Carzonrent Launches MYLES Self-Drive Service in Coimbatore

MYLES, the self-drive service from Carzonrent has expanded its network in South India by launching its services in Coimbatore. The Tamilnadu city is the 21st city to get the MYLES service. The service is available on hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis.

This car sharing and self- drive service let people hire a car and drive it themselves. At present, Myles has a fleet of Toyota Etios cars in the city and has started receiving bookings for Coimbatore — Ooty — Coimbatore, Coimbatore — Coonor — Coimbatore, Coimbatore — Thrissur — Coimbatore.

In the next three years, Carzonrent is also looking at increasing the MYLES fleet to 40,000 and touch 50 cities across the country. All its cars are centrally tracked through GPS technologies. The company claims that a customer can find a car within walking distance of his location through a mobile.

“We received a lot of enquiry calls to inquire about our presence in Coimbatore. That’s when we realized about the potential it has,” said Sakshi Vij, Executive Director, Carzonrent.

Carzonrent is aiming to expand the Myles network to 50 cities by the end of 2015. In the next three years, it is also looking at increasing the Myles fleet to 40,000.

Originally published : http://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/carzonrent-launches-myles-self-drive-service-in-coimbatore/47328332