THE CAR AND TRUCK FLEET AND LEASING MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE
Joseph Holman, chairman emeritus of Holman Enterprises, passed away on Dec. 12. He was 93.
Volvo has made sweeping changes to its Care by Volvo subscription program, driven in part by complaints and legal challenges from dealers. For the first time, dealers will be allowed to add units from their inventory into the program.
A claim made by the California's franchise dealers asserts that Volvo Car USA's Care by Volvo violates the state's vehicle code by creating competition between the automaker and its dealers.
Isuzu Commercial Truck of America is rolling out Isuzu Connect, a service relationship management platform for dealerships and customers that was created with SRM solutions company Decisiv.
Service bodies and vans accounted for the most searches in 2018 on Work Truck Solutions' platform, which also saw a huge increase in interest around commercial vehicles, the online portal has announced.
President Trump and senior White House officials met with Bob Nuss of Nuss Truck & Equipment in Burnsville, Minnesota about taxes and the economy and asked for his support of a federal excise tax repeal.
U.S. new-car dealers sold 17.33 million cars and light trucks in 2018, exceeding expectations due to a 2.2% year-over-year improvement in December.
Asset disposition solutions provider Remarketing by Element, a business unit of Element Fleet Management, has joined the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association's network of National Member Benefit partners.
Selig Leasing Company, Inc. has appointed Steve Schaefer as its president to succeed Sari Selig Kramer, who is retiring but will remain on the board of the Milwaukee-area fleet management company.
The California New Car Dealers Association has warned Volvo that the factory's vehicle-subscription program could be in violation of several state laws and called for an immediate halt statewide.