California Car Hire

Choose National for California car hire and experience all the natural and man-made wonders this state has to offer. With much of the state benefiting from a Mediterranean climate, California is situated on America's West Coast and borders the Pacific Ocean. It is home to the cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and San Jose. California Central Valley is the state's agricultural heartland and comprises the Sacramento Valley (north) and San Joaquim Valley (south). Mount Whitney is the highest peak in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range.

Car hire in California is available from 29 National Car Rental branches in 24 cities including Bakersfield, Berkeley, Concord, Escondido, Fresno, Los Angeles, Monterey, Palm Springs, Sacramento and Santa Ana. Seven California car rental branches are on-airport.

As part of Enterprise group, National's fleet is among the youngest on the road today offering maximum choice to suite every budget and circumstance. National also has the greenest and most fuel efficient fleet of any carhire company in the US including FlexFuel vehicles and gas/electric hybrids. Thanks to National's unique "Choice" service, customers can choose their hire car from all those available in the group at 60 key gateway airports, such as Los Angeles, Oakland, Ontario, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose. And there's never any worry about getting lost with the latest Nüvi 260W GPS available now with any Californian car rental.