Fuel Economy of cars can be measured in many forms for c02 per km to miles per gallon but in today’s climate it all comes down to cost. The UK government has launched a new service for you to browse the full car market to see on a number of different measurements the most Eco and wallet friendly cars available from your local showroom.

So if you take the cost of the fuel and averaged it out over your first 12,000 miles – how much in fuel has it cost to run the car?

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Fuel Policies

They Do Differ From Supplier to Supplier

Once upon a time car rental was a similar package no matter where you picked it up. The fuel tank was full, you had an insurance excess on CDW / Theft and you had to return the vehilce full with fuel. If you didn’t you were charged a premium cost for the fact the rental company had to fill it up.

Well then for Car Hire Spain it all got very competitive, the cost of holidays reduced and a handful of rental companies thought of a great way of getting the edge over the big boys. Thus was born the concept of giving zero excess on insurance, charging the customer for the fuel in the car and asking them to return it empty.

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Although the cost of a barrel of oil recently dropped ending months of escalating prices, the cost of fuel is still high and maybe putting people off driving long distances.

We we at Automatic Car Hire hope to give you a few tips to save some money and allow you to do the thing rental cars were designed for – drive!

Petrol, Diesel or Hybrid…

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