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Enterprise car rental gets a new look The East Market and East Exchange Enterprise Rent-A-Car outlet has a new building and a new look. Adjacent to the old office (which was recently demolished) an new office was built. The updated look is the start of a new appearance for the Enterprise branches. ”This is the most modern building of all the other Akron-area branches,” said Randy White, assistant manager of the branch. ”This is a lot nicer for our customers,” he said, pointing to the new carpet and Enterprise sign. The dollar value of the renovation was not available. Six employees are based at the site. The Akron-Canton area has 12 branches, including one at Akron-Canton Airport. The East Market Street location is the first to take on the updated look. Renovated branches with changes in signage and counters, as well as new truck and airport shuttle bus paint schemes, will be phased in over the next three years, officials said. Employees at the site are pleased with their new location. ”It’s good for business and the community,” White said. ”The old building was falling apart.” The former building had many faces prior to Enterprise’s arrival, including a bank and a car dealership lot. Enterprise has leased the building since 1991. It was used for rental and used car sales. The company moved the sales portion to its Tallmadge Avenue location in 2001. The building that was torn down will be converted into parking to give the rental agency additional space for a larger fleet of rental cars and more green space. The parking area will also provide an easier access to the new building’s car wash, which is now an interior operation. The area is known as the Middlebury Neighborhood Business District. City of Akron Planning Director Warren Woolford said 17 businesses in the area have received grant assistance, public and private funds to improve the area, such as Middlebury Market Place with Dave’s grocery store, but Enterprise was not on the list. Enterprise does not own the property. Steve Smith, vice president of Enterprise’s marketing and communications, said, ”The Enterprise name is 20 percent larger in this new treatment, providing greater visibility and consumer recognition.” The most significant change from the existing logo is its stand-alone use of the Enterprise name without the ”Rent-A-Car” wording. Company officials said the move was made to strengthen consumer awareness and identify the company’s growth beyond car rentals. The company also sells some of its rentals. It is the seventh sign change the company has developed since its founding in 1957. The last change was made in the mid-1990s. Enterprise Rent-A-Car operates more than 878,000 rental vehicles worldwide and has annual revenues of $9 billion. Its headquarters is in St. Louis. On Aug. 1, Enterprise purchased Vanguard Car Rental, which owned National and Alamo rental businesses. Enterprise managers said at the present time National and Alamo are each still operating as separate branches with different customer bases, but that could change. Source Marilyn Miller Beacon Ohio.com
A driver from a car rental car firm faces jail after he became Britain’s fastest speeder by reaching an astonishing 172mph in a brand-new Porsche 911.
Timothy Brady took the £93,000 sports roadster for a spin from the car rental company where he worked as a courtesy car driver, and was spotted by traffic police driving at nearly three miles a minute.
When caught by officers the 33-year-old was travelling at more than 100mph above the national speed limit.
Brady, of Harrow, northwest London, admitted a charge of dangerous driving at Oxford Crown Court yesterday but denied another charge of aggravated vehicle taking without consent, relating to his unauthorised use of the car.
He was warned he faces a custodial sentence for his “extremely fast” driving. Recorder James Patrick granted Brady conditional bail but warned he was likely to go to jail.
“The defendant must assume that a custodial sentence is quite likely,” he said. “By releasing you on bail you must not think that I’m making any promises at all about how you will be dealt with.
“172mph is extremely fast.”
Brady was also disqualified from driving and ordered to return to the court for sentencing next month.
Source Telegraph
Hertz has introduced a new budget car rental program. It comprises an online booking system, self-service rental machines and rates starting as low as $15 per weekend day (two-day minimum) and $94 a week.
At http://www.simplywheelz.com online reservations are already being accepted with the first rentals available in Orlando at the airport Sept. 14.
Customers pick up their cars using one-stop self-service rental machines, which scan a bar code from the printed Web reservation and also scans the renter’s driver’s license. The customer selects a few additional options, such as additional drivers and insurance/waiver options, and then the machine assigns a vehicle and prints the rental agreement. The key is in the waiting car.
Eight types of vehicles, a portable GPS system, child seats, and emergency roadside assistance are also all available.
The transaction is designed to be completed without help from an attendant, but personnel will be on hand to assist.
