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Old May 7th, 2013, 07:44 PM
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Rent a car in Austria

We (4 adults + 2 kids) would like to rent a car during our visit to Austria. But major companies like Hertz, Europe, Budget, Swift etc don't have a 7 seater with automatic transmission. Will you be able to guide me, is there any local companies in the market who has such vehicle and are reliable?

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Have you tried www.autoeurope.com? It appears that they have a van for rent through Europcar.
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Thanks Michael... I had checked it, but that's a manual one, I was looking for an automatic transmission.
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None of the adults knows how to drive a shift?
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Unfortunately no...
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Consider renting a manual transmission at home and teach yourself how to drive it before the trip? Just don"t burn out the clutch before returning it! ;-)
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Ha ha
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Hi all... Any other way out?
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hire a driver?

use trains and rent bikes?

does it have to be a van? Mercedes make saloons with a 3rd row of seats I think, which i would imagine come in automatic transmission versions.

however, I went to the hertz site and selected pick up at Vienna airport, and came up with this:

https://www.hertz.co.uk/rentacar/res...s#sort/size/up

which shows this towards the bottom:

(W6) Mercedes Vito 4x4 WVAR - 9 seater automatic van.

just what you want, I think.
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