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Routes, cars and the people who drive them. Reading for the days between drives.
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Road trips
Rental mileage: plan your route and choose an allowance
Plan city trips and longer routes against your car's mileage offer. Compare included kilometres, paid options, insurance and deposit before booking.
Read the story →Road trips
How Much Luggage Fits: Choosing a Rental Car by Boot Space
How many passengers and how much luggage each fleet group can carry — from two-seat coupes to the seven-seat SUV, with caveats on rear-row space.
Read the story →In the city
A Car for Prague's Narrow Streets: Size and Parking
What limits a car in Prague's historic centre — street width, garage entry height, ramp clearance — and which fleet models suit the city.
Read the story →Craft & care
Choosing a Car for a Czech Winter: Drive, Clearance, Tyres
How to choose a car for a Czech winter: why tyres come first, then drive and ground clearance, and which fleet cars suit snow, mountain roads and the city.
Read the story →Craft & care
All-Wheel Drive in a Rental Car: When You Really Need It
All-wheel drive helps in some situations and not others. Scenarios where it matters, where it doesn't, and how drive types are split across the Prague fleet.
Read the story →Road trips
Driving a Rental Car to Germany: Autobahn and Documents
What a trip from Prague to the German autobahn requires: written consent to cross the border, extended insurance, and unrestricted stretches.
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Convertible Hire in Czechia: When an Open Top Makes Sense
Czech climate and open tops: the real season, the winter tyre rule, three convertibles and a targa car in the Masons fleet, routes, and caveats.
Read the story →Craft & care
Refuelling in Czechia: Which Fuel and Where for a Rental
Three types of fuel in the rental fleet: petrol, diesel and electric. What to confirm before driving off, how fuel-level returns work, and what to avoid.
Read the story →In the city
A Car for a Business Trip: Executive or Sports Car?
What matters on a business trip in Prague: seating, rear-row access, airport delivery, and the rental package. A review of the Masons fleet.
Read the story →Craft & care
Your first powerful car: where to start behind the wheel
What changes behind the wheel of a car doing 100 km/h in three seconds: wet asphalt, cold tyres, drive modes, and entry thresholds across the Masons fleet.
Read the story →Car reviews
BMW M2 in Prague: How It Drives and Where to Take It
Compact M with dense power: who it suits, how it drives in Prague, and where to check live rates. Conditions live on the car card.
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BMW M3 in Prague: When the M Saloon Makes Sense
A sedan with M character: when it beats the M4 and how to book it in the Masons fleet. Conditions live on the car card.
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BMW M5 Hybrid in Prague: Calm in Town, Pace on the Motorway
BMW M5 from the Masons fleet for long trips: hybrid calm in town, motorway pace, and what to check on rates, deposit and daily kilometres.
Read the story →Car reviews
BMW M8 Coupé in Prague: City Driving and Spa Town Trips
BMW M8 Coupé from the Masons fleet: long trips, high speed and a premium cabin — when gran turismo makes more sense than a sharper M4.
Read the story →Car reviews
Mercedes-AMG G63 in Prague: Narrow Streets and Winter Trips
The G-Class icon at Masons: who it is for, city driving reality, and where conditions live. Conditions live on the car card.
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Mercedes-AMG SL 43 in Prague — summer roadster
Open top, AMG character and Prague nights: when the SL 43 fits and how to book. Conditions live on the car card.
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Audi R8 in Prague: Low Seat in Town, V10 on Open Roads
Audi R8 V10 at Masons when the weekend should be an event: V10 sound out of town, a low seat in Prague, and how to book the supercar.
Read the story →Car reviews
Corvette C8 from Prague: B-Roads to the Brdy and Karlštejn
Stingray in the Masons fleet: who it suits, how it behaves, and where live conditions live. Conditions live on the car card.
Read the story →On the road
Day trips from Prague by car: five weekend drives
Five short drives from Prague for one weekend: vineyards, spa towns and empty B-roads, with a calm breakfast in between and Sunday back.
Read the story →In the garage
How we look after the cars between drives
The service, detailing and quiet prep a Masons customer never sees: inspections, fluids, tyres and a cabin reset between every rental.
Read the story →In the city
A premium car for one evening in Prague: route, dinner, parking
Where to take a premium car in Prague for one evening, and where to park it without a worry — lit bridges, a long way to dinner, a guarded garage.
Read the story →Topics
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