ZIPCAR, INC.
25 First Street, 4th Floor
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141
April 8, 2011
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Dana Brown
Re: | Zipcar, Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form S-1
File No. 333-167220
Request for Acceleration
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Zipcar, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-167220), as amended (the “Registration Statement”), so that it may become effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on April 8, 2011, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Registrant hereby acknowledges that:
(i) | should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement; |
(ii) | the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and |
(iii) | the Registrant may not assert comments of the Staff and the declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
April 8, 2011
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Very truly yours,
ZIPCAR, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Dean J. Breda | |
Dean J. Breda General Counsel and Secretary |