1. How many rental cars are in the United States?
2. What % of these rental cars allow smoking?
3. How many car rental transactions occur in the United States annually?

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 21 Jun 2005 17:38 PDT

Hello Columbiamba2006,

I can provide you with the total number of rental cars in the United
States and the percentage of Hertz rental cars that are designated as
non-smoking.

If you are interested in the partial information that I was able to
locate, you could lower the price of your question accordingly.
 
(You can change the price by going to "My Account," 
selecting "My Unanswered Questions", clicking on the question, and 
then clicking on "Change Question Parameters" to modify the pricing.) 


Thanks,
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by columbiamba2006-ga on 22 Jun 2005 05:31 PDT

Bobbie,

Your suggested response would be great. I lowered the price by $10 and
look forward to your answer.

Thanks,

columbiamba2006

Hello again  Columbiamba2006 ,


Below you will find the results of my research regarding the car rental market.



In 2004 there were an estimated 1,772,873 rental cars in the U.S. 

Revenue and Market Segmentation of the car rental market is also
provided at the link below:

Source: Auto Rental News
http://www.fleet-central.com/arn/t_pop_pdf.cfm?action=stat&link=http://www.fleet-central.com/arn/stats/2004/2004USCarRentalMarket.pdf


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From PUNK, ZIEGEL & COMPANY:

?We estimate that there are approximately 1.6 million rental cars in
the U.S. (source: Auto Rental News) and 2.7 million worldwide.?

PUNK, ZIEGEL & COMPANY
http://www.pzk.com/idsyreport.pdf


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U. S. Car Rental Companies Expanded Their Fleets in 2004.

View the number of cars in service from 1994 to 2004 here:

http://www.fleet-central.com/arn/t_pop_pdf.cfm?action=stat&link=http://www.fleet-central.com/arn/stats/2004/2004%20car%20rental%20fleet.pdf


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Smoking 


According to an article published in Road & Travel, Hertz has
designated over 80 percent of its fleet to be non-smoking.

Source: Road & Travel
http://www.roadandtravel.com/safetyandsecurity/ts_rentals.html


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Revenue Levels Rose in 2004

View Revenues from 1994-2004 here:
http://www.fleet-central.com/arn/t_pop_pdf.cfm?action=stat&link=http://www.fleet-central.com/arn/stats/2004/2004%20rental%20revenue.pdf

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Car Rental Market Statistics - 2004
http://www.fleet-central.com/arn/stats/2000/2000_US_Car_Rental_Market.pdf


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From Credit Cards Magazine:

Al Banisch, senior vice president for Visa's consumer credit products
said that there were some 22 million auto rental transactions a year
on Visa consumer credit cards.

Visa to Expand Auto Rental Coverage
March 1, 2004
http://creditcardsmagazine.com/managearticle.asp?C=90&A=4755


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Search terms used: 
"Million rental cars in the U.S.?
Rental car market United States
Statistics car rentals
Transactions car rental business United States


I hope this is helpful!

Best Regards,
Bobbie7