Dollar Rent A Car Facts:
- Founded in 1966 in Los Angeles, California, Dollar Rent A Car was originally called "Dollar A Day Rent A Car."
- The company's first fleet of rental cars consisted of a few Volkswagen Beetles with manual transmissions and no air conditioning.
- From the beginning, Dollar's philosophy has been to provide its customers with a combination of the very best service at the most competitive prices.
- In August 1990, Dollar was acquired by Chrysler and was made part of its Pentastar Transportation Group, along with Thrifty Car Rental and Snappy Car Rental in Tulsa (Snappy was subsequently sold in 1994).
- With 629 worldwide car hire locations in 52 countries, including more than 359 in the United States and Canada, and 60 in the UK under the Thrifty brand, Dollar offers great value car hire to customers around the world.
- Although "dollars" are used in roughly two dozen countries, including the United States, Canada, Taiwan and New Zealand, it's a word that is often misspelt. Some of the more common misspellings and typos include:
- Dolar, which is the Spanish form of "Dollar," however when it's spelt "dolor" it becomes the Spanish word for "grief"
- Doller, which is simply a common misspelling of the English word "Dollar"
- Dolla, which could be due to the rise in popularity of Dolla, a US hip-hop artist
