SPECIALIST sports and performance vehicle rental company City Inter-Rent has opened a new showroom in London's Canary Wharf.

The site will handle both face-to-face and telephone enquiries and comes amid a new expansion programme at the firm.

City Inter-Rent includes Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Land Rover, Jaguar, Lotus, Ferrari and Porsche among its rental fleet. City Inter-Rent director Peter Cooke, said: 'This is an exciting move for the company and provides us with a very high profile location.'

Services from the firm, which also has a site in Bayswater, include City Solutions, aimed at bodyshop customers involved in no-fault accidents who are looking for a replacement prestige car.