What renting a car will look like in the future

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Published 08/24/2017 at 23:49

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Answer: a lot like the 1980s. Newcastle airport rental car desks. Guessing late 80s based on hair, briefcases and logos.

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Kinja'd!!! "fintail" (fintail)
08/25/2017 at 00:08, STARS: 1

Not bad, kind of a new wave style with a touch of late brutalist thrown in.

Typical Sixt location, present day (source on watermark):

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I hope you like orange.

Kinja'd!!! "InFierority Complex" (lanciere)
08/25/2017 at 04:08, STARS: 2

I fear for the employee’s eyesight.

Kinja'd!!! "OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars" (jakeauern)
08/25/2017 at 08:15, STARS: 2

I went to th University of Tennessee and not even I could like orange that much.

Kinja'd!!! "someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired)
08/25/2017 at 09:50, STARS: 0

Yeah it’s distinctive, yet simple, and the materials are pretty inexpensive. I have to admit a bit of a weakness for brutalism though. As for the Sixt, I’m guessing this is what you get when you book a compact:

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From Wikipedia, user Les Chatfield, CC 2.0.

Kinja'd!!! "fintail" (fintail)
08/25/2017 at 10:15, STARS: 0

Is that orange car Mini-based? I swear I remember seeing something like that at BMW Welt a year or two ago.

I have a similar weakness, but for preserved time capsule custom post-mid century residential houses, from the late 60s through the 80s. Like this gem:

https://www.arthurerickson.com/wood-houses/catton-house/1/

Or this wacky thing:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/492-Mcnary-St-Independence-OR-97351/48513428_zpid/

Kinja'd!!! "BritishLeyland™" (leylandcars)
08/25/2017 at 12:24, STARS: 1

Ah, the eighties. Anyone feel like renting a Montego?

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Kinja'd!!! "someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired)
08/25/2017 at 14:08, STARS: 0

Yep, the Outspan Oranges use Mini running gear. Both of those are pretty neat, but I’d take the second, in all its wacky.

Kinja'd!!! "someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired)
08/25/2017 at 14:09, STARS: 1

Only if it has an MG logo on it.

Kinja'd!!! "fintail" (fintail)
08/25/2017 at 14:32, STARS: 0

Some of the carpet in the second one gets to me, but otherwise, I’d leave it pretty much as-is. Much more daring times in terms of design and residential architecture.

Kinja'd!!! "Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
09/03/2017 at 20:00, STARS: 0

Renting a car is one of my favorite things.