Exhibit 99.1

AVIS BUDGET GROUP REPORTS RECORD SECOND QUARTER RESULTS

Parsippany, N.J., August 1, 2012 – Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR) today reported results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2012. For the quarter, the Company reported revenue of $1.9 billion, a 32% increase compared with the prior-year second quarter. Excluding certain items, Adjusted EBITDA increased 39% to $266 million. The Company reported net income of $112 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.94, excluding certain items. GAAP net income of $79 million was impacted by debt extinguishment costs and acquisition-related charges.

As previously announced, the Company completed its acquisition of Avis Europe plc on October 3, 2011. For the quarter ended June 30, 2012, the acquisition of Avis Europe contributed revenue of $417 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $46 million, excluding certain items. Excluding Avis Europe, the Company’s revenue grew 3% in the second quarter and Adjusted EBITDA increased 15%, excluding certain items.

“Our second quarter results reflected rental volume increases across all regions, organic earnings growth, a significant contribution from the Avis Europe acquisition and continued margin expansion,” said Ronald L. Nelson, Avis Budget Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Looking ahead, our summer reservation trends have been positive throughout the world, the effects of a weak economy in Europe appear manageable thus far, and the integration of Avis Europe is progressing as expected, giving us added confidence in our ability to achieve a run-rate of more than $35 million in annual synergy benefits by the fourth quarter.”

Executive Summary

Revenue increased 32% in second quarter 2012 compared to second quarter 2011 primarily due to a 34% increase in rental days, a 3% decrease in average daily rate and a 43% increase in

ancillary revenues. Excluding Avis Europe, volume increased 5% and pricing declined 3%. Second quarter Adjusted EBITDA increased 39% to $266 million, excluding certain items, driven by increased revenues and lower per-unit fleet costs in North America.

Business Segment Discussion

The following discussion of second quarter operating results focuses on revenue and Adjusted EBITDA for each of our operating segments. Prior-period results have been revised to reflect the movement of Canadian results from the International segment to the North America segment. Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA are expressed in millions.

North America

(Consisting of the Company’s U.S. car rental and Canadian vehicle rental operations)

Revenue increased 3% primarily due to a 6% increase in volume and a 5% increase in ancillary revenues, partially offset by a 3% year-over-year decline in pricing. Pricing decreased 2% excluding foreign-currency effects. Adjusted EBITDA increased 18%, primarily due to increased revenue and a 13% decline in per-unit fleet costs.

International

(Consisting of the Company’s international vehicle rental operations)

Revenue increased 264% primarily due to the acquisition of Avis Europe. Excluding the acquisition, revenue increased 4% primarily as a result of a 3% increase in volume and a 1% increase in average daily rate on a constant-currency basis, partially offset by currency effects that caused reported pricing to decline 3%. Adjusted EBITDA increased $39 million due to a $33 million contribution from our European operations, including $12 million of restructuring costs, and organic revenue growth.

Truck Rental

(Consisting of the Company’s U.S. truck rental operations)

Truck rental revenue was unchanged as a 1% increase in pricing was offset by a similar decline in volume. Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $1 million primarily due to higher vehicle maintenance expense.

Other Items

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Outlook

The Company continues to expect its 2012 Adjusted EBITDA to be approximately $825 million to $875 million, excluding certain items, an increase of 35% to 43% compared to the prior year. Fleet costs in North America are expected to decline 3% to 8% on a per-unit basis compared to 2011, consistent with the Company’s prior estimate. Interest expense related to corporate debt is expected to be approximately $260 million to $265 million in 2012, which represents a modest increase versus the Company’s prior estimate due to year-to-date hedging costs. The Company also expects that its 2012 non-vehicle depreciation and amortization expense (excluding the amortization of intangible assets related to the acquisition of Avis Europe) will be approximately $110 million, and that its pretax income will be approximately $450 million to $505 million, excluding certain items.

The Company expects that its effective tax rate in 2012 will be approximately 34% to 38%, excluding items, and that its diluted share count will be approximately 122 million. Based on these expectations, the Company estimates that its 2012 diluted earnings per share, excluding certain items, will be approximately $2.35 to $2.65.

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Investor Conference Call

Avis Budget Group will host a conference call to discuss second quarter results on August 2, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. (ET). Investors may access the call live at ir.avisbudgetgroup.com or by dialing (415) 228-4734 and providing the access code “Avis Budget.” Investors are encouraged to dial in approximately 10 minutes prior to the call. A web replay will be available at ir.avisbudgetgroup.com following the call. A telephone replay will be available from 12:00 p.m. (ET) on August 2 until 8:00 p.m. (ET) on August 16 at (203) 369-0757, access code: “Avis Budget.”

About Avis Budget Group, Inc.

Avis Budget Group, Inc. is a leading global provider of vehicle rental services through its Avis and Budget brands, with 10,000 rental locations in approximately 175 countries around the world. Avis Budget Group operates most of its car rental offices in North America, Europe and Australia directly, and operates primarily through licensees in other parts of the world. Avis Budget Group has approximately 29,000 employees and is headquartered in Parsippany, N.J. For more information, visit www.avisbudgetgroup.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believes”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “projects”, “estimates”, “plans”, “may increase”, “forecast” and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will”, “should”, “would”, “may” and “could” are based upon then current assumptions and expectations and are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. Any statements that refer to outlook, expectations or other characterizations of future events, circumstances or results, including all statements related to future results, future fleet costs, acquisition synergies and cost-saving initiatives are also forward-looking statements.

Various risks that could cause future results to differ from those expressed by the forward-looking statements included in this press release include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to promptly and effectively integrate the businesses of Avis Europe and Avis Budget, any change in economic conditions generally, particularly during our peak season or in key market segments, the high level of competition in the vehicle rental industry, a change in our fleet costs as a result of a change in the cost for new vehicles and/or the value of used vehicles, disruption in the supply of new vehicles, disposition of vehicles not covered by manufacturer repurchase programs, the financial condition of the manufacturers that supply our rental vehicles which could impact their ability to perform their obligations under our repurchase and/or guaranteed depreciation arrangements, any reduction in travel demand, including any reduction in airline passenger traffic, any occurrence or threat of terrorism, a significant increase in interest rates or borrowing costs, our ability to obtain financing for our operations, including the funding of our vehicle fleet via the asset-backed securities market and the financial condition of financial-guaranty firms that have insured a portion of our outstanding vehicle-backed debt, any changes to the cost

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or supply of fuel, any fluctuations related to the mark-to-market of derivatives which hedge our exposure to exchange rates, interest rates and fuel costs, the Company’s ability to meet the financial and other covenants contained in the agreements governing our indebtedness, risks associated with litigation, regulation or governmental or regulatory inquiries or investigations involving the Company, and the Company’s ability to accurately estimate its future results and implement its strategy for cost savings and growth. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could also have material adverse effects on Avis Budget Group’s performance or achievements. In light of these risks, uncertainties, assumptions and factors, the forward-looking events discussed in this press release may not occur. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date stated, or if no date is stated, as of the date of this press release. Important assumptions and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are specified in Avis Budget Group’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, included under headings such as “Forward-Looking Statements”, “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, its most recently filed Form 10-Q, and in other filings and furnishings made by the Company with the SEC from time to time. Except for the Company’s ongoing obligations to disclose material information under the federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events unless required by law.

This release includes certain financial measures such as Adjusted EBITDA, pretax income and diluted earnings per share, which exclude certain items under each measure and are not considered generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) measures as defined under SEC rules. Important information regarding such measures is contained on Table 1 and Table 5 to this release. The Company believes that these non-GAAP measures are useful in measuring the comparable results of the Company period-over-period. The GAAP measures most directly comparable to Adjusted EBITDA, pretax income and diluted earnings per share, excluding certain items under each measure, are net income, pretax income and diluted earnings per share. Because of the forward-looking nature of the Company’s forecasted non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA, pretax income and diluted earnings per share, excluding certain items, specific quantifications of the amounts that would be required to reconcile forecasted net income, pretax income and diluted earnings per share are not available. The Company believes that there is a degree of volatility with respect to certain of the Company’s GAAP measures which preclude the Company from providing accurate forecasted GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliations. Based on the above, the Company believes that providing estimates of the amounts that would be required to reconcile the range of the non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA, pretax income and diluted earnings per share, excluding certain items, to forecasted net income, pretax income, and diluted earnings per share would imply a degree of precision that would be confusing or misleading to investors for the reasons identified above.

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Tables Follow

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Table 1

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

SUMMARY DATA SHEET

(In millions, except per share data)

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, we recorded certain items of $41 million and $50 million ($27 million and $33 million, net of tax), respectively, of expenses related to the announced agreement to acquire Avis Europe and our previous attempt to acquire Dollar Thrifty. For the three months ended June 30, 2011, $11 million ($9 million, net of tax) of these expenses is related to due diligence and other expenses; $23 million ($14 million, net of tax) represent losses on foreign-currency transactions related to the Avis Europe purchase price and $7 million ($4 million, net of tax) is related to interest expense. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, $13 million ($10 million, net of tax) of these expenses is related to due diligence and other expenses; $23 million ($14 million, net of tax) represent losses on foreign-currency transactions related to the Avis Europe purchase price and $14 million ($9 million, net of tax) is related to interest expense.

Table 2

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In millions, except per share data)

Table 3

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

SEGMENT REVENUE DRIVER ANALYSIS

Rental days and time and mileage revenue per day are calculated based on the actual rental of the vehicle during a 24-hour period. Our calculation of rental days and time and mileage revenue per day may not be comparable to the calculation of similarly-titled statistics by other companies.

Of the change in time and mileage revenue per day in our European operations, 11 percentage points and 8 percentage points are due to changes in foreign-exchange rates in the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, with time and mileage revenue per day decreasing 3 percentage points and 1 percentage point, respectively, excluding foreign-exchange effects.

Table 4

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULES OF CASH FLOWS AND FREE CASH FLOWS

(In millions)

CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF CASH FLOWS

CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF FREE CASH FLOWS (A)

RECONCILIATION OF FREE CASH FLOW TO NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Table 5

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

DEFINITIONS AND RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP MEASURES

(In millions, except per share data)

The accompanying press release includes certain non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) financial measures as defined under SEC rules. To the extent not provided in the press release or accompanying tables, we have provided below the reasons we present these non-GAAP financial measures, a description of what they represent and a reconciliation to the most comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.

DEFINITIONS

Adjusted EBITDA

The accompanying press release presents Adjusted EBITDA, which represents income (loss) before non-vehicle related depreciation and amortization, any impairment charge, transaction-related costs, non-vehicle related interest and income taxes. The presentation of Adjusted EBITDA reflects this change for all periods presented. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is useful as a supplemental measure in evaluating the aggregate performance of our operating businesses. Adjusted EBITDA is the measure that is used by our management, including our chief operating decision maker, to perform such evaluation. It is also a component of our financial covenant calculations under our credit facilities, subject to certain adjustments. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) or other income statement data prepared in accordance with GAAP and our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other companies.

A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to income (loss) before income taxes can be found on Table 1 and a reconciliation of income (loss) before income taxes to net income (loss) can be found on Table 2.

Certain items

The accompanying press release and tables present Adjusted EBITDA, income before income taxes, net income and diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, excluding certain items. For the three months ended June 30, 2012, certain items consisted of $23 million ($21 million, net of tax) of expense for the early extinguishment of corporate debt, $12 million ($8 million, net of tax) in restructuring charges, $4 million ($2 million, net of tax) of transaction-related costs related to the integration of the operations of Avis Europe and $3 million ($2 million, net of tax) for amortization expense related to intangible assets recognized in the Avis Europe acquisition.

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, certain items consisted of $50 million ($44 million, net of tax) of expense for the early extinguishment of corporate debt, $19 million ($13 million, net of tax) in restructuring charges, $10 million ($7 million, net of tax) of transaction-related costs related to the integration of the operations of Avis Europe and $9 million ($6 million, net of tax) for amortization expense related to intangible assets recognized in the Avis Europe acquisition.

We believe that the measures referred to above are useful as supplemental measures in evaluating the aggregate performance of the Company. We exclude restructuring-related expenses, costs related to early extinguishment of debt and other certain items as such items are not representative of the results of operations of our business for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012.

The accompanying press release and tables present Adjusted EBITDA, income before income taxes, net income and diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, excluding certain items. For the three months ended June 30, 2011, certain items consisted of $41 million ($27 million, net of tax) of expenses related to the announced acquisition of Avis Europe and our previous attempt to acquire Dollar Thrifty, including $17 million of losses on foreign-currency hedges related to the Avis Europe purchase price. For the three months ended June 30, 2011, $34 million ($23 million, net of tax) of these expenses is related to due diligence and other expenses and $7 million ($4 million, net of tax) is related to interest expense.

For the six months ended June 30, 2011, certain items consisted of $50 million ($33 million, net of tax) of expenses related to the announced acquisition of Avis Europe and our previous attempt to acquire Dollar Thrifty, including $17 million of losses on foreign-currency hedges related to the Avis Europe purchase price. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, $36 million ($24 million, net of tax) of these expenses are related to due diligence and other expenses and $14 million ($9 million, net of tax) is related to interest expense. Reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA and net income, excluding certain items to net income are presented below.

We believe that the measures referred to above are useful as supplemental measures in evaluating the aggregate performance of the Company. We exclude restructuring-related expenses, costs related to early extinguishment of debt and other certain items as such items are not representative of the results of operations of our business for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011.

Free Cash Flow

Represents Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities adjusted to reflect the cash inflows and outflows relating to capital expenditures and GPS navigational units, the investing and financing activities of our vehicle programs, asset sales, if any, and to exclude debt extinguishment costs. We believe that Free Cash Flow is useful to management and investors in measuring the cash generated that is available to be used to repurchase stock, repay debt obligations, pay dividends and invest in future growth through new business development activities or acquisitions. Free Cash Flow should not be construed as a substitute in measuring operating results or liquidity, and our presentation of Free Cash Flow may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other companies. A reconciliation of Free Cash Flow to the appropriate measure recognized under GAAP is provided on Table 4.