Shelby Hertz May 9, 2022

[98SVT - was 06GT]

A return airline ticket or itinerary*+ in the same name as the driver's license.

No local rentals for cars & coffee burnouts.

Here is one of the Hertz Camaros rented for a VARA drivers school at Button Willow.

How purty it Looks like a bumbly bee.
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That's what we called both of these with their yellow/black paint schemes. I remember when we shot this in Petersen's studio the whole building was abuzz that Shelby was there.

[6s2055]

? So, is this a Ford Shelby GT500 Hertz or from Shelby American Las Vegas? If from Shelby American who supplies the donor car...Ford or Hertz?

[FL SAAC]

Looks like a three year deal between Hertz and Shelby American. 

They will be building the GT500H supercharged and the GTH naturally aspirated

[98SVT - was 06GT]

? So, is this a Ford Shelby GT500 Hertz or from Shelby American Las Vegas? If from Shelby American who supplies the donor car...Ford or Hertz?

With the post title rules Hertz will have to buy the cars and then have them modified. ALL Shelby work is done post title today.

Anything that is done that effects emissions or crash worthiness as the car was certified by the manufacturer is illegal to do before it is sold to the first buyer. Emissions is obvious but crash worthiness even includes changing the front facia - say you used fiberglass instead of the standard flexy plastic then you would need to do crash tests. However the owner of the car can have those changes made without recertification.

[Don Johnston]

Have they posted the rental rates or each model?  I remember a decade ago that they were asking over $450/day or a GT-H at some locations.

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Have they posted the rental rates or each model?  I remember a decade ago that they were asking over $450/day or a GT-H at some locations.

In 1966 my dad refused to rent a GT350H for me to drive. I was going to pay the $17 a day and 17 cents a mile but I was 16 and not the required 25. Insurance rates were much higher for males under 25 in performance cars. That's the main reason my first new car a 1970 Roadrunner had a 3 speed. The insurance with a 4 speed was nearly double. It was also lower for an automatic but c'mon a muscle car with an automatic in the 70s was sacrilege.

[FL SAAC]

Article say rental rates $399 per day ?

carscoops.com
https://www.carscoops.com/2022/05/hertz-will-let-you-rent-a-900-hp-mustang-shelby-gt500-h-for-399-a-day/

[deathsled]

Does it come in red?

I believe it will come in red.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39954395/you-can-now-rent-a-900-hp-shelby-mustang-from-hertz/

"First, yes, at least some of the GT-H models feature black paint and gold graphics inspired by the original "Rent-A-Racer" GT-350H Hertz and Shelby unleashed upon a well-suspecting public back in 1966. But they'll also be stocked by Hertz in red, white, gray and black. – all with gold stripes. This 2022 version is actually the third revival of the concept, which also had 2006, 2007 and 2016 iterations."

[FL SAAC]

Alright, alright,  alright

Two versions;

hard top only 900 HP will come in black or white rent per day $399 plus after 75 miles daily 99 cents per additional miles

There will be 25 GT-500Hs in the Hertz fleet with 16 of them painted Shadow Black and the other six will be Oxford White which is close to the Wimbledon white hue that covered the first Shelby GT-350s.

Want to rent one? Bring a high-limit credit card and a clean driving record to the Hertz airport location that will have them available. Daily rates will start at $399 including 75 miles or use with additional miles at 99-cents each. The beastly GT-500Hs will be at the outlets in Fort Myers, Miami, Orlando and Tampa in Florida. Or in Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, Arizona. It's an affordable (relatively speaking) way to get seat time in a monster.

convertible and hard top 480 HP naturally aspirated version

But they'll also be stocked by Hertz in red, white, gray and black. – all with gold stripes.

The GT-Hs should begin showing up at Hertz this summer. There will be "about 200" each of both the coupes and convertibles. Rentals will start at $99 a day without any mileage restrictions.

[98SVT - was 06GT]

hard top only 900 HP will come in black or white rent per day $399 plus after 75 miles daily 99 cents per additional miles

Don't forget you need to return it full. What do you figure? 8 mpg? or a generous 10?
It will cost you $115 to fill up here

[Side-Oilers]

Will the Hertz GT500 cars really pack that much power?  Even 450 hp will feel like a LOT to the average car renter. 

And as for the young show-off drivers... Should we count the time between rental and crash in hours or minutes? Or by the foot.

[FL SAAC]

GT500H

[FL SAAC]

GTH

[FL SAAC]

hard top only 900 HP will come in black or white rent per day $399 plus after 75 miles daily 99 cents per additional miles

Don't forget you need to return it full. What do you figure? 8 mpg? or a generous 10?
It will cost you $115 to fill up here

Driving them in a spirited way I  would guess 8 mpg is a good number

Driving it like a decent person 15 city 24 highway

[FL SAAC]

Will the Hertz GT500 cars really pack that much power?  Even 450 hp will feel like a LOT to the average car renter. 

And as for the young show-off drivers... Should we count the time between rental and crash in hours or minutes? Or by the foot.

450 HP  will get  you in trouble,  900 HP will kill you and others around you