Background	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Background Disclosure [Abstract]
Background	Background The Hertz Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, the "Company" or "Hertz") was incorporated in Delaware in 1967 and is a successor to corporations that have been engaged in the vehicle rental and leasing business since 1918. Hertz operates its vehicle rental business primarily through the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty brands from company-owned, licensee and franchisee locations in the U.S., Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and New Zealand. Through its Donlen subsidiary, Hertz provides vehicle leasing and fleet management services. All of the Company's outstanding common stock is owned by Rental Car Intermediate Holdings, LLC, which is wholly owned by Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. ("Hertz Global"). Hertz is the primary operating company for Hertz Global. On June 30, 2016, former Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., the former top level holding company for Hertz (for periods on or prior to June 30, 2016, “Old Hertz Holdings” and for periods after June 30, 2016, “Herc Holdings”) completed a spin-off (the “Spin-Off”) of its global vehicle rental business through a dividend to stockholders of record of Old Hertz Holdings as of the close of business on June 22, 2016, the record date for the distribution, of all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Hertz Rental Car Holding Company, Inc. (“New Hertz”), which was re-named Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. in connection with the Spin-Off, on a one-to-five basis. Hertz Global is now an independent public company and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HTZ". Herc Holdings, which changed its name to Herc Holdings Inc. on June 30, 2016, trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “HRI”. Despite the fact that this was a reverse spin-off and Hertz Global was spun off from Old Hertz Holdings and was the legal spinnee in the transaction, for accounting purposes, due to the relative significance of New Hertz to Old Hertz Holdings, Hertz Global, and therefore Hertz, is considered the spinnor or divesting entity and Herc Holdings, and therefore its operating company Herc Rentals Inc., is considered the spinnee or divested entity. As a result, Hertz is the “accounting successor” to Herc Rentals Inc. As such, the historical financial information of Hertz reflects the financial information of the equipment rental business as a discontinued operation. See Note 3, "Discontinued Operations," for additional information.

Background

The Hertz Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, the "Company" or "Hertz") was incorporated in Delaware in 1967 and is a successor to corporations that have been engaged in the vehicle rental and leasing business since 1918. Hertz operates its vehicle rental business primarily through the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty brands from company-owned, licensee and franchisee locations in the U.S., Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and New Zealand. Through its Donlen subsidiary, Hertz provides vehicle leasing and fleet management services.

All of the Company's outstanding common stock is owned by Rental Car Intermediate Holdings, LLC, which is wholly owned by Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. ("Hertz Global"). Hertz is the primary operating company for Hertz Global.

On June 30, 2016, former Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., the former top level holding company for Hertz (for periods on or prior to June 30, 2016, “Old Hertz Holdings” and for periods after June 30, 2016, “Herc Holdings”) completed a spin-off (the “Spin-Off”) of its global vehicle rental business through a dividend to stockholders of record of Old Hertz Holdings as of the close of business on June 22, 2016, the record date for the distribution, of all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Hertz Rental Car Holding Company, Inc. (“New Hertz”), which was re-named Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. in connection with the Spin-Off, on a one-to-five basis. Hertz Global is now an independent public company and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HTZ". Herc Holdings, which changed its name to Herc Holdings Inc. on June 30, 2016, trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “HRI”.

Despite the fact that this was a reverse spin-off and Hertz Global was spun off from Old Hertz Holdings and was the legal spinnee in the transaction, for accounting purposes, due to the relative significance of New Hertz to Old Hertz Holdings, Hertz Global, and therefore Hertz, is considered the spinnor or divesting entity and Herc Holdings, and therefore its operating company Herc Rentals Inc., is considered the spinnee or divested entity. As a result, Hertz is the “accounting successor” to Herc Rentals Inc. As such, the historical financial information of Hertz reflects the financial information of the equipment rental business as a discontinued operation. See Note 3, "Discontinued Operations," for additional information.