Car hire prices at Detroit Airport

For November 2026 at Detroit Airport, budget around £43 a day for an Intermediate, the Volkswagen Jetta size, booked around a month before your trip. An Economy, the Mitsubishi Mirage size, averages £38 a day, while a Compact, the Nissan Versa size, averages £40 at that lead time. Leave booking until the last 2 weeks and the Intermediate, the Volkswagen Jetta size, averages £44 a day, £1 more. Use the price checker to compare your quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Detroit Airport, book around a month before your trip: an Intermediate, the Volkswagen Jetta size, averages £43 a day then, against £44 in the last 2 weeks. Across the year, a Volkswagen Jetta-sized Intermediate averages £71 a day booked 9 months before your trip, against £50 in the last 2 weeks, so you have not missed the lower typical price by waiting. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup, so booking at that point is not unusually late.

Budget is cheapest at Detroit Airport for an Intermediate, the Volkswagen Jetta size, averaging £51 a day over the last 12 months from 1,857 prices, but you need a credit card. Budget does not yet have enough reviews for a score, and its pickup desk averages 38 minutes, so allow time before your next appointment. Thrifty averages £52 a day for a Volkswagen Jetta-sized Intermediate over the last 12 months from 1,245 prices, £1 more than Budget, and accepts a debit card. Thrifty scores 76/100 from 655 reviews in the last 5 months, with an average desk wait of 24 minutes.

The cheapest company can cost you a longer queue or a bigger deposit, so check the review score and desk wait beside each car in the results before you book.

Choose National for the strongest review score at Detroit Airport: it scores 99/100 from 268 reviews in the last 5 months, and its desk wait averages 4 minutes. National is not the cheapest: a Volkswagen Jetta-sized Intermediate averages £67 a day over the last 12 months from 4,358 prices. Budget averages £51 a day for the same Volkswagen Jetta-sized Intermediate over the last 12 months from 1,857 prices, but does not yet have enough reviews for a score. National costs £16 more a day, so weigh the review score and shorter wait against your budget.

Review scores are CarTrawler customers' own, from the last five months; the score and the desk wait sit beside each car in the results.

At Detroit Airport, the checked deposits range from £151 with Budget to £227 with Avis, and only 1 of 8 companies, Thrifty, accepts a debit card without a car-specific restriction. Another 2 companies, Hertz and Dollar, accept debit cards for some cars only; 5 companies require a credit card. If you need to use a debit card, filter for it before comparing prices and check the deposit and card rule beside your chosen car. Extras charged at the desk are listed under each car with their price.

If you bring your own child seat, check your airline's rules first: most carry one free, some charge.

At Detroit Airport, allow for Budget's 38-minute average pickup wait and check your card before booking, because 5 of the 8 desks accept credit cards only. If your onward timing is tight, compare that wait with National's 4-minute average or Alamo's 7-minute average before choosing a desk. Do not assume a debit card will work: Thrifty accepts one, while Hertz and Dollar accept one for some cars only, so check the rule for your chosen car.

Only 49% of prices at Detroit Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For 4 people with a bag each, choose an Intermediate, the Volkswagen Jetta size, at Detroit Airport: £43 a day on average in November 2026, booked around a month before, with 5 seats and 4 bags. A Compact, the Nissan Versa size, averages £40 a day at that lead time and seats 5 but takes only 3 bags, so choose it only if you can pack lighter. A Fullsize, the Chevrolet Malibu size, averages £51 a day and seats 6 but still takes only 4 bags, so the extra seats do not solve a luggage shortage. Over the last 12 months, 100% of cars offered are automatic, so you do not need a separate automatic upgrade. Electric and hybrid cars are not offered, so look beyond this selection if you need either.