National Car Rental

National Car Rental is a rental car company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The company was formed in 1947 when a group of 24 independent car rental operators with 800 vehicles and 60 locations joined together to form National Car Rental.

In 1959, the group incorporated as a for-profit corporation. Over the years, National developed its products and in 1954, they became the first car rental brand to offer one-way rentals for those wishing to rent cars in one town and leave them in another.

In 1966, National equipped its regional reservation offices with the "Telemax" computer system, officially becoming the first car rental company to bring computers into daily reservation operations. After airline industry deregulation in 1976, National opened its doors to the new wave of leisure travellers when it became the first to offer flat rates to car renters.

Since 1987, National has marketed the Emerald Club to its renters, which was the first frequent-renter program in the car rental industry.

National Car Rental is now one of the world's largest rental car companies and serves customers through a network of more than 2,000 locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, Africa and Australia.

Related Links
• Car Rental Companies : Background Information on most popular car rental firms
• National UK : The web site of National car rentals in the UK
• National Worldwide : The web site of National car rentals worldwide operations