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Thrifty Car & Van Rental UK has come a long way since its inception over 40 years ago. Our story began in 1971 when family run company, the Scot Group, began trading with a modest fleet of three Mark II Cortinas, one Escort and five commercial vehicles, all of which were second hand. As the company developed, in 1973 it was able to rent a small office in a garage in Exeter with four parking spaces. Developments continued at pace and in 1979, Scot Hire made its first bulk vehicle purchase of six Vauxhall Chevettes. Expansion has continued at pace ever since, with new branches being opened every year and the vehicle fleet consistently growing. Indeed today, Scot Group Ltd runs a comprehensive fleet of more than 20,000 cars, and 5,500 vans and minibuses. Thrifty currently operates in 85 locations across the UK. Our head office is based in Exeter.

Thrifty Car & Van Rental UK has come a long way since its inception over 40 years ago. Our story began in 1971 when family run company, the Scot Group, began trading with a modest fleet of three Mark II Cortinas, one Escort and five commercial vehicles, all of which were second hand. As the company developed, in 1973 it was able to rent a small office in a garage in Exeter with four parking spaces. Developments continued at pace and in 1979, Scot Hire made its first bulk vehicle purchase of six Vauxhall Chevettes. Expansion has continued at pace ever since, with new branches being opened every year and the vehicle fleet consistently growing. Indeed today, Scot Group Ltd runs a comprehensive fleet of more than 20,000 cars, and 5,500 vans and minibuses. Thrifty currently operates in 85 locations across the UK. Our head office is based in Exeter.

Thrifty Car Rental takes pride in giving you smiles all the way on your journey throughout New Zealand. We believe that car rental is more than just A to B, ensuring we deliver value, quality, service in the tourism, leisure, business and local rental market. Our 33 branches span across the country from the very top of the North Island to the very bottom of the South Island. Our fleet range looks at meeting all of our customer’s requirements. We have a wide range of late model vehicles including compact, fullsize, intermediate, mini, people movers, SUV, and utes and vans. All cars have an ANCAP 5 star rating with additional vehicle features. An additional feature that customers can choose is our GreenFleet initiative – one tree will be planted for every 600km travelled in a Thrifty rental car. This initiative helps Thrifty reduce emissions, transport costs and improve transport efficiency. Thrifty has been recognised for various awards including Tourism Marketing Campaign and Customer Service. At Thrifty we want to do our part to ensure New Zealand’s roads are safe. We are a proud supporter of Brake, the road safety charity and Beep Beep! Day – educating young lives about road safety.

Thrifty Car Rental takes pride in giving you smiles all the way on your journey throughout New Zealand. We believe that car rental is more than just A to B, ensuring we deliver value, quality, service in the tourism, leisure, business and local rental market. Our 33 branches span across the country from the very top of the North Island to the very bottom of the South Island. Our fleet range looks at meeting all of our customer’s requirements. We have a wide range of late model vehicles including compact, fullsize, intermediate, mini, people movers, SUV, and utes and vans. All cars have an ANCAP 5 star rating with additional vehicle features. An additional feature that customers can choose is our GreenFleet initiative – one tree will be planted for every 600km travelled in a Thrifty rental car. This initiative helps Thrifty reduce emissions, transport costs and improve transport efficiency. Thrifty has been recognised for various awards including Tourism Marketing Campaign and Customer Service. At Thrifty we want to do our part to ensure New Zealand’s roads are safe. We are a proud supporter of Brake, the road safety charity and Beep Beep! Day – educating young lives about road safety.

Thrifty Car Rental is one of the fastest growing independent car rental companies in South Africa, Namibia and Mauritius. We have a national footprint with branches located at all major airports as well as centrally located city branches. The company is in existence since 2002 and forms part of the SAFY Group. Our fleet, in excess of over 6 000 vehicles, is replaced every 12 months with current models, ensuring that we provide customers with the best quality vehicles. The fleet ranges from compact hatchbacks and sedans, sport utility vehicles, luxury cars, van rentals to more spacious minivans. We are a proud Level 2 BBBEE company and a member of the South African Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association. Over the years, Thrifty Car Rental has won numerous awards for Best Car Rental Company.

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