now enterprise car club type limited company founded 2000 headquarters leeds united kingdom area served united kingdom website www.enterprisecarclub.co.uk city car club was a british car club operator . established in 2000 and with around 840 vehicles 1 it is the oldest and one of the largest car clubs operating at a national scale in the country . in april 2015 city car club was acquired by enterprise car holdings and was renamed enterprise car club . 2 operating a range of low emissions vehicles it uses the now standard technologies of online booking and smartcard access to the cars . relying upon support from local authorities city car club works in partnership with communities attempting to supplement existing public transport infrastructure and act as an alternative to conventional car ownership . 3 on 28 august 2009 city car club acquired rivals whizzgo creating the uk s largest network of hourly rental cars . 4 in 2010 city car club added vans to its fleet . contents 1 origins 2 membership 3 acquisition of whizzgo 4 see also 5 references 6 external links origins edit city car club fiat 500 car sharing and car clubs have been a popular choice of motorists in central europe since the late 1990s most prominently in switzerland where the organisation mobility has more than 112 000 customers . 5 influenced by this and other organisations city car club was established in 2000 in london and edinburgh and now operates in thirteen towns and cities around the uk see locations . city car club has invested over 1m in hybrid vehicles . 6 it is estimated that the average british car owner spends between 3 000 and 4 000 a year on tax maintenance and other costs ; 7 and government initiatives such as the uk commission for integrated transport as well as ngos including the campaign for better transport have cited car club membership as a valid way of reducing car ownership and the resulting congestion and pollution problems . city car club works in co operation with local government . membership edit upon joining members are issued with a smartcard or london members can use their oyster card membership number and four digit pin . they can then log on to the car club website to browse vehicle locations and book vehicles . alternatively members may call the clubhouse to book over the phone . members can extend their booking while it is under way using the on board computer provided the vehicle is available for the time specified . when the fuel gauge reaches 1 4 members are asked to fill the tank using the fuel card supplied in an information folder with each vehicle . acquisition of whizzgo edit on 28 august 2009 city car club acquired one of its competitors whizzgo creating the uk s largest network of hourly rental cars . this marked the first major consolidation within the uk car club industry and secured city car club s leading position with 500 cars in 13 cities and a membership base of 20 000 . city car club withdrew the whizzgo service in liverpool in december 2009 when the existing contract with liverpool city council expired . under the city car club name the company continued to provide on street rentals with 7 cars and 200 members by 2014 . 8 see also edit car sharing hybrid vehicle campaign for better transport references edit vehicles . welcome to enterprise car club . reducing car ownership and use understanding people and places . cts . retrieved 2007 07 08 . lucrative corporate members tempt . the independent . london . 2009 09 13 . retrieved 2009 09 13 . facts & figures pdf . mobility . retrieved 2014 08 06 . scotland today news story video . city car club . retrieved 2007 09 10 . factsheets no. 9 paying for road use case studies . cfit . retrieved 2007 05 05 . city car club expands . liverpool express . 26 november 2014 . retrieved 23 january 2015 . external links edit official website v t e vehicle rental brands car rental ace rent a car advantage rent a car alamo rent a car auto europe avis rent a car budget rent a car carzonrent citer dollar rent a car enterprise rent a car europcar firefly hertz kemwel localiza national car rental payless car rental redspot car rentals rent a wreck sixt thrifty car rental taxiforsure meru cabs carsharing autolib autoshare buffalo carshare cambio carsharing car next door car2go city car club city carshare cityhop communauto vrtucar community carshare drivenow enjoy enterprise carshare evo car share flexicar flinkster getaround go op gocar goget greenwheels hertz 24 7 justshareit mobility carsharing modo momo car sharing mylescar reachnow rideshare delaware stadtmobil turo uhaul car share yourdrive zipcar zoom recreational vehicles bunk campers canadream cruise america wicked campers truck rental budget truck rental enterprise rent a truck hertz moving truck rental northgate penske truck rental ryder u haul united rentals defunct flexcar i go phillycarshare streetcar tilden rent a car whizzgo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title city car club & oldid 729573403 categories car sharinghidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 july 2016 at 04 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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