Exhibit 10.6

10 April 2000

Michel Taride
Hertz Europe Limited

Dear Michel

It is agreed as follows:

1. During your employment

1.1 During your employment with us you must not:

      1.1.1 without our prior written consent, be Interested in any other Person
            where this may interfere, conflict or compete with our interests or
            the efficient performance of your duties;

      1.1.2 Directly or Indirectly, entice away or attempt to entice away from
            us or otherwise discourage from being employed by us any of our
            employees.

2. After your employment

2.1   You agree with us that you will not Directly or Indirectly following the
      date of your resignation or the date that we give you notice of
      termination (whichever is applicable) for a period of twelve (12) months:

      2.1.1 be Interested in any Person providing Services within the Area in
            competition with us;

      2.1.2 solicit or attempt to endeavour to solicit the custom of any
            Customer in competition with us in order to supply Services within
            the Area;

      2.1.3 supply Services to any Customer in competition with us within Area;

      2.1.4 solicit or entice away from us any Key Employee;

      2.1.5 offer employment to or employ or enter into partnership or
            association with (or offer so to do) or retain the services (or
            offer so do) whether as agent, consultant or otherwise of any Key
            Employee.




2.2   Each of the restrictions set out in this Clause will be considered
      separate from one another and it is acknowledged that each sub-clause may
      contain more than one restriction. For the avoidance of doubt each
      restriction insofar as it applies to Associated Companies shall be
      separate from the equivalent restriction as it applies to us.

2.3   The restrictions set out in this Clause and the definitions of
      "Customers", "Key Employee", "Area" and "Services" as set out in the
      schedule attached hereto are considered by the parties to be reasonable in
      all the circumstances. It is however agreed that if any one or more of
      such restrictions or definitions shall either taken by itself or
      themselves together be adjudged unreasonable in all the circumstances for
      the protection of our legitimate interests, but would be adjudged
      reasonable if any particular restriction or definition were deleted or if
      any part of the wording of such restriction or definition were deleted,
      then the parties further agree that the said restrictions and definitions
      shall apply with such deletions.

3.    Your Obligations on Termination

3.1   On your Termination Date you must return to us our Property.

3.2   You must both during your employment and at any time after the Termination
      Date provide us with such assistance as we may require in the conduct of
      such proceedings in any Court, Tribunal or other body of competent
      jurisdiction as may arise in respect of which we believe you may be able
      to provide assistance. We will pay any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
      necessarily incurred in providing such assistance.

3.3   During any period of notice, and if we continue to pay your salary and to
      provide all of your contractual benefits until the Termination Date, then
      we may:

      3.3.1 require you not to carry out your duties during the remaining period
            of your employment;

      3.3.2 require you to resign immediately from any offices you may hold with
            us. Any such requirement will not constitute a breach of your
            contract of employment with us;

      3.3.3 require you not to attend your place of work or any of our premises
            during the remaining period of your employment;

      3.3.4 require you to return to us all or any of our Property;

      3.3.5 require you to undertake work from your home and/or to carry out
            exceptional duties or special projects outside the normal scope of
            your duties and responsibilities;

      3.3.6 appoint one or more persons to carry out your duties and/or
            responsibilities and/or to assume your position.

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You agree that if you receive an offer of employment or engagement during your
employment with us or during the continuance in force of any of the restrictions
set out in this Agreement, you will immediately provide to the legal entity
making the offer a complete copy of this Agreement.

4.    Governing Law

This Agreement shall be subject to the laws of England and Wales and the parties
hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Please sign and return a copy to show your acceptance of its terms and
conditions.

SIGNED BY

_________________________

duly authorised for and on behalf of the Company and the Associated Companies

DATED

__________________________

SIGNED BY THE EMPLOYEE

__________________________

DATED

_________________________

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                              Schedule Definitions

In this Agreement, the following words or phrases shall, unless the context
requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

"Agreement"             means this agreement including the schedule.

"Area"                  means those countries in which we operated during: the
                        period of twelve (12) months immediately prior to the
                        date of your resignation or the date that we gave you
                        notice of termination (whichever is applicable) and/or
                        any period of notice, and any other country in which we
                        were actively making arrangements to operate at such
                        date provided that you were involved in such
                        arrangements.

"Associated Company"    means The Hertz Corporation and any body corporate
                        which is within the ultimate ownership of The Hertz
                        Corporation.

"Customer"              means any Person who is our customer and any Person
                        with whom or which at any time during: the period of
                        twelve (12) months immediately prior to the date of
                        your resignation or the date that we gave you notice of
                        termination (whichever is applicable) and/or any period
                        of notice, you on our behalf, have been in negotiation
                        or who or which have received a presentation or a
                        competitive pitch with which you were involved with a
                        view to the provision of our Services to such Person.

"Directly or            means (without prejudice to the generality of the
Indirectly"             expression) whether as principal or agent; whether
                        alone, jointly, in partnership with another or for or on
                        behalf of another; whether as a shareholder, director
                        (including a shadow director), agent, principal,
                        partner, consultant, employee or otherwise, or by virtue
                        of providing financial assistance.

"Key Employee"          means a person who was at any time during: during the
                        period of twelve (12) months immediately prior to the
                        date of your resignation or the date that we gave you
                        notice of termination (whichever is applicable) and/or
                        any period of notice, engaged or employed as an
                        employee, director, consultant (other than a
                        professional adviser) or agent of us and who was both:

                        -     a person with whom you personally dealt during
                              your employment by us; and

                        -     employed or engaged in an account handling,
                              financial, managerial, sales, executive,
                              professional or similar capacity.



"Interested"            means employed or engaged by or concerned or interested
                        in (whether Directly or Indirectly) other than as a
                        shareholder holding Directly or Indirectly by way of
                        bona fide investment only and subject to prior
                        disclosure to us of up to three per cent. (3%) in
                        nominal value of the issued shares or other securities
                        of any class of any company.

"Person"                means person, firm, company, association, corporation or
                        other organisation or entity.

"Property"              means all equipment, documents, credit or charge cards,
                        computer disks, computer software and hardware, portable
                        telephones, notes, specifications, minutes and papers,
                        plans, keys, customer lists and data, reports and any
                        other property (including copies, summaries and
                        excerpts) belonging to or relating to our business, or
                        created by you in the course of your employment by us,
                        which are in your possession or under your control.

"Relevant Associated    means any Associated Company to which you have in the
Company"                course of your employment by us rendered services
                        during: the period of twelve (12) months immediately
                        prior to the date of your resignation or the date that
                        we gave you notice of termination (whichever is
                        applicable) and/or any period of notice.

"Services"              means services of a type or which compete with those:

                        -     provided by us in the ordinary course of our
                              business during: the period of twelve (12) months
                              immediately prior to the date of your resignation
                              or the date that we gave you notice of termination
                              (whichever is applicable) and/or any period of
                              notice, and

                        -     the provision of which you were concerned or
                              engaged during your employment with us.

"Termination Date"      means the last day that you worked for us following
                        completion of any notice period.

"we" "us" "ours"        means Hertz Europe Limited and shall include any
                        Associated Company and any Relevant Associated Company
                        where the context so admits:

"you" "You" "your"      means the employee to whom this letter is addressed.
"Your"

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