Forget two or three year leases. Daimler will rent you cars by the minute and “is stealing customers from Mazda and Fiat with rentals aimed at drivers ready to forgo auto ownership,” reports Businessweek.
Emboldened by the successes of Zipcar and other short term rental or car sharing ventures, Daimler is test marketing its Car2go service Austin, TX, and Ulm, Germany. Soon to follow: Hamburg, Germany, in early in 2011, and dozens more cities in Europe and North America. Car2go rents Smart cars by the minute. Other carmakers, such as BMW and PSA want to develop similar services. (Read More…)
Posted in Germany, Lease, News Blog, Sign of the Times
Tagged as Bertel Schmitt, car rental, car sharing, daimler, Frost & Sullivan
Tagged as Bertel Schmitt, car rental, car sharing, daimler, Frost & Sullivan
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