Rental Vehicle Fleet Remarketing

Remarketing your rental vehicles effectively will increase your revenue. The rental vehicle fleet remarketing channel will help you improve resale value, recondition grounded vehicles and use online remarketing and auto auctions to sell vehicles while in use.


Rent2Buy Unveils Virtual Auto Mall

New online platform allows car buyers to cross-shop rental brands for used-car inventory while taking advantage of Rent2Buy’s unique ‘try-before-you-buy’ concept.

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Tight Supply Keeps Wholesale Prices High

Consumers and dealers may be "pushing back" at the high price of used vehicles.

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Off-Rental Vehicle Prices Strong Despite Bleak Economic Backdrop

The report from Manheim Consulting reveals the average price for off-rental vehicles increased in July and year-over-year.

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Hertz Forms Remarketing Partnership With Dealer Services Corp.

DSC customers will be able to purchase wholesale vehicles directly from Hertz’s national fleet of well-equipped used cars, trucks, and SUVs, by contacting their local sales representative.

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Black Book: Wholesale Values Ease

Used-vehicle values continue to be relatively strong in retention based on historical levels, although that strength has eased somewhat in the past month.

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Used-Vehicle Supply to Decline, Resale Values to Increase in Coming Years

The extensive drop in new-vehicle sales last year may cause a decline in the used-vehicle supply, resulting in higher resale values in the next few years.

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Unlimited Miles or Mileage Caps

To answer this question you must decide: Are you in the used-car business and happen to rent cars, or are you in a rental business that happens to sell cars?

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What’s Your Big Idea?

At the 2010 Car Rental Show, Jim Tennant of the Tennant Group held a profit idea session in which six products, services and ideas were presented that operators could bring home and employ in their businesses. Seminar attendees voted on the best idea. The winner, Sarah Romanowski of Ride Share Systems LLC, received a free pass to a future Car Rental Show. These six concepts could reduce expense and boost your bottom line.

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Economy, Cheap Gas Drive Market Demand

Affordable gas prices keep truck and SUV demand high while hybrids soften. The continued negative economic outlook drives strong subcompact and compact values.

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2013 Gas Prices Will Affect Residual Values of Mid-Compacts and Premium Fullsize SUVs

ALG forecasts gas prices to hit over $4 per gallon in three years, which will positively impact the used auction values of the mid-compact segment, but negatively impact the premium fullsize SUVs segment.

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Which Hybrids Pay Back the Quickest?

After five years and 15,000 miles of driving per year, are there any hybrids that actually have a lower cost of ownership than their gas-engine counterparts? One unexpected vehicle takes the prize.

How Far Will Cell Phone Bans Go?

The federal government means business with its new law banning cell phone use while driving commercial vehicles. Can the laws go even further, and how should fleets react?

Righting a Wrong in Arizona

Arizona is one of a super minority of states in which auto rental companies are required by statute to pay for the negligent acts of their renters. Look for new legislation in the coming weeks that proposes to change that.

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