Brave souls taking keys and leaving. I wouldn’t be shocked it Hertz pressed charges against all of them for theft, including the Denver mayor. Sure it would be publicity suicide, but when has that ever stopped a rental car company from trying to horse whip a customer!

I mean, that’s sort of how it works at National for Emerald Club members. Just roll into the right aisle and take a car. Easy peasy. 

See the court case Finders v Keepers.

The most surprising part about all of this is that Hertz didn’t try to immediately arrest all of the customers.

I don’t see the Altima anywhere on those lists.

Depending on the manufacturer it’s not necessarily a better deal or even a better experience. It’s just a lead-generator where they set the prices like TrueCar. There may be an extra little rebate for members but it’s still the same going into the dealer and negotiating everything else even if selling price is set.

With a base price of mid 40s, I’m assuming the one in the photos will be pushing low/mid $50s when it comes out. Wild.

Why is this a comment?

I guess the good thing that could come out of this, is the MAGA people finally adopting EVs, or at least more open to them. I would like to nominate all old school muscle cars.

Any four wheel drive lifted pickup is automatically MAGA.  And completely intolerant of anyone on two wheels, be it bicycle, E-bike, or motorcycle.

They must stop blacking out windows on press photos. Specifically in a way that is illegal in most places. They can’t even disclaimer “shown with optional equipment”, more like “shown with illegal tint”. I know, showing a driver is really difficult (Asian? Black? White? Female? Male?).

I like it. I doesn’t look like your standard cookie cutter coupe / sedan / lifted blob that everyone is making.

Probably not helping is that it seems incredibly popular with dickheads.

Donald Trump was not elected the editor of Jalopnik. I hope this helps. 

Where does it state it was an electric car? The Drive only mentions electric cars in the stupidity of Hertz charging for gas on an electric rental, even the original source One Mile at a Time doesn’t mention the car brand or engine type.

I’m thinking they just chose that pic to have something cool to put in the header. I don’t see anywhere it mentions it actually being an EV. That would indeed be near impossible.

LOL right, also unlimited means UNLIMITED unless it says it’s not in the fine print. But also how the hell do you drive 25k miles in a month. Like 1000 miles a day is almost 15 straight HOURS driving 70 mph. I like to drive but damn. That’s like driving across the US almost 9 times in a month.

Hertz is doing something stupid and having it blow up on social media is as predictable as a rainy day in Seattle 

Aye, personally I agree; but it’s how things tend to work with luxury goods. Rich people are willing to pay extra for the privilege. Similar to how a luxury hotel charges for WiFi and breakfast, when the Holiday Inn includes both in the rate.