Luxury Category in UK
May 8, 2019, 7:51 am
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I've previously been offered a choice between the E class, an Audi A6 Avant (which I took) or a Hyundai Santa Fe at the LHR station. Last time they were all out of the category so I was upgraded to a Volvo XC60.
May 8, 2019, 9:51 pm
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May 9, 2019, 3:15 am
#5
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: France
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saw a couple of 5-series when I last rented at LHR in 2017
Haven't seen an S90, but enquired last year about what vehicles could be in the fleet in the "E-class group", and I was told that E-class, A6, 5-series, S90 and another one I don't remember were on that list
One fun thing to note is that whilst the XC60 is a Select series in the UK, it's in the same group as the C-class in France (EDIT: not anymore)
Haven't seen an S90, but enquired last year about what vehicles could be in the fleet in the "E-class group", and I was told that E-class, A6, 5-series, S90 and another one I don't remember were on that list
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May 14, 2019, 9:35 am
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2 years is a very long time when it comes to rental fleets.
They used to have BMWs on regular basis, and I've rented the 5 and the 3 series many times in the past, but they have't had these for a while now.
If you look at the fleet list on the website, all categories show a few examples in the category, except Executive automatic and Luxury Automatic which show the C class and E class but nothing else.
They used to have BMWs on regular basis, and I've rented the 5 and the 3 series many times in the past, but they have't had these for a while now.
If you look at the fleet list on the website, all categories show a few examples in the category, except Executive automatic and Luxury Automatic which show the C class and E class but nothing else.