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Hertz So Good: Lotus Elise SC joins Italian rent-a-car fleet

Ever fantasize about driving an exotic sportscar around Italy? Well who hasn't. And there are plenty of companies on the peninsula that'll be glad to help you out. Count among them now car rental giant Hertz. But while you may have images in your head of wafting around the countryside in a Maserati or Lamborghini, Hertz has something entirely different on offer: the Lotus Elise. Starting this summer, Hertz Italiana will be offering the Lotus Elise SC at select locations throughout the country. It's part of the company's Fun Collection and is ... Read more →

REPORT: Prepare to shell out a lot more for your next rental car Chris Shunk

The economy is in one of the deepest recessions in decades, and one pleasant side-effect of fiscal woes is that many companies are offering huge discounts to get you off the consumer sidelines. ...

Driveway rental business growing in North America Michael Harley

By most estimates, there are about 250 million registered passenger cars in the United States (you can drop the number down by a few hundred if you still don't consider the Yugo GV a car). For many ...

Ford plans to cut rental sales again in 2008 Damon Lavrinc

Speaking with Automotive News, George Pipas, a Ford sales analyst, explained that the automaker will continue to cut its sales to rental fleets in 2008, but not to the extent that it did this year. In ...

Imports taking up the slack in fleet sales Frank Filipponio

OK, this seems like a no-brainer. As GM and Ford have gradually pulled back from the low-margin fleet sales market, import fleet sales have surged. After all, somebody has to keep the rental car lots ...

What actually sells: Fleet sales for first half of 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

Automakers often report their sales figures in whatever way makes them look most positive, and for a long time including fleet sales has been an effective way to make a slow selling vehicle look more popular with consumers on paper. Automakers don't distinguish between fleet and retail when ...

Chrysler, Ford topping the list of fleet sales 2 years ago on Autoblog

For the domestic automakers, 2007 was supposed to be the year that they weaned themselves off the fleet sales teat. For GM, they've been doing pretty well, limiting their offloads of 10 or more vehicles to one company to around 24-percent of total sales. Chrysler and Ford, on the other hand, are ...

Love Hertz: Shelby GT-H rental stolen, man arrested 2 years ago on Autoblog

As devout members of Our Lady of Blowers and Burnouts, most of us can sympathize with someone that rents the Shelby GT-H and then has to return the 'Stang to their local Hertz office. It must be a tough pill to swallow, but at the end of the day, what's the alternative? For one weary soul in ...

Nearly half of Chrysler's products go to fleets, Pontiac isn't doing much better 2 years ago on Autoblog

What did Chrysler do with its highly publicized production glut? Unloaded them onto fleets. Between September and February, 48.5-percent of Chrysler's sales were sold in quantities of ten or more. Even more troubling to dealers and consumers, close to 80-percent were bought up by rental car ...

Check this sleigh: UK firm offers cheap Ferrari rental rates for Christmas 2 years ago on Autoblog

Hey, it's red, but it's definitely not pulled along by tiny reindeer. UK Ferrari Hire is offering you the ability to treat yourself this Christmas and drive that Ferrari you've always wanted. At least for a little while. A half-day hire at the 50% off holiday rate is about $400 with current ...

An American in Paris disses the Euro Focus 3 years ago on Autoblog

We spend so much time on this blog bemoaning the fact that Ford has yet to offer to the "Euro" Focus in the United States. So much time, in fact, that we fear the concept of a C1-based Focus on U.S. soil has been placed on a pedestal and is widely considered to be the smartest move Ford has never ...

RR of the Day: Hertz who? Saleen S281 Budget Rent-A-Car 3 years ago on Autoblog

Before Ford and Hertz ever thought of resurrecting the original Rent-A-Racer, Saleen and Budget Rent-A-Car beat them to it. Saleen built 30 special S281 Mustangs for Budget back in 1996, and the number 14 car is our RR of the Day today. Along with all of the standard (or not-so-standard) Saleen ...

PSA: Top 10 rental car secrets 3 years ago on Autoblog

The folks over at SmartMoney.com have compiled a common-sense list of the "Top 10 Things Your Retntal Company Won't Tell You."  In point of fact, we'd reckon that most of the pointers are forehead-smackingly obvious, but that doesn't mean that it isn't worth a quick refresher, or a good ...

Kentucky man upset over rental car with bad coil 3 years ago on Autoblog

Over the years, we've frequented some fairly seedy rental car places, and have found more than a few unsavory items in our vehicles' nooks and crannies, doubtlessly left by previous customers-everything from a calcified cheeseburger to a headless Barbie doll. That said, Dan McBride, assistant ...

Spy Shots: 2008 Chrysler Sebring Convertible 3 years ago on Autoblog

The 2008 Chrysler Sebring Convertible has been caught on camera during testing, and as AutoWeek points out the new drop top shows more massaged sheetmetal than its flat-sided sedan sibling due out as a 2007 model. The Sebring sedan is slated to receive a trifecta of powerplants including the 2.4L ...

Scott Speed's Squadra Piloti - Match.com for car people 3 years ago on Autoblog

American Formula 1 driver Scott Speed (that's him doing his best Kevin Costner imitation at right) has lent his name to a new twist on the exotic car timeshare/rental concept. While outfits like San Francisco-based Club Sportiva bill themselves as "the ownership alternative," allowing club ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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