Car rental companies have been around for over a hundred years
Today, it is no longer possible to determine exactly when the first car rental company was founded, some sources speak of 1906, but it is certain that the company "Sixt Autofahrten und Selbstfahrer" was founded in Germany in 1912, which was probably the first European car rental company.
In the USA, in Omaha, Nebraska, Saunders started his rental car business with just one Ford Model T, but just one year later he owned a fleet of 18 such vehicles. The second well-known car rental company was founded by Walter L. Jacobs in 1918 in Chicago, USA. He sold the company "Rent-a-Car" with a fleet of twelve Ford Model T to John Hertz in 1923. However, it was not until after the Second World War that car rental companies began to become a mass business.
Some rental companies also came up with special offers, such as Hertz with the Shelby Mustang GT350-H pictured here.
Today, we take it for granted that we can rent a car for a few francs or euros - back then, the business was still a pioneering one.
