Every time I see someone around me "bravely" getting into some economical, affordable used cars, I always subconsciously feel nervous about them. This subconscious tension comes entirely from my experience serving my own old Passat over the past eleven years. It should be said that this old Passat is indeed worthy of me, and the happiness and convenience it brings to me far exceeds the energy I need to pay to serve it, not to mention the various maintenance knowledge I have learned by serving it.
In the past two or three years, the average monthly mileage has been less than 100 kilometers
But I know that not everyone pays a huge price of time and money to serve the dream car in their minds, especially when it becomes an old used car. Therefore, I think that in recent years, the C to C car rental platform of young colleague Amway is very good: the owner of the car who has the resources and can play to open puts his car on it, and the car fan who has the heart to spend some money to rent a car is also very happy to temporarily realize a dream. However, this method also has some hidden dangers, such as relatively rare models, what should I do if there is a tricky maintenance problem after the lease ends? According to my own experience of the car, whenever I encounter a troublesome thing of a similar nature, I may be able to breed the heart to sell the car!
In order to unify the data units of the driving computer into a metric system, I had a lot of effort ten years ago
So, while C to C is a path to go, I'm more greedy to think that it would be better if companies with more resources could turn this kind of ordinary people's need to experience niche or classic cars into a small and beautiful business. You may say that this matter is not new in European and American countries or regions, but if the car brand is personally down, I think it is still quite worth looking forward to.
Although HAGERTY is not a brand, it is also a resource-rich platform
Toyota's travel brand KINTO began to warm up its new business in the Japanese market during this time - KINTO Vintage Club. As soon as I saw a word like Vintage, it was natural that I had just mentioned - the official end of the car brand, providing consumers with a "small and beautiful" classic car rental service. As the most influential car brand in Japan, Toyota actually has a huge number of classic car resources, especially its various institutions collect classic vehicles from all over the world. However, since it is a rental car to be delivered to the public for actual use, in addition to the basic car condition to be perfect, the "modern" classic car that does not take much time to adapt and learn the operation skills is the best choice. For the Japanese domestic market, between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s, local domestic models with good reputation and topicality are naturally the first choice for KINTO Vintage Club.
Car brands stand behind the classic car rental business, this should be the first time?
With a slight regret, the KINTO Vintage Club now offers only four classic cars, or classic sports cars, for rental: the 1974 Toyota Corolla Levin, the 1975 Toyota Celica 2000 GT Lifeback, the 1982 Toyota Sounder 2.8 GT-Limited and the 1992 Toyota Subra 2.5 TwinTurbo Aero Top. According to the vehicle booking page, a new toyota MR2 1600G-Limited Supercharger will join the ranks of rental vehicles in the near future.
Corolla Levin TE27, this little thing should look like fun...
From the slightly crude but historically important Corolla Levin TE27 to the third-generation Supra, which experienced the peak era of Japanese sports cars, it should be said that the rental fleet of these five sports cars is a visual demonstration of the Toyota brand's exploration of sports cars and subsequent achievements since the 1970s. Spending a week in such an intuitive way to experience the Toyota brand's perception of sports cars at different times and for different market segments is simply enviable. I even think that after going through these Few Toyota Sports Cars, it is not uncommon to go directly to the Toyota showroom closest to the return point to place an order for a new GR Yaris.
Celica 2000 GT LB, both 1975 years old, such an obvious "tribute" to Mustang, is enough!
Although in the short and medium term, it is impossible for us to travel to Japan to experience the new business of KINTO classic car rental, but in order to be able to make our content more comprehensive, I will list the rental prices of the four cars that have been launched: except for the "latest" 1992 Toyota Supra 2.5 TwinTurbo Aero Top, which is 30,000 yen / day, the other three models are 35,000 yen / day, if the reservation rental time is more than five days, Price is reduced by 5,000 yen per day.
The original Soarer, the side profile of this car is actually a bit strange, the carriage is a little high, isn't it?
I believe that a new business like Vintage Club, at its current scale, is unlikely to have a profit opportunity, and I also believe that KINTO's launch of such a new business is not in itself aimed at making massive profits. From another point of view, this way of doing business with "feelings" that people at least have to love may be the most down-to-earth practice that we can often hear or read, the so-called "carrying the responsibility of automobile culture inheritance".
Three generations of Supra, Targa models, but also equipped with BBS circle, good!