vehicles.
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The railroad industry is the primary long-distance shipper of automobiles from assembly plants to dealers, which represents almost 9 percent of total rail freight. However, the auto industry is not the only railroad customer, and it competes with other shippers for scarce rail resources. Such is the case with petroleum companies shipping crude oil by rail, which is putting heavy demand on finite rail resources. What impact will this have on fleet OTD?
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Ford Motor Co. will roll out its new full-size 2015 Transit van in at least four phases starting in June with three versions based on the long wheelbase, Ford fleet executives said Wednesday at an advance planning meeting.
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Hyundai Motor America has released an update of its vehicle build-out schedule for 2014 and start-up dates for 2015 model-year vehicles covering 15 offerings for fleet purchasers.
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Ford announced that the final order cutoff date for remaining 2014 Econoline models has been pushed up to Friday, Jan. 31.
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The 2013 BMW X5, Subaru Outback, and Jeep Compass reached customers in the least number of days, according to the results of Automotive Fleet’s 14th annual order-to-delivery (OTD) study.
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While OTD remained relatively static overall, year-over-year, delivery times were still above the industry average benchmark of 60 days. Quality holds and recalls impacted some high-volume fleet models.
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