Europcar AMAG Services AG

Do you wish to be fully mobile, from tip to toe? Although car renting is our primary activity at Europcar, we also provide supplementary services that ensure that you are always mobile, wherever you might be. All strictly according to your wishes and fully in line with our motto, "happy to help". At more than 90 locations in Switzerland, we rent approximately 5,500 vehicles, including passenger cars, utility vehicles and fun cars. Thanks to our membership in the AMAG Group , our fleet consists almost exclusively of vehicles bearing the VW, Audi, Porsche, Seat and Skoda marques. Our vehicle fleet is practically unsurpassed in reliability and exclusivity. And if you are travelling with your own vehicle, our Valet parking service will save you having to search for a parking place at the Zurich, Geneva or Basel airport. If you would rather leave the driving to someone else, our Chauffeur drive service. will take you to your destination in the vehicle of your choice. Regardless of whether it's a one-way trip or a multi-day journey.

Network

With over 60 years’ experience and around six million drivers in 2014, Europcar is a world player and Europe’s leading vehicle rental firm. With a presence in more than 140 countries worldwide, the group’s network provides short- and medium-term vehicle rental solutions for its customers. With an average fleet of 200,000 vehicles, the group applies its extensive knowledge of the vehicle rental sector to provide its business and leisure customers with a wide range of mobility solutions.

AMAG

The AMAG Group, a business which moves Switzerland forward, quite literally - and has been doing so since 1945. AMAG is the general importer for Switzerland of the Volkswagen Group brands VW, Škoda, Audi, SEAT and VW Nutzfahrzeuge. Vehicles are distributed to our end customers via a nationwide network of dealers made up of over 80 AMAG-owned operations and some 500 brand partner operations.

www.amag.ch

Company history

1937 Franz Vasicek founded the company ‘Garage Riesbach AG'.

1937 The company expanded into the field of car park exploitation, and since then it has operated the Utoquai, Zürichhorn, Bleicherweg, Talgarten and Kongresshaus car parks in Zurich.

1969 The first counters for car rental business were opened on the Lindenstrasse in the Seefeld District in Zurich and at the Zurich-Kloten Airport. They initially operated under a license from Tilden, which was followed by National Car Rental and then Kemwel.

1988 Riesbach AG took over the Budget license and started building up an extensive location network.

1994 Careal Holding purchased Riesbach AG and integrated it into its AMAG Group.

1996 Riesbach AG took over the license from Europcar.

2000 Riesbach AG was renamed ‘AMAG Services AG'. This step underscored the connection to AMAG.

2006 Eurazeo, a French investment company, acquired 100% of Volkswagen AG's Europcar share capital.