Posted in car rental, tagged Advantage Rent-a-Car, airport, airport rental, airport rental station, Alamo, Avis, budget, Buick, car hire, car rental, car rentals, cars, economy cars, Enterprise, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Ford, Francisco, fuel efficiency, gasoline-electric hybrids, green car rentals, Hertz, hybrid models, Hyundai, National, Nissan, rent a car, rental car, rental car company, rental locations, rental vehicles, SmartWay certification, Terra Pass, Toyota, vehicles, Yosemite National Park on February 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Many car hire companies offer hybrid models – for a price
No doubt, car hire companies large and small have responded to increased consumer demand for fuel efficiency in the last few years by stocking up on gasoline-electric hybrids and other vehicles with better mileage and lower emissions. But whether or not these car hire companies [...]
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Posted in car rental, tagged automotive industry, Avis, British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, business, buy-back, buying cars, BVRLA, car, car customers, car hire, car manufacturers, car ownership, car rental, car rental firm, car rental firms, car sharing, carmakers, cars, City Car Club, dealership, discipline, drivers, Enterprise, environmental transport, Europcar, export, fleet, fleet of vehicles, Ford, Ford Focus, guaranteed buy-back, Hertz, Hertz Europe, hire, local authority, London, maintenance, membership, Mini Cooper, New York, opportunity, Paris, petrol, president, recession, rental, rental companies, research, residual value, retail, retail sales, rival, sales, scheme, short-term car hire, Streetcar, suppliers, urban drivers, Urbigo, vehicle rental, vehicles, world on December 26, 2008 | Comments Off
One of the world’s biggest car customers is launching a scheme this week that could threaten its suppliers – the world’s carmakers.
Car rental firm Hertz, which buys 550,000 cars every year, has just launched a car sharing club that aims to make people stop buying cars. “It’s an alternative to car ownership,” grins Michel [...]
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Posted in car rental, tagged Avis, car hire, chauffeur drive, GPS, MSN, navigation system, North America, Orlando, rent a car, tourims industry, travel agents, travel and tourims, travel community, world travel awards on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Avis Named North America’s Leading Car Hire by International Travel Community at 15th Annual World Travel Awards
Avis Rent A Car was recognized by more than 160,000 travel professionals as “North America’s Leading Car Hire” at the regional World Travel Awards for the Americas, held recently in Orlando, Fla. The World Travel Awards were established in [...]
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