National Car Rental

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.nationalcar.com
Employees: 6,005

National Car Rental operates through about 3,000 locations in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Asia/Pacific region. The company markets its services mainly to business travelers, but also to leisure travelers. In particular, National works to develop corporate accounts, and its customers include about one-third of the companies in the FORTUNE 500. It maintains a fleet of about 300,000 vehicles. National, along with sister company Alamo Rent A Car, is a unit of Vanguard Car Rental Group, which was acquired by industry leader Enterprise Rent-A-Car in 2007.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2007:
Sales: $559.1M

Officers:
President: Greg R. Stubblefield
EVP and COO: Jeffrey J. Parrell
SVP and CIO: Tyler A. Best

Competitors:
Avis
Budget Rent A Car
Hertz

National Car Rental

Type	Private Ownership
Founded	1947
Headquarters	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Industry	Rental car
Parent	Enterprise Rent-A-Car through Vanguard Automotive Group
Website	www.nationalcar.com

Airport Counter at YXE

2008 Ford E-450 from National Car Rental.

National Car Rental is a rental car company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. National was founded by 24 independent rental car agents on August 27, 1947. It has grown from 60 locations in the United States in 1947 to over 2000 locations worldwide as of 2005.

In 1996, National acquired the Canadian fleet and operations of Tilden Rent-a-Car.

National is owned by Vanguard Car Rental USA Inc., which also owns Alamo Rent a Car.

On August 1, 2007 Enterprise Rent-A-Car assumed control of Vanguard. It was purchased from Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.

Vehicle types in the US

• Economy: Chevrolet Aveo or similar
• Compact: Chevrolet Cobalt or similar
• Mid-size: Pontiac G6 or similar
• Standard size: Chevrolet Monte Carlo or similar
• Full-size: Chevrolet Impala or similar
• Compact SUV: Kia Sportage or similar
• Mid-sized SUV:Chevrolet Equinox or similar
• Standard SUV: Chevrolet TrailBlazer or similar
• Premium: Buick Lucerne or similar
• Luxury: Cadillac DTS or similar
• Convertible: Chrysler PT Cruiser or similar
• Minivan: Chevrolet Uplander or similar

National also offers other car types, such as crossover and hybrid vehicles, depending on the location.

External links

• National Car Rental official web site
• Company history
• History of National Car Rental
• National Car Rental Mexico

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