Nissan's rental car strategy carries risk as US sales slow

Southfield, Michigan

WHEN his car needed weeks of transmission work and his dealer was out of loaners, Myles Arnett was sent to a nearby Hertz rental-car lot. He had his pick of Nissan Altima and Sentra sedans to choose from - and little else.

"Over the past two, three years, predominantly Nissan is what's on the lot, whether it's Enterprise or Hertz," said Mr Arnett, a Columbus, Ohio-based computer-network administrator who rents vehicles several times a year.