Automakers have had to change their standard operating procedures since being hit hard financially in 2008-2009. Fleet sales has been one of the changeovers tied into attempting to stabilize funding, remarketing, and increasing retail new vehicles sales at higher transaction prices. The days of fleet sales being a dumping ground appear to have ended. Fleet and even rental fleet are no longer dirty words deserving of blanket criticism, said Maryann Keller, an auto industry consultant and former director at Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc..The Article Fleet Sales No Longer Dirty Words for Automakers appeared first on Automotive Digest.