Abstract: Evaluating whether vehicles are to be added or removed from a dealership's courtesy vehicle fleet may include determining a difference between a number of vehicles in the fleet and a number of vehicles lent to determine a number of excess vehicles in the fleet, and outputting a removal instruction to a worker at the dealership indicating that the number of excess vehicles is to be removed from the fleet of courtesy vehicles. Evaluating when to remove vehicles from a dealership's courtesy vehicle fleet may include determining a time at which the vehicle's market value maximizes profit.

Abstract: A vehicle management system, includes a customer interface module for collecting customer data associated with a service of a vehicle from a customer; at least one employee interface module for collecting service data associated with the service of the vehicle; and a service advisor module. The service advisor module includes a first communication interlace module for communicating with the customer interface module and for receiving the customer data; a second communication interface module for communicating with the at least one employee interface module and for receiving the service data and to communicate notifications; a service advisor database for storing the customer data and the service data, wherein the service data comprises estimated costs of service data and estimated time for service completion data; a service advisor interface configured to display the customer data and the service data and to receive inputs from a service advisor; and an estimator module.

Abstract: A system for analyzing vehicle data to determine a time to sell a rental vehicle includes: a data acquisition device configured to interface with a vehicle and to collect one or more data parameters associated with the vehicle; and a data analysis device comprising a processor, a communication interface for interfacing with the data acquisition device, a computer tangible storage device, and program instructions stored on the storage device for execution by the processor.