Steve's Self Drive Hire

We support The Colourthon event which takes place on the first Saturday in July each year. It consists of 2 events, the traditional being a Half Marathon (Moonlight) or 10km (Twilight) walk within the Borough of Southend on Sea and the purpose is to raise money for the Charity of the walker's choice, furthermore 100% of the money raised goes direct to the charity. So far this event has raised over £1.53m for over 250 charities. Steve's Self Drive was formed in 1982 and was then known as Steve's Van Hire dealing only in Commercial vehicles. It was our aim then as it is now to provide the best quality and value vehicle rental in the area. In 1989 we added cars to our portfolio and it became necessary to rename the company Steve's Self Drive to take in the broader range of vehicles. We now operate a substantial fleet of vehicles including Citroen, Ford, Land Rover, MAN, Mercedes, Mini, Peugeot, Toyota, Vauxhall and Volkswagen. The year 2000 was the beginning of a new era with the company moving to new purpose built premises in March. In 2008 we added air conditioning to most commercial vehicles so van drivers can work in the comfort normally only found in cars. Today the environment will play a major part in planning our future fleet and we are already looking to offer the latest diesel electric hybrid technology in the not too distant future.