Convertibles car rental in France

Insurance, delivery and unlimited mileage are included in every convertible we rent in France, and our fleet here counts 10 open-top cars from €99 per day. We bring the car to you in Paris — at the airport, the station or your hotel — and the booking is agreed with a manager. Choose between the Citroen DS3 Cabrio, the Porsche Boxster or the electric MG Cyberster.

Which convertibles car rental in France puts on the road

Rent-Trip puts 10 convertibles on the road here, from a €99 Citroen DS3 Cabrio to a €249 electric MG Cyberster. The fleet splits three ways: 2-seat roadsters, 4-seat cabriolets and one 5-seat model, with automatic or manual gearboxes and a single electric option.

The full convertible fleet and what each model costs

The cheapest car in the fleet is also the only manual — if you want an automatic, the entry point moves up to €129.

Two-seat, four-seat and five-seat convertibles

Seat count splits the fleet into 2-seat roadsters, 4-seat cabriolets and one 5-seat model. The Fiat 124 Spider, Porsche Boxster and MG Cyberster carry two people, the Mini Cooper Convertible and the two BMWs take four, and the Citroen DS3 Cabrio is the only one with a rear bench for five. Everything from the BMW 2 Series upward is rear-wheel drive; the Mini and the Citroen pull from the front. A 2-seat roadster has no rear bench at all, so luggage rides beside the passenger — on a two-week trip across the country, that shapes what you pack far more than the badge on the bonnet does.

The electric convertible and the manual option

The MG Cyberster is our only electric convertible at €249 per day, and the Citroen DS3 Cabrio is the only manual at €99. The Cyberster runs on a 77 kWh battery with 340 hp to the rear wheels, which makes it the quickest car in the fleet after the 450 hp Ford Mustang Convertible. The Citroen pairs a 1.2 L, 110 hp engine with a five-seat body, so it is the practical end of the range rather than the fast one. An electric convertible changes the road-trip maths — you plan charging stops, not fuel stops, and on a long run out of Paris that means a different route.

What convertibles car rental in France costs by day, week and month

Daily rates across the fleet run from €99 to €249, weekly bookings start at €594 and monthly bookings at €2,079. Because weekly is daily × 6 and monthly is daily × 21, the longer you keep the car, the lower the effective cost of each day.

Daily, weekly and monthly rates across the fleet

The fleet itself splits neatly in two: the Fiat 124 Spider, the Porsche Boxster and the MG Cyberster carry two seats, the Mini Cooper Convertible, the BMW 2 Series Convertible, the BMW 4 Series Convertible, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cabriolet, the Ford Mustang Convertible and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet seat four, and the Citroen DS3 Cabrio takes five. Nine of the ten run on gasoline, the MG Cyberster is the one electric model, and every car except the manual Citroen DS3 Cabrio shifts automatically. If your dates are fixed, ask the manager to price both options side by side before you commit.

What the rental agreement sets out

The deposit, the excess, delivery fees and any discounts are set out in the rental agreement, not in the daily rate. That matters more than the headline price: two cars with the same daily figure can still differ once those lines are read. Read those lines before you confirm the booking with the manager, and ask which of them apply to the model you have chosen. The daily, weekly and monthly figures above are what we charge for the car itself — everything else is agreed in writing when you book, so the real total is the one on the agreement, not the one in the table.

How convertibles car rental in France reaches you and how booking works

That is the whole shape of a Rent-Trip booking: you name the address and the hour, and the car arrives there.

The car comes to you, not the other way round

Self-drive means you are behind the wheel from the first minute; nobody drives you anywhere. In our practice the awkward part of a French trip is rarely the driving — it is the hour spent hunting a desk in an unfamiliar terminal after a long flight. Delivery removes that hour. Say the postcode and the floor, and check the time against your landing or your train arrival before you confirm, because the hand-over slot is fixed at booking and not renegotiated on the day.

Booking agreed with a manager

Every booking is agreed with a manager rather than confirmed automatically by a form. You state the model, the dates and the delivery address; the manager confirms what is available and what the rental agreement will set out. That conversation is also where the practical details live — the deposit, the excess, delivery fees and any discount, all of which stand in the rental agreement rather than on this page. Nothing about the terms is left to a checkout screen.

What to settle before you confirm

• Model by name: ask for the exact car you want — the fleet is small, so the precise model is worth fixing early rather than hoping for a swap later.
• Delivery address and time: give the manager the address and the hour you need the car, and check both against your flight or train.
• Length of rental: daily, weekly or monthly changes the total, so state the dates you actually need.
• Driver and documents: the licence conditions for France are checked when you book, so raise them in the same conversation.
• The rental agreement: ask the manager to walk you through the deposit, the excess and any delivery fee before you commit.

The fleet on this page is 10 convertibles, which is why we book them one at a time with a person rather than through an automated queue.

Documents, licence and deposit for convertibles car rental in France

A convertible puts the paperwork question in a different light: the roof comes down, but the licence rules do not.

Licence rules for convertibles car rental in France

• EU/EEA licences: valid here with no time limit, and no exchange for a French licence is needed while yours stays valid.
• Non-EU/EEA licences, tourist: you may drive on your national licence; if it is not in Latin script, bring an official translation or an International Driving Permit (IDP).
• The IDP is not a licence: it is only a translation and must be shown together with your national licence, never on its own.
• Non-EU/EEA licences, resident: driving is allowed for 1 year from the entry date stamped in your visa; if you settle here, the licence has to be exchanged.
• Driving experience: the licence must have been issued more than 1 year ago, and digital licences are not accepted by rental companies.
• Open-top models: the fleet here runs from the 5-seat Citroen DS3 Cabrio at €99/day to the 2-seat electric MG Cyberster at €249/day, with the 4-seat BMW 2 Series Convertible and the 450 hp Ford Mustang Convertible in between.

The remaining conditions are set out in the rental agreement, so we fix ours with you when booking.

Deposit and protection in the rental agreement

The deposit, the excess and the delivery fees are set out in the rental agreement, not in a headline rate. French rental includes responsabilité civile by law in every contract, covering injury and property damage to third parties within the country's legal limits — it does not cover the driver's own injuries.

For a convertible, the exclusions matter more than usual: the basic protection does not cover the roof or panoramic glass, the underside, tyres damaged by abnormal use, or a misfuelled engine. Ask the manager to walk you through those lines before you confirm — on an open-top car the roof is the single most exposed panel on the vehicle.

Driving rules, tolls and the Crit'Air vignette for convertibles car rental in France

The country drives on the right, and every convertible in our fleet is left-hand drive, so a driver from the UK or Ireland meets the same layout they know from home — only the side of the road changes.

The Crit'Air vignette and the low-emission zone

• ZFE de la Métropole du Grand Paris: a Zone à Faibles Émissions inside the A86 motorway, which itself is excluded, covering the boulevard périphérique and the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes.
• Crit'Air sticker: the windscreen vignette that classifies a car's emissions; without it, entering the ZFE is formally prohibited.
• Banned classes: Crit'Air 5, 4, 3 and «Non classé» are barred from the zone, with Crit'Air 3 restricted from 1 January 2025.
• What to check before booking: ask the manager which Crit'Air class the model you want carries — a small petrol cabriolet and a 5.0 L V8 sit in very different brackets.

Tolls and parking

Street parking in central Paris is progressive rather than hourly — €6 for one hour, €12 for two, €24 for three, €39 for four, €57 for five and €75 for six, with six hours the maximum at one spot. The tariff is a visiteur rate since 01.08.2021 and is split into 15-minute steps.

Winter tyres are compulsory from 1 November to 31 March in roughly 34 mountain departments, with over 4,000 communes covered by prefectural decisions: either four winter tyres or chains and socks on the two driven wheels. Paris and Île-de-France are not included, so a car collected there needs nothing extra — but a February run to the Alps does, and the fine is €135 plus immobilisation of the vehicle.

Road trips and one-way convertibles car rental in France

An open-top car turns a French route into the point of the trip rather than the gap between two hotels. Rent-Trip hands over open-top models for exactly that kind of driving, and this section covers the routes that reward it, one-way returns, and what to settle before you leave the city.

Routes that suit an open-top car

• Normandy coast to Deauville: the A13 out of Paris runs roughly two hours to the coast, and the sea air is the reason to keep the roof down.
• Versailles and Giverny: short hops west and north-west of the city, best done early before the coach traffic builds.
• Mont-Saint-Michel: a full-day drive west; an early start matters more here than on any other route on this list.

One-way rental and returning the car elsewhere

One-way rental — location aller simple — means collecting the convertible in one place and handing it back in another, and the terms for it are agreed when booking rather than fixed in advance. On a coast-to-coast route this removes the drive back, which on a Normandy or Loire itinerary can be half the mileage of the trip. Ask the manager which models can be returned outside the collection point before you commit to a route, because a small fleet of 10 cars limits how freely a car can be repositioned. The same conversation covers delivery and collection times, since both are arranged around your address and schedule rather than an office.

Motorway tolls on a long open-top run

Tolls on the French motorway network are paid at the péage, and the A13 and A14 near the capital also run in péage en flux libre — no barrier, with payment settled as set out in the rental agreement. A télépéage badge, sold as Liber-t, lets you pass without stopping, though whether one is available with your booking is settled in the rental agreement. Fuel is the other running cost to budget for: diesel and SP95-E10 at the pump both sit above €2 per litre on the latest readings, and a 5.0 L V8 like the Ford Mustang Convertible drinks far more of it than the 1.2 L Citroen DS3 Cabrio.

Weather, swaps and practical worries in convertibles car rental in France

A soft top changes how you read a forecast, and here that matters more than most renters expect. Book the model you want early in that window; the fleet on this page is 10 cars, not 100.

Rain, wind and when the roof stays up

• Roof mechanism: an electric soft top cycles in seconds at traffic lights, so a passing shower is not a reason to abandon the day.
• Wet grip: a rear-wheel-drive roadster on summer tyres loses traction faster in standing water than a front-wheel-drive cabriolet.
• Winter months: snow tyres are compulsory from 1 November to 31 March in around 34 mountain departments under loi Montagne II, with a 135 € fine and the car immobilised. Paris and Île-de-France are not covered, but an Alps trip is.

Swapping models and one-way plans

The Citroen DS3 Cabrio is the only manual on this page at €99 per day, and the MG Cyberster is the only electric at €249, so those two are the hardest to move between. One-way bookings are arranged the same way, agreed when booking rather than confirmed automatically. Driving a convertible with the roof down on a péage is legal; the toll itself is unchanged, and the A13 and A14 now run in flux libre, where you pay within 72 hours instead of at a barrier.

What renters ask us most

The two-seat models — Fiat 124 Spider, Porsche Boxster, MG Cyberster — have no rear bench, so a second bag rides on the passenger seat. Four-seat cabriolets take two adults in the back comfortably; the five-seat Citroen DS3 Cabrio is the only one that carries three. And the deposit, the excess and any delivery fees are set out in the rental agreement — read those lines before you confirm, because they decide the real total, not the daily rate alone.