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Sixt summer fleet 2012 Germany – BMW M3, Mercedes AMG C63 and CL63

 

You can find Sixt special rates here: Sonderangebote – Autovermietung Sixt

Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 rate is 299 eur per day including 250 km.

Bookable from April until end of October.

Available from following Sixt stations in Germany:

Munich Airport (MUC)

Munich Schwabing Luxury Cars – Anni-Albers-Strasse 11, 80807 München

Cologne / Koln Luxury Cars – Marzellenstr. 13-17, 50668 Köln

Dusseldorf Luxury Cars – Koenigsallee 59, 40215 Düsseldorf

Frankfurt Westin Hotel – Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 5-7, 60313 Frankfurt am Main

Berlin Adlon Hotel – Unter den Linden 77, 10117 Berlin

Reserve your AMG C63 here: http://www.sixt.de/php/reservation/topoffer_details/f/de-amg-de

Munich Schwabing Luxury Cars has also Mercedes-Benz AMG CL63 in their fleet.

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Renting with Hertz – Hertz Gold Choice (SFO Airport)

If you are Hertz #1 Club – Gold member you can use their new Gold Choice -service. How it works. Reserve compact or larger car and locations where they have Gold Choice Service you can take your pre-assigned car or you can choose any car from Gold Choice area. For additional charge you can choose premium and speciality cars also. 

 

Hertz Gold Choice is now available in Europe at the following locations:

 

London LHR Heathrow Airport January 2012
Stuttgart  STR Stuttgart Airport January 2012

And most of the major US Airport locations. 

March 2012 San Francisco Airport had following speciality cars available for upgrade:

Ford Mustang V6 – 10 USD per day

Dodge Challenger – 40 USD per day

Chevy Camaro – 20 USD per day

Ford Mustang GT Premium (420 bhp) – 50 USD per day

 

Brand New Mustang V6 – Gold choice area in the background. 
Hertz Mustang Rental

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Avis One-Way specials to Florida and Piedmont region rates starting 8.95$ day

AVIS One-Way Specials to the South

Great One-Way Transfer Rates from the Northeast to Southeast U.S. Heading south for the winter? At participating corporate-operated locations in Baltimore, the New York Metro area, Philadelphia or Washington, DC, enjoy rates as low as $8.95 per day when you rent one way to The Piedmont or Florida.

Rent one-way to Florida from Sept. 16 through Oct. 31, 2011 on a maximum seven-day rental and enjoy these low daily rates:

Special One-Way Florida Pricing

Subcompact $8.95/day $62.65/week
Compact $8.95/day $62.65/week
Intermediate $9.95/day $69.65/week
Standard (2 or 4 Doors) $10.95/day $76.65/week
Full Size (4 Door) $11.95/day $83.65/week I
ntermediate SUV $12.95/day $90.65/week
Standard SUV $14.95/day $104.65/week

Rent one-way to The Piedmont from Sept. 16 through Oct. 1, 2011 on a maximum four-day rental and enjoy these low daily rates:

Special One-Way The Piedmont Pricing

Subcompact $8.95/day $35.80/4-day
Compact $8.95/day $35.80/4-day
Intermediate $9.95/day $39.80/4-day
Standard (2 or 4 Doors) $10.95/day $43.80/4-day
Full Size (4 Door) $11.95/day $47.80/4-day
Intermediate SUV $12.95/day $51.80/4-day
Standard SUV $14.95/day $59.80/4-day

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Florida Car rental one-way Deals 2011 April – June

Many Rental Car companies are again offering One-Way deals from Florida in order to move their fleet from Florida to other areas in US. Prices in these deals start from $1 per day (Dollar / Thrifty) to $19.99 (Avis) per day.

Daily prices do not includes taxes and other fees (with the exception of drop fee of course).

Links To Deals:

Avis – $19.99 per day – Compact through Fullsize and Intermediate SUV – 1 to 4 days – Unlimited miles – 4/24/2011 – 6/30/2011

Alamo – $19.95 per day – Economy through Fullsize – 1 to 21 days – Unlimited miles – 4/25/2011 – 5/31/2011

National – $19.95 per day – Economy through Fullsize – 1 to 21 days – Unlimited miles – 4/25/2011 – 5/31/2011

Hertz – $5 per day  – Economy and Compact – 1 to 14 days – Unlimited miles – 4/24/2011 – 6/12/2011

Dollar – $1 per day – Midsize – 1 to 7 days – Unlimited miles – 4/19/2011 – 5/31/2011

Thrifty – $1 per day – Midsize – 1 to 7 days – Unlimited miles – 4/19/2011 – 5/31/2011

 

Rental company Daily price Minimum Rental Maximum Rental Mileage Car Group Pickup Locations Drop off Locations Offer valid


days days

example example between
Avis $19,99 1 4 Unlimited Compact, Midsize, Standard, Full Size, Intermediate SUV Florida Airports MIA, PBI, RSW, SRQ, MCO, DAB, MLB, PIE, FLL, TPA participating Avis location in Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. 4/24/2011 – 6/30/2011
Hertz $5 1 14 Unlimited Economy, Compact Any Florida Locaton Hertz Corporate locations outside Florida 4/24/2011 – 6/12/2011
Dollar $1 1 7 Unlimited Midsize Orlando (MCO) Tampa (TPA) Jacksonville (JAX) Tallahassee (TLH) Miami (MIA) Fort Lauderdale (FLL) Fort Myers (RSW) Sarasota (SRQ) West Palm Beach (PBI) Pensacola (PNS) Mobile, AL (MOB) Cleveland (CLE) Philadelphia (PHL) Pittsburg (PIT) Newark (EWR) John F Kennedy (JFK) LaGuardia (LGA) Manhattan E 22nd (NYA) Manhattan W 52nd (NYC) Manhattan 99 Charles St (NYCC04) Manhattan E 87th (NYE) 4/19/2011 – 5/31/2011
Thrifty $1 1 7 Unlimited Midsize Orlando (MCO) Tampa (TPA) Jacksonville (JAX) Tallahassee (TLH) Miami (MIA) Fort Lauderdale (FLL) Fort Myers (RSW) Sarasota (SRQ) West Palm Beach (PBI) Pensacola (PNS) Mobile, AL (MOB) Cleveland (CLE) Philadelphia (PHL) Pittsburg (PIT) Hartford (BDL) Boston (BOS) Burlington (BTV) White River Junction (LEB) Manchester (MHT) Manhattan W 83rd St (NY3) Providence (PVD) 4/19/2011 – 5/31/2011
Alamo $19,95 1 21 Unlimited Economy through Fullsize Daytona Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Melbourne, Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Sanford, Sarasota, Tampa and West Palm Beach Corporate locations outside Florida except Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Puerto Rico and Washington 4/25/2011 – 5/31/2011
National $19,95 1 21 Unlimited Economy through Fullsize Daytona Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Melbourne, Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Sanford, Sarasota, Tampa and West Palm Beach Corporate locations outside Florida except Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Puerto Rico and Washington 4/25/2011 – 5/31/2011

 

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Driving fast on the German Autobahn

Have a look in this video. When there is no speed limit you need to be careful with the slower traffic.
And when changing lanes remember to check your mirrors! Even when you think you are going fast there is always someone going faster.

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Sixt Germany has BMW M3 in their summer fleet (again)

Sixt München Schwabing M3 Coupe Club Tour 2010 July

This Ultimate Driving Machine has 420 hp and goes 0-100 km/h less than 5 seconds. Sixt fleet of M3’s have 7-speed Dual clutch transmission DCT. Gear changes are fast and you can use paddles for up/downshifts. And when down shifting you can hear throttle blips.

 

Sixt Germany has BMW M3 again this year in their summer fleet. M3 is available in selected stations in both Cabriolet and Coupe versions.

Prices start from 95 eur per day (99 for cabrio) for rentals at least 10 days. Price includes 250km per day. Daily prices for shorter rentals are higher.

 

 

 

 

 

Sample prices:

Sample Prices Sixt M3 Rental 2011
Sample Prices Sixt M3 Rental 2011

4 days and 9 days rental are almost same price as 5 or 10 days. And in case of M3 Cabriolet you can get 5 or 6 days rental cheaper and more included kilometers for the same price (well 10 euros more) than 4 days rental. Pricing can change depending on which day your rental starts but usually weekend and 3, 7 and 10 days rental gives the relative best per day prices.

Additional kilometers 0.69 eur.
Airport locations are generally approx 20% more expensive.

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Hertz UK has Fiat Abarth 500 in their Fun Collection fleet

https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/byr/index.jsp?targetPage=vehicleGuideHomeView.jsp

Hertz UK Fun Collection also includes Volkswagen Scirocco and Alfa Romeo Brera.

Example: One day Abarth 500 rental from London Heatrow in June (friday – saturday) 2011. Price starts 97.88 GBP per day including unlimited mileage, airport location fee, CDW, TP, vehicle licensing fee and taxes. You may get better price using AAA, Credit Card and other  CDP discount codes and promotion PC coupons.

During Hertz Spring Offer 15. – 23.4 you can get Abarth 500 with prepaid rate 86.81 GBP per day.