I am going to be traveling to Italy soon and am wondering what recommendations you all could make for a car rental for someone tall. I dont have a problem with a small car as long as there is leg room. I am 6'6.

thanks!

Hi Robert, my husband is 6'3" and we have never had any issues with any rental car. The seats usually go back far enough for long legs!

I don't know how this translates to feet, but my husband is 187cm tall and his favorite small car is the Fiat Punto. Of course, when you rent a car you order by class and they can give you a different model in the same class. Try to ask if the can commit on the model.

My father is 6'5" and did fine with a Ford Focus on his last trip to Europe.

I would not get the Fiat Punto Automatic "or simmilar" we have done that three times and have ALWAYS been given a Smart ForFour at the Rome Airport...I think the Smart Car would be a tight squeeze with head and leg room, IMHO.

Very long legs or very long torso? My husband is 6'7" (that's about 200cm) and he fits in very few standard-size cars. If one has enough head room, there's no place for his legs, or vice versa. Even when we reserve an SUV, we have to try out several models to get one that "fits."

I'm sorry I have no advice for the OP, but I hope finds what he needs and reports back when finds one that gives him a comfortable ride.

Americans in general have a different expectation of what "enough room" is in a car.I have friends who are barely over 5 feet ask me how I can stand to drive a Honda Civic at 6'2". It has plenty of room,it's not a rolling living room,but if you want that in europe its going to be a very expensive large Mercedes. For that count on 1000/week and several hundred more for gas.

P.S. 187 Cm is a little over 6feet 1 in
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We loved our Renault Kangoo.

kayd: i dunno whether i have long legs or torso but I sound a LOT like your husband. Sometimes just because its an SUV doesnt mean I have enough leg room. for example, I dont have enough legroom in a nissan pathfinder, xterra, or frontier, but I do have enough room in my mazda protege.

As far as how much room is "enough" room, since most cars (it seems) are stick shift, I need to be able to move my legs enough to work the pedals....headroom is rarely a problem since im young and tend to put my seat back...the biggest problems tend to be my knees jammed into the dash such that I cant turn the steering wheel, my leg is in actual pain, or my right leg has to be angled such that my foot is no longer near the pedal. I currently own and drive (in addition to my big american pickup) a mazda protege...its small, but I have what i consider to be enough room.

My husband is 6'8" and he has the "knees jammed into the dash" problem and it causes pains in his knee. We have rented from Hertz in the past and I have talked to them about his height issues when I reserved the car. They have always come thru for us -- it costs more I know. But I would rather pay than have him miserable.