enterprise rent-a-car

    By David Kiley

    | 5:00PM 1/07/2011
    If you're curious about the Chevy Volt extended-range electric vehicle but don't want to put up with the pressure from a dealership when you ask for a test drive, help is on the way. Enterprise Rent-A-Car will be the first to offer Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicles (EVs) for daily...

    By David Kiley

    | 2:30PM 12/13/2010
    Want an extended test-drive of an electric car? Hertz will offer an electric version of the diminutive Smart Fortwo for rent in New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco in the coming months, the companies announced. The electric cars will be available starting Dec. 15 through a car-sharing...

    By Gergana Koleva

    | 4:50PM 8/12/2010
    Two consumer safety advocacy groups are targeting car rental giant Enterprise -- owner of Alamo and National -- saying it is putting consumers in jeopardy by renting cars that have been recalled but have not been repaired.

    By Dawn Kawamoto

    | 8:00AM 4/27/2010
    Another merger between car-rental companies -- in this case Hertz and Dollar-Thrifty -- may mark another wave of rental branch closings as the industry continues to consolidate. The good news? Prices probably won't go up -- for now.

    By David Schepp

    | 2:50PM 9/14/2009
    Nonsmokers who travel often find themselves frustrated once they unlock the car they've just rented at the airport. After a few hours of lounges, gates, and airborne cabins mercifully free of secondhand smoke, travelers slide behind the wheel and wonder how nobody at the rental agency has noticed...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 2:00PM 8/17/2009
    To save money, Enterprise Rent-A-Car ordered 66,000 Chevrolet Impalas with the standard side curtain airbags deleted, renting them to unsuspecting customers nationwide from 2006-2008 -- a decision a safety expert called extraordinary.Then the company sold hundreds of them, incorrectly advertising...