Silvercar – new way to rent a car

Are you tired of all the hassle and guesswork with traditional car rental agencies. Try Silvercar. As name says all their cars come with silver color. Silvercar  provides fleet of Audi A4‘s. Their Audi A4’s have  2.0 Turbo engine with 22o hp and 0-60 in 6.6 secs. Cars come with nice standard features like GPS Navigation, Sirius Satellite Radio and Mobile WIFI Hotspot which is very useful feature for international customers. Also pricing with is very straight forward compared to traditonal car rental lottery style pricing schemes.

  • 89$ per day weekdays
  • 59 per day weekends

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Prices are without taxes and other possible surcharges.  Silvercars current locations are

  • Austin Bergstrom International Airport
  • Dallas Ft. Worth International Airport
  • Dallas Love Field Airport
  • Denver International Airport
  • Los Angeles International Airport
  • Miami International Airport
  • Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
  • San Francisco International Airport

Reserve your Silvercar using this link and you will get 50$ of your first rental of 2 days or more and after completing your first rental you will receive another 50$ to be used for future rentals which you are going to like. Happy rentals.

Discalimer. We will receive referral bonus for rentals booked using this promotion link.

You can learn more about Silvercar rental experience from here.

BWM F82 M4 Coupe rental from BMW Welt Munich – BMW On Demand

New BMW M4 Coupe has found it’s way to BMW Welt’s BMW On Demand rental fleet. Overnight rental from 17:00 to 09:00 or daytime rental from 09:00 to 17:00 costs 165 euros and includes 450 km. 24 hour price is 330 euros and includes 900km. Rental includes comprehensive insurance with 750 eur deductible. This is good deal for BMW M4 Coupe but this is only available from BMW Welt in Munich Germany. I would rather spent my money on this than beer tent during Octoberfest. Next month you can do both!

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Renting Jaguar F-type Convertible in Germany

Europcar, Sixt and Hertz have Jaguar F-type in their summer 2014 fleet.

Europar and Hertz have only Convertible model in their fleet but Sixt also has Coupe model.

Example prices for weekend rental (Friday 12:00 to Monday 09:00).

Europcar 329 eur (including 750 kilometers) 0.44 eur/km
Sixt 525 eur (including 1000 kilometers) 0.525 eur/km
Hertz 650 eur (including 750 kilometers) 0.87 eur/km

All of them have different CDW/LDW coverage which can make quite a difference in the total cost. All these prices are from Non-Airport locations. Airport locations charge approx 20% surcharge.
Europcar F-type is based on their website base model F-type with 340hp. Sixt and Hertz you have a chance of getting S-model with 380hp or even some V8 (495hp) models have found their way to the fleet.

Hertz had major availability issues with already confirmed rentals at least beginning of July. I hope that they have been able to clear those – at least their have been steadily increasing their prices for F-type.

If you are interested in F-type Coupe. Sixt has Coupes but with higher price than Cabriolet. 700 eur for weekend (including 1000 kilometers).

Availability of these cars is limited and only handful of rental stations carry these on their fleet. Most airport stations (with surcharge) and limited number of stations in biggest cities in Germany.

Hertz also has F-type available in Italy and France.

Renting Jaguar F-type Convertible in Germany

Europcar, Sixt and Hertz have Jaguar F-type in their summer 2014 fleet.

Europar and Hertz have only Convertible model in their fleet but Sixt also has Coupe model.

Example prices for weekend rental (Friday 12:00 to Monday 09:00).

Europcar 329 eur (including 750 kilometers) 0.44 eur/km
Sixt 525 eur (including 1000 kilometers) 0.525 eur/km
Hertz 650 eur (including 750 kilometers) 0.87 eur/km

All of them have different CDW/LDW coverage which can make quite a difference in the total cost. All these prices are from Non-Airport locations. Airport locations charge approx 20% surcharge.
Europcar F-type is based on their website base model F-type with 340hp. Sixt and Hertz you have a chance of getting S-model with 380hp or even some V8 (495hp) models have found their way to the fleet.

Hertz had major availability issues with already confirmed rentals at least beginning of July. I hope that they have been able to clear those – at least their have been steadily increasing their prices for F-type.

If you are interested in F-type Coupe. Sixt has Coupes but with higher price than Cabriolet. 700 eur for weekend (including 1000 kilometers).

Availability of these cars is limited and only handful of rental stations carry these on their fleet. Most airport stations (with surcharge) and limited number of stations in biggest cities in Germany.

Hertz also has F-type available in Italy and France.

Sixt Germany summer 2014 Premium / Luxury fleet

This year Sixt Germany does not seems to have any Aston Martin’s in their fleet unlike last year. However there is selection of several M-series models and also Jaguar F-type both Cabrio and Coupe models.

 BMW M-Series: 

bmw-m135i-5d-weiss-2014 BMW M135 – 235 kW (320 hp) bmw-m5-4d-blau-2012 BMW M5 – 412 kW (560 hp) bmw-m6-cabrio-2d-braun-2012 BMW M6 Cabrio – 412 kW (560 hp)

bmw-m6-grand-coupe-4d-braun-2014 BMW M6 Coupe – 412 kW (560 hp) bmw-m5-4d-blau-2012 BMW 550d xDrive – 280 kW – (381 hp)

Other Premium / Luxury models:

jaguar-f-type-cabrio-2d-silber-2014 Jaguar F-type Cabrio and Coupe

bmw-4er-cabrio-2d-schwarz-2014 BMW 4-series Cabrio (F33) bmw-4er-coupe-4d-grau-2013 BMW 4-series Coupe (F32) bmw-6er-cabrio-2d-grau-offen-2011 BMW 6-series Cabrio (F12)

bmw-6er-coupe-2d-rot-2011 BMW 6-series Cabrio (F13) bmw-7er-4d-schwarz-2012 BMW 7-series (F01) bmw-m6-grand-coupe-4d-braun-2014 BMW 6-series Grand Coupe (F06)

porsche-cayenne-5d-weiss-2010 Porsche Cayanne

BMW M3 (F80) / M4 (F82) fleet Sixt Germany summer 2014

Sixt has pretty much revealed their Summer 2014 “Luxury” fleet.  See separate post.

I have been looking forward to see new M3 (F80) and M4 (F82) in their summer 2014 fleet. And the good news is that Sixt will be adding both to their 2014 fleet. Bad news is that cars won’t be available until mid August beginning of September.

I’m not aware that any car rental agency in Germany (or elsewhere) has new BMW M3 / M4 in their fleet yet.  There is still hope that new M3 / M4 will make to BMW On Demand – BMW Welt Munich fleet for this summer.

UPDATE (6.5.2014 13:00 CET): According BMW On Demand M3 / M4 will join to their fleet July/August (2014) timeframe.

Florida one-way drive out deals until end of May 2014 from Avis, Dollar, Hertz, National and Thrifty

Maximum Rental times is 7 days for Avis, Dollar and Thrifty. Up to 14 days with Hertz and most generous is National with 21 days.

Dollar and Thrifty has lowest per day price $1.00. But only Economy and Compact cars are being offered with they one-way deal.

Avis, Hertz and National offer $9.95 per day price for car classes from Economy up to Full Size.

Avis, Hertz and national also offer SUV’s (Midsize/Intermediate and Standard) for $19.95 per day and Minivans $24.95 per day

 

Example:

7 day rental price for “best possible” car class on each rental company. No SUV’s in this comparison since not offered or available from all companies. Pickup: Miami Intl Airport and Dropoff: Charlotte Douglas Arpt

Dollar and Thrifty Compact Car Base Rate: $7.00 estimated Grand Total: $67.69

Avis Full Size Car Base Rate: $69.65 estimated Grand Total: $142.86

Hertz Full Size Car Base Rate: $69.65 estimated Grand Total: $134.45 (Hertz charges less for Vehicle License Fee and Energy Recovery / surcharge?)

National Full Size Car Base Rate: $69.65 estimated Grand Total: $137.91 (No Energe Recovery / surcharge fee listed in National quote)

These prices do not include LDW or any optional waivers or fees.

 

Dollar and Thrifty don’t even disclose the cost of LDW during the reservation process. So you LDW is only offered you when picking up the car along with many many optional extras.

Other’s offer LDW along with other protections like PAI, PEP, ALI etc. Per day price for LDW is Avis $28.99, Hertz $29.99 and National $24.99.

Promotion codes:

Avis AWD: S705900

Dollar: ROUD6

Hertz RQ: ICFLT1

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Arizona to California, Colorado or Nevada one-way Deals until end of May 2014 prices for Compact and Economy cars $1 per day

Dollar and Thrifty one-way offer for $1.00/day is valid from May 1 to May 31st. Maximum of 7 day rental.
Pick up locations:
• Phoenix AZ (PHX)
• Tucson, AZ (TUS)

Beware if you need return any other than following drop-off locations or will be charged $65.00/day rate plus a one-way drop-fee.
Drop off locations:
• Las Vegas NV (LAS)
• San Francisco CA (SFO)
• Oakland CA (OAK)
• San Jose CA (SJC)
• Los Angeles CA (LAX)
• San Diego CA (SAN)
• Ontario CA (ONT)
• Denver CO (DEN)

$1.00 day rate is valid only for Economy or Compact cars. However limited number of cars is available but they do mention that midsize may be included.

Example

Dollar: 7 day rental May 13 to May 20 from Phoenix Sky Harbox International to Las Vegas McCarran International Airport Grand Total $65.09. Available Car Types Economy, Compact and Lock Low and Go.

Could not find any deals for Thrifty – maybe they have an issue with their web booking engine or havent started this promo yet or simply dont have any cars available (which I doubt).

Rates seems to be available ONLY from Airport locations.

Promo code for Dollar: ROUD5
Promo code for Thrifty: ETS24

Dollar and Thrifty have similar deal available for one-way from Florida.