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Mike Antich

Former Editor and Associate Publisher

Mike Antich covered the fleet management and vehicle remarketing markets for over 20 years. Mike has written or edited over 5,000 articles on fleet management, manufacturer fleet activities, the fleet leasing industry, and vehicle remarketing during this period.

Mike was the editor and associate publisher for Automotive Fleet magazine. 

Mike was also actively involved with a variety of fleet and remarketing industry associations and was a long-time member of the board of directors for the Automotive Fleet & Leasing Association (AFLA). He served as AFLA's president from 2008-2009 and was reelected AFLA president in 2021-2022. He was also the chairman of the AFLA Globalization Committee, where he was instrumental in creating the first-ever Global Fleet Networking Consortium comprised of five international fleet associations.

He was also a member of the board of directors and an officer for the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance (IARA). He was the Alliance's long-time secretary and chaired its public relations committee. In addition, he was the past chairman of the IARA certification task force, which developed the industry's first-ever certification program for vehicle remarketers. 

In 2010, Mike was inducted into the Fleet Hall of Fame and inducted into the Global Fleet Hall of Fame in 2022. He also won the Industry Icon Award, presented by the IARA and NAAA.

Mike was an international speaker and has spoken at numerous industry conferences, client advisory councils, and fleet sales meetings.

He passed away on Dec. 19, 2025. 

Articlesby Mike AntichSeptember 1, 2006

The False Economies of Driver Reimbursement

Driver reimbursement continues to be the wrong choice for commercial fleets for a number of reasons, ranging from HR issues and corporate safety concerns, liability exposure and tax consequences to employees.

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Articlesby Mike AntichAugust 1, 2006

High Fuel Prices Soften Demand for Most SUVs

As fuel prices stay persistently high, retail buyers are shying away from new and used sport/utility vehicles, triggering a softening of resale values in the whole-sale market. Retail demand for new SUVs declined dramatically during the summer by as much as 20-30 percent.

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Articlesby Mike AntichAugust 1, 2006

Public Sector Fleets: Tires are Getting Bigger & More Expensive

Replacement tires are a fleet’s third-largest operating expense. And this expense is growing.

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Articlesby Mike AntichJune 1, 2006

The Shift to Biodiesel is Gaining Momentum

More than 600 fleets currently use biodiesel, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. This number promises to grow based on several recent announcements.

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Articlesby Mike AntichJuly 1, 2004

Strategic Procurement Threatens to Fundamentally Change Fleet Management

Corporate procurement departments are becoming the engines of change in fleet management at Fortune 500 companies. The emergence of strategic sourcing in the 1990s is rapidly altering corporate purchasing and increasingly forcing change in fleet purchasing and the supplier selection process.

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Articlesby Mike AntichJune 1, 2004

The Business Case for Short Cycling Compact SUVs

The aggressive fleet incentives that manufacturers are currently offering commercial fleets present the opportunity to give serious consideration to substituting a compact SUV on a selector in lieu of a traditional intermediate-size fleet sedan, so long as it is capable of fulfilling the fleet application.

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