[devinegan]

I haven’t seen anyone mention car rentals in this thread. It is a huge bonus to have an interface, maps, music, etc you know and trust. When renting a car in the last 5 years it is basically standard to have access to CarPlay, and it is the same system many of us use in our own cars. Will rental companies buy vehicles without it, and support this move too?

[gnicholas]

This is a good point, but pretty much all rental companies have GM vehicles, and renters get stuck with whatever is available. I doubt renters will change their behaviors because they won't be able to effectively avoid GM vehicles. So as a result, rental companies won't change their behavior either.

It will just suck for renters a bit more than before.

[lotsofpulp]

Maybe, maybe not. I would pay $10 more per day for a car with CarPlay.

And I would pick Enterprise over Avis if it came down to availability of CarPlay.

[gnicholas]

But is there any chance that one rental company would actually be able to guarantee CarPlay availability (meaning no GM vehicles)? Seems unlikely to me.

[lotsofpulp]

I don’t see why not. They buy plenty of non GM cars to rent.

[gnicholas]

Sure, but they can't guarantee that you'll get a non-GM car, since they never know if they'll have availability in advance. Sometimes you show up and they don't have the vehicle type, or any vehicle whatsoever.

[kayodelycaon]

I've seen a lot of Toyotas and Kias for rentals. Not a lot of American cars.

[criddell]

I always travel with a phone mount in case my rental car doesn't have CarPlay.