PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT - DOLLAR THRIFTY (Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc.)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc.

6. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Major classes of property and equipment consist of the following:

	December 31,

	2011			2010
	(In Thousands)
Land	$	12,009		$	12,022
Buildings and improvements		21,382			23,325
Furniture and equipment		81,014			81,847
Leasehold improvements		128,938			128,742
Construction in progress		5,293			2,824

		248,636			248,760
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(164,358	)		(158,532	)

	$	84,278		$	90,228

The Company did not have any charges for asset impairments in 2011. In 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded a $0.4 million and $1.6 million, respectively, non-cash charge (pretax) related primarily to the impairment of assets at its company-owned stores ($0.3 million and $0.9 million after-tax, respectively).

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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