
Ford is seeing increased interest in its Police Interceptor Utility Hybrid, as orders of the standard hybrid version have increased to more than 20% of all its PIU units ordered to date.
Ford is seeing increased interest in its Police Interceptor Utility Hybrid, as orders of the standard hybrid version have increased to more than 20% of all its PIU units ordered to date.
The average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in December fell to 25 mpg — down 0.2 mpg from a revised November value, according to Brandon Schoettle and Michael Sivak, researchers from the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).
New-vehicle sales through the first six months of 2017 are expected to be down 2.3%, and high quality off-lease vehicles may be part of the reason why, according to Kelley Blue Book.
Strong new-car sales shouldn't hurt newer model-year fleet vehicles with comparable mileage at remarketing auctions, according to one of the industry's top remarketing analysts.
There will be dramatic changes in new-vehicle purchasing processes, remote vehicle diagnostics, increasingly “smarter” vehicles, and next-generation online fleet management systems powered by fleet-specific social media.
All indications are that new-vehicle orders from government fleets will be down or flat for the 2010 model-year. Many fleet budgets have been decimated by dramatic decreases in tax revenues. The downturn in the economy has caused many user departments to scale back new-vehicle and equipment orders. Also, widespread government layoffs have created a surplus of vehicles available for reassignment, deferring the need to acquire new vehicles.
MYRTLE BEACH, SC – City officials recently purchased 22 new vehicles, half of which replace larger, 8-cylinder Crown Victorias, according to thesunnews.com.