Turners sticks to car subscription plans as cloud hangs over rentals

Turners sticks to car subscription plans as cloud hangs over rentals
Brent Melville
Turners Automotive will still roll out its car-sharing subscription service in June, albeit with stringent "contactless" policies, as border closures create lingering headaches for the rental car market.  Chief executive Todd Hunter said its Carly.co scheme, a “Kiwi-ism” of the Australian version of the Carly subscription service - will be launched initially in Auckland in June, likely under level 1 or 2 restrictions. He said the 100 or so cars under the scheme will be prepared under the company’s buyer safe programme it had launched and...

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