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Old Sep 24, 2002 | 3:43 pm
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car classes/letter codes

Does anyone have a list of all the various car classes + subclasses (including letter codes), and examples of vehicles in each one?
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Old Sep 27, 2002 | 12:28 pm
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Here are the Hertz vehicle classifications:

Class SIPP Car Type
STANDARD
A ECAR Economy(Hyundai Accent)
B CCAR Compact(Ford Escort)
C ICAR Intermediate(Mazda 626)
D SCAR Standard(Ford Mustang)
F FCAR Full-Size(Ford Taurus)
P PCAR Premium(Mercury Grand Marquis)
L LCAR Luxury(Lincoln Town Car)
4WD/AWD
Q CFAR Compact(Subaru Outback)
Q4 IFAR Intermediate(Ford Escape)
L SFAR Standard(Ford Explorer)
T FFAR Full-Size(Ford Expedition)
T6 PFAR Premium(Ford Excursion)
CONVERTIBLES
U STAR Standard(Ford Mustang)
VANS
R MVAR Mini(Ford Windstar)
M4 FVAR Full-Size(Ford Club Wagon)
M PVAR Premium(Ford Super Club Wagon)
M6 LVAR Luxury
SPECIAL
H PXAR Premium(Mercury Grand Marquis)
PRESTIGE COLLECTION
J XSAR Jaguar S-TYPE
J6 XCAR Jaguar X-TYPE
J4 XXAR Jaguar XJ8
H4 LWAR Volvo V70 Wagon
H6 PSAR Volvo S80 Sedan
I6 LXAR Lincoln LS
T4 LFAR Lincoln Navigator
P IJAR Land Rover Discovery

If anyone knows of missing classifications let me know!
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Old Sep 27, 2002 | 2:04 pm
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Thanks. Do the letters in front represent subclasses? Do they vary regionally? Note examples of rentals I've had in the past month:

KF Camry
XF Taurus
YC Malibu
YC Grand Am
YF Camry
YF Century
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Old Sep 28, 2002 | 10:43 am
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Well, there are ( or were ) various other combinations since the different characters in the 4 letter code have specific meanings

The 1st character seems to be the class of Car, which in the UK is in a sort of ascending order

Group A (Mini)= M (Mini 1.1)
Group B,Q (Economy)= E (Ford Fiesta 1.25)
Group C,E (Compact)= C (Ford Focus 1.6)
Group D,F (Intermediate) = I (Ford Mondeo 1.8 LX)
Group X,Y (Standard) = S (Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia)
Group V,T,M (Full Size) = F (Chrysler PT Cruiser)
Group G,J,I6,U6 (Premium) = P (Vauxhall Omega 2.2 CDX)
Group H,A6,B6,T6 (Luxury) = L (Mercedes E240)
Groups S6,L,E6,F6 (Special) = X (Mercedes S320L)

The second character denotes the tyoe of vehicle.
C,D,S,X = Car
F = 4 Wheel Drive
W = Wagon
V = Van
T = Convertible

The 3rd character indicates transmission type
M = Manual
A = Automatic

The 4th character indicates whether it has air conditioning
R = Air Conditioning
N = No Air Conditioning

A compact car with Manual transmission and no airconditioning would be CCMN for example whilst a standard manual convertible with air conditioning would be STMR. The UK list of vehicles is on http://www.hertz.co.uk/byr/fleet/index.cfm .

and the classifications currently are

MCMN, ECMN, ECAN, CDMR, CCAR, IDMR, IDAR, SDMR, FDAR, PDAR, LDAR, XDAR, XFAR, STMN, FVMR, FVAR, IWMR, PWAR, PSAR, PTAR, LXAR, LCAR, LWAR, XWAR, XCAR

Dave

[This message has been edited by Dave Noble (edited 09-28-2002).]
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