Diesel Prices Jump to £1.50 per Litre

Posted on: February 29th, 2012 Posted by Lucy Williams

Think petrol prices have been high lately? Well, they just continue to rise. In fact, diesel prices have just recently jumped to £1.50 per liter this week. On top of this, the average price of diesel is already sitting at 143.61p. Reports go on to show that the cost to fill a car with diesel [...]

New reports now show that Enterprise Holdings has suddenly changed its mind on a legislation that will increase federal oversight of how car hire agencies manage their recalled cars. Reports show that additional oversight has been pushed by a number of other car hire groups. However, there were still a few car rental groups out [...]

Profits Jump for Dollar Thrifty

Posted on: February 27th, 2012 Posted by Marianna Lee

It seems that yet another car hire company has reported a nice jump in profits. This time, it was Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group. This is the same company that owns brands Thrifty Car Rentals and Dollar Rent A Car. These reports show that earnings for the fourth quarter more than doubled. A lot of this [...]

Hertz says it Will No Longer Rent Recalled Cars

Posted on: February 24th, 2012 Posted by Simon Bracknell

There is a lot of drama right now surrounding car rental companies renting out recalled cars. Hertz may be one of the few car hire companies that actually wants to take a stand against renting recalled cars. In fact, the car hire giant is already asking for regulation to be put forward by the government [...]

Hertz Announces New Living Journey Strategy

Posted on: February 23rd, 2012 Posted by Lucy Williams

Hertz, which is already one of the largest general-use car hire brands in the whole world, has come up with a new sustainability strategy that is called “Living Journey.” This new strategy will help skyrocket the company to being the leader in Sustainable Mobility and Equipment Solutions. This announcement goes on to show that Smart [...]

Export Import Bank Sued by US Airline Industry

Posted on: February 22nd, 2012 Posted by Steven Powell

No one wants a whole industry fighting them. Unfortunately, that is just what is happening to the Export Import Bank. Apparently, the US airline industry is going to sue this bank for the financial support that it is giving to Air India. According to the airline industry in the US, this support is going to [...]

Vauxhall Motors To Reduce Sales to Rental Companies

Posted on: February 21st, 2012 Posted by Marianna Lee

According to new reports, Vauxhall Motors has admitted that it is going to reduce the number of cars it sells to rental fleets. In fact, the company cut the number of cars it sells to rental agencies by 6,000 vehicle last year. However, this year the company plans to reduce this number even further. Vauxhall [...]

Car Rental Companies Help Give Toyota a Boost in Sales

Posted on: February 20th, 2012 Posted by Michael Bond

Right now, there are a ton of car markers that are struggling to make ends meet. Toyota used to be one of them. However, now the Japanese automaker is enjoying a nice boost in sales. This is all thanks in part to the car hire industry. Oddly enough, this is actually a sector that Toyota [...]

Zipcar Enjoys Fourth Quarter Profits

Posted on: February 17th, 2012 Posted by Lucy Williams

According to reports, Zipcar has recently posted a nice fourth quarter profit for last year. This is great for a company that just got its start back in 2000. However, just because the company is doing well now, does not mean that it will not face its fair share of troubles later on down the [...]

New Black Box Policy Launched by AA

Posted on: February 16th, 2012 Posted by Justin Harper

According to reports, AA Insurance is now launching a Drivesafe policy that will use black box technology. Reports suggest that this box will be able to capture the driving performance of the driver. This new policy will require the black box to be installed into the driver’s car. Once this black box is in place, [...]