MCI names new director, pre-owned coaches
Brian Lichter will be responsible for leading MCI’s pre-owned sales team and will be based in the Des Plaines, Illinois MCI Sales and Service Center.


Motor Coach Industries (MCI), a U.S. subsidiary of NFI Group Inc., announced Brian Lichter, who has represented MCI in both pre-owned and new coach sales, was named director, pre-owned coach sales, which is a new position at MCI.
Lichter will be responsible for leading MCI’s pre-owned sales team and will be based in the Des Plaines, Illinois MCI Sales and Service Center. He reports to Mike Apple, MCI VP, pre-owned coaches and MCI Service Centers.
Lichter first joined MCI as pre-owned coach sales representative in Des Plaines in 1997. He left MCI for a position to finance motorcoaches and other heavy-duty vehicles in 2004, returning in 2011 to new coach sales. Lichter moved to pre-owned coach sales in 2017 as a regional VP responsible for customers in the North Central U.S.
MCI offers its pre-owned coaches in two inventory categories. MCI Pre-Owned Select+ coaches are later-model MCI vehicles sold with a 60-day warranty including 60-day/30,000-mile scheduled service. Deal coaches represent the lowest-priced selections on a variety of pre-owned coach makes and models.
MCI carries pre-owned inventory at its seven MCI Service Center locations across the U.S. and Canada, where customers have access to expert service with factory trained technicians, maintenance, and repair expertise and OEM parts through NFI Parts satellite warehouse locations at each site. And every MCI Service Center now offers two pre-owned loaner coaches to help operators keep up their schedules.
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