Toyota And General Motors Lead In Vincentric's Best Fleet Value In America Awards

Vincentric, an auto-industry data analysis firm based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, released its 6th annual Best Fleet Value in America awards on April 8. Toyota and General Motors topped the list in terms of value to fleet purchasers. Toyota earned 10 awards, while General Motors received nine. Ford received five awards.

The company measured eight cost factors: depreciation, fuel, insurance, opportunity cost, financing, maintenance, taxes and state fees, and repairs. These were applied to more than 2,400 vehicle configurations in the 2011 model-year, with 20 different mileage/lifecycle timeframe scenarios used in each of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia to identify the best fleet values in the industry. The resulting 19,000,000-plus lifecycle cost measurements were then reviewed to determine the winning vehicles.

The costs were subsequently integrated with the Vincentric Fleet Price, which estimates the acquisition cost for each vehicle in the study.

Further information regarding all of the winners of Vincentric's Best Value in America awards for the 2011 model-year and the company's methodology is available at www.vincentric.com.