Hertz - International Rental (Zurich, Brussels), car types for Intermediate and Full?

I've got a couple of upcoming rentals in Zurich and Brussels. Right now I'm requesting an intermediate with navigation, manual transmission ok. Any ideas what I will get or should I request a full if an EU intermediate might pop me into a Smart Car ?? :) For the Zurich Rental we WILL be driving a lot (into Austria and around Switzerland), for the Brussels rental it will be more local travel. Any comments appreciated.

Perhaps a VW Passat TDI

Hmm, no insight other than the one??

Would I be better off asking for an Automatic or Manual if I wanted to get a nice car? I'm getting the Nav option, and base request is for an Intermediate (but I'm 5* if that might help).

Go to http://www.hertz.com .

Click "Locations, Cars, and More".

Click "Vehicle Guide".

Put in the location (e.g. "Zurich").

Select the type of vehicle (e.g. "Car/Convertible", "Estate", etc.).

Click each vehicle to determine its size class (even without clicking, you'll see the passenger and luggage capacity and manual or automatic transmission symbols by each vehicle).

Right now I'm requesting an intermediate with navigation, manual transmission ok. Any ideas what I will get or should I request a full if an EU intermediate might pop me into a Smart Car ?? :)

I flew into BRU quite a few times back in 2005 and I always booked a "B" car (I guess that would a Compact, right?). Their selection in that class is not real good, but at least I never got put into Smarts... Lots of Opel Astras, and I drove a Ford Focus C Max MPV way too many times. I also drove an A-Class Mercedes, which will forever rank as a completely forgettable experience.

After I made Presidents' Circle, they started bumping me to "C" class, which I believe is the equivalent to Intermediate. I got many Ford Mondeo and Opel Vectra vehicles, in various configurations (the station wagon being the more common). I know they have several Renaults, Volvos, and Mercedes Benzes, but I never got anything remotely interesting. Serviceable, yes. Interesting, no. YMMV....

As Presidents Circle I always book C class best upgrade from that Jaguar X-type ZHR and MErcedes E class BRU. It just depends on what they have