Garmin at National and Alamo Car Rental Outlets
Garmin announced today in conjuction with a whole bunch of new GPS announcements at the CES 2007 show that they are teaming up with National and Alamo car rental groups to offer a Garmin GPS (based on the Garmin StreetPilot C330) for daily rental at these outlets; cost is $10.99 a day. In a pretty bold statement, Dan Bartel, Garmin's VP os Worldwide sales said, "Garmin is pleased to be the new navigation provider for Vanguard Car Rental." Translation "Magellan and its claims to fame with their NeverLost products at Hertz are old news."
If you are keeping score:
Garmin
National/Alamo
Avis/Budget
Enterprise
Dollar/Thrifty
Magellan
Hertz
Based on Garmin's popular StreetPilot c330, the unit features a simple touchscreen interface with automatic route calculation to any destination and turn-by-turn voice-prompted directions along the way. The navigator contains detailed maps of the U.S. and Canada -- featuring addresses and nearly six million points of interest -- including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and tourist attractions. Car rental locations for both National and Alamo are included in the unit's database so drivers can easily route to a rental return facility.
"Garmin is pleased to be the new navigation provider for Vanguard Car Rental," said Dan Bartel, Garmin's vice president of worldwide sales. "These two leading brands are now able to provide their customers with a road-proven navigation device that makes any trip in an unfamiliar area stress-free and more enjoyable."
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Posted by Scott Martin at January 5, 2007 7:00 AM
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