Renting a Hybrid Rental Car is Pretty ExpensiveJuly 24
A couple weeks ago, I was flying out to Washington, and I had a rental car lined up at the airport for when I arrived - I had a full day’s work ahead of me. As luck would have it, the flight arrived three hours late, and the Avis desk had long since given my car up to a walk-in customer. They told me that the first available cars would come in four hours later. I just had no other choice but to wait. But they felt sorry for me, and offered to upgrade me to a premium car. I was surprised to see what they had in mind for me - it was a Prius. In the world of car rentals, a hybrid always stands a cut above the rest. All other things being equal, comfort, space and model year, hybrid rental cars are always more expensive. Now why should this be so?
It’s the same story across every rental agency - Alamo, Budget, Hertz - the whole lot of them. The Toyota Prius at any East Coast airport will usually go out for about 50% more than any comparable car. If a normal Pontiac will set you back $75 a day, a Prius will cost $125. A quick search told me that Enterprise took $20 more on its hybrid car rentals, and National Car Rental took about $30 more. Companies like Hertz will even try to put a halo around their hybrid rental cars calling them their Green Collection.
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24 Jul 2010 | 1:08 pm | Automotive
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