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NewsFebruary 8, 2012

Two Arrested For Selling Rental Car on Craigslist

According to click2houston.com two men were arrested and accused of selling a Hertz rental car. They tried to forge the vehicle title under the name “Marcus Hertz.”

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NewsJanuary 23, 2012

Seven Cars Missing from Phuket Rental firm

Renters were either arrested or in hiding from police.

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NewsJanuary 11, 2012

Suspect Sought in Death of Exotic Car Rental Business Owner

Victim was working to sell a silver 2008 Mercedes Benz coupe that he hoped would bring him $60,000.

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NewsJanuary 9, 2012

Thieves in London Target Vehicles with Keyless-Entry Systems

One BVRLA rental member reported that a customer made an electronic copy of the key and fitted a tracking device to the car so it could be located later, entered using the duplicate key and then stolen.

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NewsJanuary 6, 2012

Paris’ Autolib Fleet Vandalized, About 50 Cars Taken Out of Service

Around 25% of the city’s car-sharing fleet was vandalized or suffered from breakdowns after about a month of service.

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NewsJanuary 5, 2012

Dubai: Illegal Car Rental Companies Still a Problem

After cracking down on illegal car rental operations in a 2008 campaign, Dubai police said unregistered and uninsured vehicles are still an issue on auto rental lots.

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NewsJanuary 4, 2012

Car-Sharing Company Folds after Major Vehicle Theft

HiGear, a peer-to-peer, luxury car-sharing company in San Francisco, announced it is shutting down after a series of vehicles were stolen from customers.

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NewsDecember 28, 2011

Boston Requires Car Rental Companies to Report Customer Names To RMV

Boston City Councilmember Rob Consalvo authored the legislation in which the Boston Police Department and major car rental companies in the city agreed that police should have immediate access to drivers’ names when the license plate is pulled.

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NewsDecember 20, 2011

Rental Car Thefts: Two Women Get Caught Up in Schemes

In one case last week, a woman was trying to pay off her drug dealer by letting him test drive her rental car, and another thought she was on a romantic movie date … but both ‘got duped.’

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NewsNovember 30, 2011

Anonymous Call Leads to Dead Body in Abandoned Rental Car

In the early morning after Thanksgiving, the small car rental company received a call to retrieve a car in an L.A. alley.

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