Everybody Hertz in the Corvette ZHZ

Go to the Hertz car hire desk at LAX and you could ease out onto Highway One in a special-edition Corvette. That’s because the company has teamed up with General Motors to create 500 Corvette ZHZ models, available from June 16 in 24 major metropolitan areas around the country.

Sporting a distinctive yellow-and-black livery (the Hertz color scheme), the ZHZ is part of Hertz’s Fun Collection. And fun it should be, since its 6.2-liter V-8 engine is good for 436 horsepower, which is a spry six more horses than a showroom-stock, entry-level Corvette. It also has a ‘sport’ suspension setting for a customized ride, special seven-spoke wheels and a performance exhaust to give it an aural presence that matches its visual impact.

The financial impact runs at $780.49 a week, which says ‘hurts’ more than ‘Hertz.’ But for that, Sirius satellite radio is thrown in. The ZHZ Corvette is available in coupe form only, which might disappoint visiting convertible lovers hoping to experience sunny SoCal to the full, but it does have a racing car-style paddle-shifting six-speed transmission. Not that anyone should be tempted to give this car some serious stick. No one abuses hire cars, right?

-- Colin Ryan

Photo: Hertz

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[Pete Yunker]

These ZHZ's have removable hard-tops, so you can still enjoy the SoCal sun...