Our Fleet of Cars
Our fleet includes 23 gas-sipping, low emissions cars, including the world’s first shared solar-powered plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. HOURCAR offers the greenest vehicles available while providing utility and value to our members. HOURCAR’s signature vehicle, the hybrid Toyota Prius, seats four adults comfortably (and five with not too much squeezing) and can take a lot of cargo since the back seats fold flat. It’s simple to slide in a bike or a pair of skis or the in-laws’ luggage or a 10-foot-long two-by-four or a slab of plywood (even if the in-laws are not).
To find out more about any of our vehicles, select them below to see additional information.
Honda Element
Have a lot of stuff? The Element is for you. With back seats that fold up and out of the way, doors which let you slide four-by-four-by-six foot items (think: mattresses, bureaus, chandeliers) in with ease. With 77 cubic feet of cargo space, it’s like a pickup truck with a roof!
Honda Fit
HOURCAR has two Honda Fits, in the Kingfield neighborhood of Minneapolis and at Macalester College in Saint Paul. The Fit is a peppy hatchback that comfortably seats four (and seats up to five). Its rear seats fold flat so it’s super easy to get a bicycle or two, some plywood or a bag of mulch in the back. And while it’s not a hybrid, with highway mileage in the upper-30s, it’s pretty easy on the environment, too.
Honda Insight
The Insight might look like a Prius with an “H” on the front, and in some ways, it’s quite similar. The Insight gets good mileage (40+ city and highway) and has some pep, too. You can find Insights at our Seward and Hamline hubs, when they’re not humming around the Cities.
Scion xD
Similar to the Fits in our fleet, the Scion is a fuel-efficient and peppy hatchback which can easily hold four adults or, with the seats folded down, quite a bit of your stuff. It also has a built-in USB outlet and a audio cable so you can rock out to your favorite tunes without running down your battery.
Toyota Prius
The Prius is the mainstay of the HOURCAR fleet, and for good reason. It’s the most fuel-efficient car on the road, averaging about 45 mpg (and if you coax it along just right you can do even better), so it’s truly a fuel-sipper. With more than a million on the road (we have 17 of ‘em) it’s a frequent sight. But the Prius is not just for looks (and that warm, fuzzy feeling you get when the gas engine turns off). It can seat four adults (five if you squeeze a bit) or, with the back seats folded down, fit several suitcases, 10-foot-long two-by-fours, even a bicycle (with the wheels still attached!).
Toyota Prius Plug-in
What’s more efficient than a Prius? Well, a Prius with an extra battery pack that can power the car for 25 miles on a quarter’s-worth of electricity (especially when it’s powered by a nearby solar panel). HOURCAR had the first plug-in hybrid vehicle in the state of Minnesota and one of the first in the nation (in 2006), which lives at Selby and Dale in Saint Paul, and has another at the 46th Street LRT station in Minneapolis. When you drive one of these cars, remember to unplug it before your reservation (and plug it back in afterward) and, if you drive it easily on city streets, you can go miles before the gas engine kicks in.
Plus, you can ask people one of the best questions ever: “Do you have anywhere I can plug in my car?”
Toyota Yaris
The Yaris is a small, cute car which, despite not being a hybrid, gets impressive mileage (nearly 40 mpg!). It’s surprisingly roomy inside, seating four adults or, with the seats folded down, holding quite a bit of stuff, a bunch of suitcases or a couple of bicycles. Our Yaris lives in the North Loop, so check it out there!
