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'''Kemwel''' is an independent [[car rental]] consolidator based in [[Portland, Maine]], United States, with access to over 750,000 vehicles in [[Europe]] and worldwide from over 4,000 pick up locations.
==Background==
The company dates from 1908 as a parking garage in [[New York City]] but became a [[Studebaker]] dealer, then, finally in 1958, a [[Mercedes-Benz]] dealer. It was the addition of the Mercedes line that prompted the owner to branch out into rental vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-07 |title=The Benefits of Riding With a Professional Driver |url=https://www.l3limo.com/the-benefits-of-riding-with-a-professional-driver |access-date=2024-09-30 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Due to Mercedes' insistence that buyers come to the factory in Germany to buy the vehicles at a discounted price, once there, the [[customer]]s usually had to wait while the vehicle was being built. Most of these clients needed [[transportation]], so the idea to branch out into car rentals was born and implemented.
In 2001, Kemwel moved to Portland, Maine. It is a sister company to [[Auto Europe]]. Kemwel focuses now on low-cost and student car rentals, [[Peugeot]] short term car leasing, and budget [[airfare]].{{cn|date=August 2023}}
==See also==
* [[National Car Rental]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.kemwel.com/ Official Website]
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