Enterprise Rent-A-Car

 

 

 

 

 

The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company is a privately held St. Louis, Missouri based rental car company serving customers in the U.S., Canada, Germany, Ireland, Puerto Rico and the U.K..They are also the owners of Vanguard the operator of National car and truck Rental and Alamo rent a car in North America. According to Auto Rental News, their 2006 (fiscal year ending July 31) U.S. revenue was $9.04 billion with a fleet of approximately 878,000 vehicles. The Detroit News reports that Enterprise currently purchases 7% of all new automobiles sold in the United States. As of 2005, they had 5,399 "local market" locations (91% of all transactions), and 419 "airport" locations (9% of all transactions)

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is the largest rental car company in North America, and has more than 6,900 offices. Enterprise is currently number 16 on the Forbes “500 Largest Private Companies in America” list. Chevrolet Impalas the company ordered were purchased without side-curtain airbags, saving the company $11.5 million ($175 per vehicle).

 

The practice, which the company notes does not "violate any federal mandate", came to national attention when cars being retired from their rental fleet were sold with claims that side-curtain air bags were included. About 5,000 Chevrolet Cobalt's and Buick Lacrosse's were also purchased with the side air bags omitted.