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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.

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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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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.