ANC Rental Corporation (“ANC Rental”) was a
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
corporation, created in October 1999 by
AutoNation, Inc. as a wholly owned subsidiary.
The company owned
Alamo Rent A Car
Alamo Rent a Car is a rental car agency based in Clayton, Missouri, United States. The company has branches across North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and Oceania. Alamo is owned by Enterprise Holdings, along with other ...
,
National Car Rental
National Car Rental is a private American rental car agency based in Clayton, Missouri, United States. National is owned by Enterprise Holdings, along with other agencies including Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and Alamo Rent a Car. National typically c ...
, CarTemps and was a 2000 AutoNation spin-off to its shareholders, made public on July 3, 2000. With a fleet of 214,000 cars (2002), the business serviced both business and leisure travelers using 3,200 in-airport and near airport locations in the US, and 69 other countries, including
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
,
Mexico
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, the
Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
,
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
, Asia, the Pacific Rim, Europe, and Middle East.
Revenue was $2.4B US as of December 31, 2002, including $338 million from non-USA operation, mostly from the
United Kingdom
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.
Autodaq Corp. (Menlo Park, Calif.), a subsidiary to help remarket cars via online auctions.
On November 13, 2001, the company filed for protection under US bankruptcy Chapter 11 in Wilmington, DE. The filling did not include its international or Canadian operations, nor its independent franchisees.
In 2003, the company changed its name to
Vanguard Car Rental USA Inc.
Egan owned Alamo before it was merged into AutoNation.
References
Defunct companies based in Oklahoma
Holding companies established in 1999
Enterprise Holdings
1999 establishments in Oklahoma
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