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Thrifty Car Rental Signs Partnership for New Rental Network in Turkey

Teams Up with Leading Car Rental Giant Garage Car Rental to Open Offices in Istanbul and Bodrum
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Thrifty Car Rental announced today that it has entered into a new partnership with one of Turkey's leading car rental companies, Garage Car Rental, to offer high-quality transportation solutions to meet the varied needs of residents, tourists and visiting businesspeople.

The first Thrifty Car Rental branches have already opened in key locations in Bodrum and Istanbul, with new openings planned in Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Dalaman and Antalya over the next three months, ensuring travelers have the freedom to experience everything Turkey has to offer.

Future plans include terminal desks at Istanbul, Ataturk, Antalya and Izmir airports and an airport service available at other branches across Turkey.

"Turkey remains one of the world's most popular tourist destinations and Thrifty is keen to capitalize on this constant flow of travelers. By tying up with Garage, a highly experienced rental provider that shares our focus on quality service, combined with great value for money, Thrifty is offering travelers the freedom to explore this beautiful country to their heart's content with a name they can trust," said Sam ElTibi, regional director, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group.

The rental fleet available at the new outlets will consist of premium brand vehicles from Japanese, American and European manufacturers.

"Tourism continues to thrive in Turkey and we anticipate a major spike in the number of people looking to rent cars. Our alliance with Thrifty ensures that we will have a constant supply of vehicles allowing us to consistently provide the highest standards of quality and exemplary car rental service we are known for," said an official of Garage Group.

Established in 1999, Garage Car Rental has quickly become the number one choice for anyone looking to rent passenger and commercial vehicles in Turkey for short-term usage, airport transfers, chauffeur and wedding services.

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About the Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. is a Fortune 1000 Company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Driven by the mission "Value Every Time," the Company's brands, Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental, serve value-conscious travelers in approximately 70 countries with over 1,300 locations. Dollar and Thrifty have over 800 corporate and franchised locations in the United States and Canada including operations at most major airports. The Company's more than 8,300 employees are located mainly in North America, but global service capabilities exist through an expanding international franchise network. For additional information, visit dtag.com.

Some of the statements contained in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. believes such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and certain factors could cause results to differ materially from current expectations. These factors include: price and product competition; economic and competitive conditions in markets and countries where the companies' customers reside and where the companies and their franchisees operate; natural hazards or catastrophes; incidents of terrorism; airline travel patterns; changes in capital availability or cost; costs and other terms related to the acquisition and disposition of automobiles; systems or communications failures; costs of conducting business and changes in structure or operations; and certain regulatory and environmental matters and litigation risks. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties, among others, materialize, actual results could vary from those estimated, anticipated or projected. Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time.

For more information, please contact:
Sam Eltibi
Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.
Tel: +971 4 43328833
Fax: +971 4 3324454
E-mail: sam.eltibi@thrifty.com

© Press Release 2006