One of the key benefits of bringing AmeriFleet into the fold, say MetroGistics executives who talked with Auto Remarketing ahead of Monday’s merger announcement, is having the capability of what is known as “final-mile delivery.”

MetroGistics Holdings and Tailwind Capital, which owns a majority stake in MetroGistics, announced the purchase of AmeriFleet on Monday. With this comes the merger of MetroGistics and AmeriFleet.

Having AmeriFleet — which will keep its distinctive brands, headquarters, executives, etc. — in the same family will allow the combined company to provide services to its clients “from cradle to the grave,” said MetroGistics co-founder and managing partner Scott Naz, whether that’s hauling vehicles, title/registration, storage or final-mile delivery.

Regarding the latter, AmeriFleet works with fleet management companies, where they might serve folks like pharmaceutical sales representatives or people who work in diplomacy that need vehicles from a fleet temporarily, said MetroGistics co-founder and managing partner William Billiter.

 AmeriFleet takes care of the final-mile delivery to that client and can handle things like explaining various vehicle amenities to the client.

Such capabilities could be a complement for the McNutt area of MetroGistics’ business and its work with dealerships.

So, for example, for McNutt’s dealer customers, they can offer final-mile delivery for the retail consumer, he said.

With the market seeing more of this model in the form of entities like Tesla or a Carvana, this can help dealers offer that same kind of service. Billiter said. In fact, MetroGistics does that today with one of its larger dealer groups, offering some delivery services.

“As these other models pop up,” he said, referring to the Teslas and Carvanas of the world, “there’s a means (for dealers) to have that final-mile delivery.”

Given the way car-buying is changing amid these models, such an offering could be increasingly important.

Naz said: “A lot of people are buying cars from their couches and they’re wanting them delivered right to their doors. So, having a solution that will be able to complement that and handle those requirements is going to be really important for us. We see that as really important going forward.”

Additionally, AmeriFleet and its 68 locations U.S. gives the company a brick-and-mortar presence throughout the U.S., Billiter said. Previously, he said, MetroGistics didn’t have opportunity to store cars. But this gives them that capability.

“For us, we can pretty much do anything when it comes to moving a car, or titling a car now,” Billiter said. “Or storage for a lot of dealerships and maybe OEM-type (services) where we can deliver the car directly to the consumer without them ever setting foot in the dealership, which is kind of where the final-mile delivery aspect comes into play.”