Flexcar Wins "Brilliant Transportation" Award
Sep 20, 2007
SEATTLE--Flexcar received the first-ever âBrilliant Transportationâ award from the inaugural Discover Brilliant international conference and exposition, held at the Seattle Sheraton. Flexcar won the award for its accomplishments in changing peopleâs transportation habits, which has resulted in the reduct ... Continue reading
Acquisition of Vanguard Car Rental Complete
Aug 2, 2007
ST. LOUIS--The owners of Enterprise Rent-A-Car announced today they have completed the purchase of Vanguard Car Rental and its National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car businesses from Cerberus Capital Management LP. Terms of the transaction between the two privately held companies were not disclosed. On March 30, 2007, ... Continue reading
Jul 3, 2007
NEW YORK, July 2 -- Driving some of the world's most expensive and exotic cars has now become more affordable and accessible to enthusiasts around the country who long not only to drive one, but drive a collection of Bentleys, Lamborghinis, Ferraris or Rolls Royces, with the July 11 national launch of Curvy Road's frac ... Continue reading
Van Rental Firm Bandago Offsets Carbon Footprint with DriveNeutral
Jun 27, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO--With the help of DriveNeutral, the only nonprofit that helps members offset their carbon dioxide exclusively through the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), Bandago Van Rentals (www.bandago.com) is the first auto rental company in the United States to offset the entire amount of carbon dioxide produced by it ... Continue reading
Jun 21, 2007
READING, Pa., June 20 -- Today, Penske Truck Leasing celebrated the grand opening of a new facility in Sacramento, Calif., located on 53 Morrison Ave. The 18,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility, currently employing 25 associates, offers commercial and consumer truck rental services, full-service truck leasing and ... Continue reading
Hertz Plans to Buy 3400 Toyota Prius Hybrids
Jun 14, 2007
CHICAGO, June 14, 2007; Reuters reported that car rental company Hertz Global Holdings Inc. said on Thursday that it planned to buy 3,400 Toyota Motor Corp. Prius gasoline-electric hybrid cars for about $68 million. Hertz also said 100 of the vehicles would go to its Manhattan fleet. ... Continue reading
Capital Dream Cars Adds Lamborghini Gallardo to Exotic Car Rental Fleet
May 2, 2007
MCLEAN, Va., May 2 -- Yellow Lamborghini Gallardo. Three words that conjure a universe of images and emotional reactions -- razor-sharp headlights, deep side air intakes, long edgy lines of bodywork, a hundred cell phone cameras flipped open as one drives by. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070502/DCW103LO ... Continue reading
Survey Finds Travelers Want To See Hybrid Vehicles Added To Rental Car Fleets
Apr 20, 2007
NORWALK, Conn.--In advance of this weekendâs Earth Day (Sunday, April 22), priceline.com® conducted a new survey of its rental car customers. The company found that an overwhelming majority (72%) of travelers want rental car companies to offer economical, environmentally friendly hybrid vehicles powered by both ... Continue reading
i-level Becomes First Foreign-Owned Member of China's National Taxi Association
Apr 11, 2007
SHANGHAI, China, April 10 -- i-level Media Group Incorporated (BULLETIN BOARD: ILVL.OB) today announced that it has been granted executive membership status in China's national taxi association, the China Taxicab and Livery Association ("CTLA" or " the association"), as the association's first foreign-owned member. As ... Continue reading
FORD, SHELBY AND HERTZ TEAM UP FOR SHELBY GT-H & RENT A RACER CONVERTIBLE
Apr 1, 2007
Palm Beach, Fla., March 31, 2007 â Lightning has struck again, the Ford Shelby GT-H âRent-A-Racerâ program from Ford Motor Company, Shelby Automobiles and The Hertz Corporation has returned with a special run of convertible versions of the performance-modified Ford Mustang GTs for rent exclusively throug ... Continue reading
Enterprise Rent-A-Car to Acquire Vanguard Car Rental
Mar 31, 2007
ST. LOUIS--Enterprise Rent-A-Car has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Vanguard Car Rental Group Inc. This transaction between two privately held companies is expected to close in the third or fourth quarter of 2007, contingent upon clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Anti-Trust Improvements Act and oth ... Continue reading
Vanguard Car Rental Launches Strategic Alliance With Europcar to Provide Global Car Rental Solution
Mar 2, 2007
TULSA, Okla., March 1 -- Vanguard Car Rental Holdings LLC ("Vanguard"), operating under the National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands, today completed its previously announced sale of its subsidiary, Vanguard Car Rental EMEA Holdings Ltd., which operates in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to Europcar Gr ... Continue reading
Feb 26, 2007
-- New Institute Demonstrates Corporate Commitment to Sustainability Through Innovative Research in Plant Science, Biofuels -- ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26 -- The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced that Jack and Susan Taylor have given a $25 million gift to create the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewab ... Continue reading
Avis and Budget Roll Out Where2(TM) GPS System in Canada
Feb 24, 2007
Will Become the First Rental Car Company to Offer GPS Navigation With Real-Time Traffic Alerts and Bluetooth Capability PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 23 -- Avis Budget Group, Inc. today announced that Avis and Budget customers can now rent Where2, the fully portable Global Positioning System (GPS) built by Garmin, a leader in ... Continue reading
Honda, BMW Are Most Requested at Leases
Feb 23, 2007
Washington DC February 23, 2007; The AIADA newsletter reported that automobile Web site LeaseCompare.com announced Thursday that Honda and BMW are the top requested lease vehicles. Those makes combined to have nine of the 20 units listed as top new- and used-vehicle lease requests. Auto Remarketer reports that for used ... Continue reading
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