1.   They subcontract out the repair and maintenance of their rental car fleet.

2.   Alamo Rent-A-Car Inc., in a drive to cut costs and maintain low prices, plans to begin stocking its rental fleet with used autos.

3.   Ford has aggressively increased its market share with cash rebates and low-margin sales to rental car fleets.

4.   Ford cited shortages of the Taurus wagon and lower sales to rental fleets, but it has also started giving incentives on Taurus leases.

5.   GM lost market share partly because it is de-emphasizing sales to rental car fleets, which boost market share but can cut into profits.

6.   He noted that GM had sold an unusually large number of vehicles to rental fleets in the month.

7.   Hertz executives are contemplating ways to cut costs, including layoffs, furloughs, and reductions in the size of the rental fleet.

8.   Including sales to rental car fleets, Ford still leads GM in overall sales.

9.   Lower interest rates, higher sales to government and rental agency fleets and an improvement in consumer confidence helped boost sales, analysts said.

10.   Many of the used cars that will be sold by AutoNation will come from the National and Alamo rental fleets.