Press Release

DBRS Assigns Final Ratings to Rental Car Finance Corp., Rental Car Asset Backed Variable Funding Notes, Series 2010-1

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April 09, 2010

DBRS has today assigned an ‘AA’ rating to the $200,000,000 Rental Car Asset Backed Variable Funding Notes, Series 2010-1 issued by Rental Car Finance Corp. The transaction has one class of notes with an expected maturity date of September 2012.

The transaction is being funded under Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group’s Rental Car Finance Corp. master trust and will be supported by a segregated series of collateral. Credit enhancement will be provided initially in the form of overcollateralization and amounts held in a cash liquidity account.

The ratings reflect the ability of the transaction to withstand stressed cash flow assumptions and repay investors according to the terms in which they have invested.

Note:
All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

The applicable methodology is Rating U.S. Rental Car Securitizations, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

This is a Structured Finance Rating.

Ratings

Rental Car Finance Corp.
  • Date Issued:Apr 9, 2010
  • Rating Action:New Rating
  • Ratings:AA (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • US = Lead Analyst based in USA
  • CA = Lead Analyst based in Canada
  • EU = Lead Analyst based in EU
  • UK = Lead Analyst based in UK
  • E = EU endorsed
  • U = UK endorsed
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  • Unsolicited Non-participating

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