Hertz one way deal – Drive to Arizona as low as 5$ per day

One way rentals from California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah to Arizona.

Pickup from August 15 throught October 10, 2012.

Maximum rental 7 days.

Prices from

  • Economy, Compact $5 per day
  • Intermediate $9.99 per day
  • Full Size $14.99 per day
  • Midsize SUV $19.99 per day
  • Premium $35.49 per day

Prices do not include LDW, LIS, VCLR, Airpor/hotel/concession recovery fees, energy surcharges or any other additional fees you can think of. Except of course drop of fee which is waived as long as your rental does not exceed 7 days.
Best value for this offer is when renting Intermediate car from Hertz Gold Choice location since you can probably get full size or Midsize SUV from Gold Choice area or even Fun Cars with upgrade fee.

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One way rates into Arizona for as little as $5/day!*

Drive into Arizona for $5.00 a day on Economy and Compact Cars. Great Rates also available on larger car classes: Mid-size, Standard, Full-size, and Small SUV’s. Just book your reservation now for rental pickup from August 15 through October 10, 2012 and include RQ ‘DRV5’. This offer is available for vehicles rented in California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah and dropping off at Corporate Airport and Neighborhood locations in Arizona. * Only $5/day (up to 7 days) on economy & compact cars.

Terms and Conditions:
You must return your car to any Hertz corporate location in Arizona. 4 hour advance reservations are required and availability is limited. Holiday and Blackout periods may apply. This offer has no cash value, may not be used with Pre-Pay Rates, Tour Rates, or Insurance Replacement Rates and cannot be combined with any other certificate, voucher, offer or promotion. Offer has a 7 day maximum keep. Hertz age, driver, credit and rate qualification for the renting location apply. Offer valid for pickup from 8-15-12 through 10-10-12. Depending on the rental location, the following charges may apply: a Vehicle Licensing Cost Recovery (VLCR) of $4.00 per day; an Energy Surcharge of $1.03 per rental, airport/ hotel/concession fee recovery charges of 18% per rental or less,  an airport customer facility charge of $20.00 per rental/6% per rental or less. These fees are required to be paid as a condition to rental. Government surcharges, taxes, tax reimbursement and optional items, such as refueling or additional driver fees are extra. Optional Loss Damage Waiver (LDW) is $39.99 a day or less. Purchase of Loss Damage is optional; check your credit card protections and auto insurance policies for rental coverage. $5 per day rates only available on economy and compact car classes up to 7 rental days using RQ code DRV5.

Hertz adds Porsche Panamera to their US fleet

Hertz has started relationship with Porsche Cars North America to offer Panamera sport sedans in select locations in California, Florida and Nevada. Panamera will be part of  Hertz Prestige Collection Fleet.  Based on the list  price mentioned in their press release and Hertz Vehicle Guide 27 mpg rating hints that Panamera model to be offered will be V6.

Avis Germany have been offering Porsche vehicles in Germany several years and their models are mainly top of the model range with good list of options. I hope Hertz will not make the mistake offering just entry level base trip versions. Would like to see other Porsche vehicles (911, Boxster, Cayman)  to be added to Hertz fleet.

Panamera rental prices start $250 per day. I searched price for two day rental from Los Angeles Airport (LAX). Currently LAX was the only location where I could find availability. Daily rate for weekday rental was $299.49 USD with 100 miles included per day. Additional miles cost .39 USD. And then you need to add all taxes and fees (don’t forget insurance CDW/LDW). Price will probably come down using AAA CDP or other CDP discount codes which you might have.

 

 

Sixt Germany added M5 (F10) to their 2012 fleet

Prices start 249 eur per day including 150 km per day. 249 eur day rate requires 10 day rental. For shorter rentals daily rates are higher. Extra km are 0.99 euros. (99 cents).

Price example:

Weekend rental (3 days) pickup and return Sixt Munich Schwabing Luxury Cars.

daily rate € 273,32 and total 819.97 eur.

includes:
600 kilometers (200km / Dai; € 0,99 / extra kilometers), Liability insurance, Navigation system, Collision Damage Waiver with theft protection (deductible: € 1500,00). Deductible can be lowered to 0 euros with addtional fee of 21.49 euros per day.

Weekend 3 day rental is “best” deal since it gives additional 150 kilometers over weekday 3 day rental and in general weekday daily rate is higher.  Renting from Airport Sixt location will add 20% location surcharge to rental fees.

If you will be renting from Munich and you are looking for short term (1 day) rental BMW On Demand is option to consider.

Reserve you Sixt M5 Rental from here.

Hertz Gold choice is available additional airport locations in Europe and US

Hertz Gold Choice is now available also in Munich, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Birmingham airport locations in addition to London and Stuttgart. Hertz Gold Choice is now available in Europe at the following locations:

  • London LHR Heathrow Airport January 2012
  • Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Airport January 2012
  • Munich MUC Munich Airport April 2012
  • Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt Airport April 2012
  • Amsterdam AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol April 2012
  • Edinburgh EDI Edinburgh Airport May 2012
  • Birmingham BHX Birmingham Airport May 2012

US locations where Hertz Gold Choice is available:

 

City Airport Code Airport
Atlanta ATL Atlanta Hartsfield
Austin AUS Austin
Baltimore BWI Baltimore
Charlotte CLT Charlotte
Chicago ORD Chicago O’Hare
Cleveland CLE Cleveland Hopkins
Denver DEN Denver
Detroit DTW Detroit Metro
Fort Lauderdale FLL Fort Lauderdale
Houston IAH Houston Bush
Houston HOU Houston Hobby
Indianapolis IND Indianapolis
Kansas City MCI Kansas City
Las Vegas LAS Las Vegas
Los Angeles LAX LAX
Miami MIA Miami
Minneapolis MSP Minneapolis-St. Paul
Nashville BNA Nashville
Newark EWR Newark Liberty
New York JFK JFK International
New York LGA LaGuardia
Philadelphia PHL Philadelphia
Phoenix PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor
Raleigh RDU Raleigh-Durham International
Salt Lake City SLC Salt Lake City
San Antonio SAT San Antonio International
San Diego SAN San Diego
San Francisco SFO San Francisco
San Jose SJC San Jose
St. Louis STL Lambert-St. Louis International
Washington, DC IAD Dulles
Washington, DC DCA Washington National

 

Renting BMW M5 (F10) from BMW On Demand

None of the major car rental companies in Germany currently offers new BMW M5 (F10) in their fleet. However if you are going to Munich Germany (BMW Headquarters) you can rent BMW M5 along with other exciting BMW models like M3, 6-series Coupe / Cabrio, Z4 35i, 550i (F10), 335i Cabrio, 335i Coupe, 135i Cabrio, 135 Coupe, X5 M, X6 M. These cars can be rented from BMW Welt as part of BMW On Demand program. BMW On Demand is BMW’s Driving experience program and is offered exclusively at BMW Welt (Munich Germany).

How it works.
You can only book one month in advance
Minimum booking is one hour. 3 hour booking gives you daytime rental from 09:00 (9AM) to 17:00 (5PM) or nightime from 17:00 (5PM) to 09:00 (9AM) next day.
One hour rental comes with 150km per paid hour. Daytime rental (3 paid hours) or Nightime rental (3 paid hours) comes with 450km. Whole day rental (24 hours) is charged 6 hours and comes with 900 km.
Rental terms and conditions state that maximum rental time is 24 hours but you seem to be able to book longer periods – I dont know how they will handle these situations. But to rent for longer periods it probably makes more sense to rent from Sixt (M3 from 99 eur per day).

Example prices

M5 09:00 (9AM) to 17:00 (5PM) costs 210 eur and comes with 450 km’s. (see example below)

Reservation information
Automobile Pick up location
M5 Limousine
BMW Welt, Am Olympiapark 1, 80809 Munich

Rental start
Rental end
Rental period
Tue, May 22, 9:00 AM
Tue, May 22, 5:00 PM
8 Hours

Change reservation
Insurance Third Party Liability / Comprehensive Cover / Part Insurance Cover) and in each case 750,- Euro deductible

Costs

Stundentarif Tag inkl. 150 km pro Std.
Unit price
70.00€
Amount
3.00
All around price
210.00€ *

List of currently bookable BMW On Demand cars below. This shows hourly prices. To get daytime or nighttime price (450km) multiply hourly price by 3 and daily (900 km) price (24 hours) multiply by 6.

Porsche Carrera GTS driven in the Colorado Rockies

JF Musial and automotive photographer Marc Urbano (Facebook) drive Porsche Carrera GTS Colorado Rockies to find perfect shot.

Here you can see the mentioned Google Streetview images from Porsche prototypes being tested in high altitute.
Please note that these pictures are from 2008 so we are not talking about Porsche’s latest prototypes.
Mt. Evans road is the highest paved road in North America. Pictures are taken


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Europcar Germany added Nissan 370Z to their summer fleet 2012

Last time when Europcar Germany had anything exciting in their fleet was back in 2007 when Audi A5 Coupe was introduced. Europcar was 2007 first car rental company in Germany to offer A5 in their fleet but after that I dont recall them having anything special in their fleets. Until now. For summer 2012 Europcar Germany has added Nissan 370Z to their fleet. Rates start 179 eur / weekend (fri 12:00 – mon 09:00) including 900km. Extra km’s are 0.38 eur / km. Cars can be booked from now until 30.9.2012.

Reserve your Datsun 370Z hereAutovermietung Europcar – Mietwagen, LKW und Transporter mieten

Avis Prestige Fleet 2012 Germany – New Porsche 911 (991)

Avis Prestige Porsche Fleet 2012

Porsche 911 (991) and Porsche 911 Cabriolet

Daily rate 199 eur including 200 km.

Avis also has Porsche Panamera (199 eur / day ) and Cayenne (199 eur / day).

Currently looks like that there isn’t new Porsche Boxster or Cayman in their fleet (will update post if this will change once cabriolet season starts).

Airport locations have 20% surcharge.

Porsche’s can be booked from following Avis Prestige stations in Germany: Avis Prestige Stations

Book you next Porsche 911 Coupe or Porsche 911 Cabriolet rental.