Sedan car rental in Barcelona

A week of meetings in L'Eixample and weekend runs down the coast works best when the car comes to you, not the other way round. Sedan car rental in Barcelona with Rent-Trip means 4 sedans — BYD Seal 6, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, BMW 3 Series and BMW 5 Series — from €55 per day, delivered to the address you give us and agreed with a manager when you book.

What sedan car rental in Barcelona costs and how longer bookings are priced

Sedan hire runs from €55 to €79 a day across our four saloons, and the price moves with the model, not with the length of the trip alone. A week starts at €330 and a month at €1,155.

Daily rates for each of the four sedans

The BYD Seal 6 is a full five-seat saloon with a 1.5 L engine and 212 hp, and it sits at the entry rate of €55 a day, while the Mercedes-Benz C-Class at €61 carries a 2.0 L unit and 204 hp. If you are weighing up which model to take, the price gap between the bottom and the top of the range is €24 a day — enough to change what a two-week trip costs, so it is worth deciding on the car before you decide on the dates.

Weekly and monthly rates for a sedan

A week of sedan hire starts at €330 and a month at €1,155, calculated as the daily rate multiplied by six and by twenty-one. On the BMW 3 Series, a week works out at €408 and a month at €1,428, because the same multipliers apply to every model on the page rather than to one flat figure.

The arithmetic is simple enough to do before you call: take the daily rate of the model you want, multiply by six for a week or by twenty-one for a month, and you have the number the manager will confirm with you. Anything beyond that — the deposit, the excess, any delivery fee — is set out in the rental agreement, and it is worth reading before you commit rather than after.

• Entry point: the BYD Seal 6 at €55 a day, a 1.5 L hybrid with 212 hp and five seats.
• Mid-range: the Mercedes-Benz C-Class at €61 and the BMW 3 Series at €68, both 2.0 L.
• Top of the range: the BMW 5 Series at €79 a day, a 2.0 L diesel-hybrid with 197 hp.
• Longer bookings: weekly from €330, monthly from €1,155, using daily × 6 and daily × 21.
• What is not fixed here: deposit, excess and delivery fees, all set out in the rental agreement.

Sedan car rental in Barcelona with four models and gearbox options

Every sedan on this page is a saloon with five seats and an automatic gearbox, and the choice between the four comes down to fuel, power and drivetrain rather than size. Here is what separates them before you book.

Hybrid, mild hybrid or diesel — which sedan suits your trip

• BYD Seal 6: Hybrid (DM-i), 212 hp, front-wheel drive, 1.5 L — the entry model at €55 per day.
• Mercedes-Benz C-Class: Petrol/Diesel, 204 hp, rear-wheel drive, 2.0 L — the middle of the range at €61 per day.
• BMW 3 Series: Mild Hybrid / Diesel, 156 hp, rear-wheel or AWD, 2.0 L — the lowest power output at €68 per day.
• BMW 5 Series: Diesel/Hybrid, 197 hp, rear-wheel drive, 2.0 L — the dearest at €79 per day.

Power and drivetrain across the four sedans

The four sedans produce between 156 hp and 212 hp, with front-wheel drive on the BYD Seal 6 and rear-wheel or AWD on the BMW 3 Series.

How sedan car rental in Barcelona works when the car comes to you

Sedan hire here runs on one simple idea: you do not go to a counter, the car comes to the place you agree. We hand over the keys where you are staying, and a manager settles the whole arrangement with you before the day of the booking.

The car is delivered to the place you agree

We deliver the sedan to the place you agree when booking, and the manager confirms the address and the time with you beforehand. Nothing is fixed until that conversation happens — the delivery point, the hand-over time and the model all sit in one booking, so there is no queue and no second trip across the city. Agreeing the delivery point in advance is what keeps the hand-over quick: the car arrives, you check it against the agreement, and you drive. The one thing we ask is that the place you name is reachable by car and that somebody is there to take the keys.

What the manager settles with you before hand-over

• The model: the BYD Seal 6, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, BMW 3 Series or BMW 5 Series, confirmed against the daily rate you were quoted.
• The delivery point and time: the address you agree, whether that is a hotel, an apartment or another address you name when booking.
• The rental agreement: documents, deposit and insurance are set out in the rental agreement.

Booking a sedan without a rental desk

Bookings are agreed with a manager, not filled in on a counter screen. That is the whole point of the way we work: you describe the trip, the manager matches it to one of the four sedans, and the car is brought to you rather than parked in a rank waiting for a walk-in. It suits travellers arriving on a late flight, families with luggage, and anyone staying outside the centre who would rather not cross the city twice on the first day. Self-drive means the car is yours alone for the whole booking — no driver, no meter, no detours.

Airport or city pickup for your sedan car rental in Barcelona

The four sedans on this page are handed over where the booking says, and the manager agrees that place with you before the trip. The city has two airports, a main railway station and a cruise port, so the pickup point is worth fixing early rather than on the day.

Pickup points we work with

• Barcelona Sants railway station: the long-distance rail hub.
• Fira de Barcelona Gran Via: the exhibition complex in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, for trade-fair arrivals.
• Poblenou and the 22@ district: the tech and beachside quarter, east of the centre.

Driving a rented sedan under the ZBE Rondes BCN rules

The Zona de Bajas Emisiones Rondes de Barcelona (ZBE Rondes BCN) covers more than 95 km² — the whole municipality apart from the Zona Franca industrial estate and the Vallvidrera – el Tibidabo i les Planes neighbourhood, plus L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Sant Adrià de Besòs and parts of Esplugues de Llobregat and Cornellà de Llobregat. It operates on working days, Monday to Friday.

If you are arriving on your own plates and collecting a car from us instead, the environmental badge fitted to the car is what matters — so check it before you drive into the Rondes, not after a fine arrives.

Speeds and the roads around the zone

Speeding in Spain is graded by the DGT table — 100 EUR without points, then 300 EUR with 2 points, 400 EUR with 4, 500 EUR with 6 and 600 EUR as muy grave with 6 points.

Parking, tolls and fuel advice for sedan rental in Barcelona

Blue-zone parking and where a sedan fits

• Ticket and plate must match: keep the comprovant d'estacionament visible, because the number on it has to be the number on the car.

Tolls and the fuel bill on a sedan

Our four sedans split between Hybrid (DM-i), Mild Hybrid / Diesel, Diesel/Hybrid and Petrol/Diesel, so the pump price you pay depends on which one you booked.

Documents, deposit and insurance for sedan car rental in Barcelona

The rules below are the ones that apply to a sedan car rental in Barcelona, and anything not fixed by Spanish law — the deposit amount, the excess, the card we accept — is set out in the agreement and agreed when booking.

What you need to bring

• EU/EEA licence: fully valid in Spain until its expiry date, including Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Nothing extra is required, and no IDP is needed.
• Third-country licence: valid if it is in force, if you are old enough in Spain for the equivalent category, and if six months have not passed since you took up ordinary residence in Spain. The DGT advises getting an international driving permit before the trip.
• Licence not in Spanish: valid either with an official certified translation into Spanish, or if it was issued to the model of Annex 9 of the Geneva Convention or Annex 6 of the Vienna Convention. An IDP is the alternative to the translation.
• Permiso Internacional de Conducción: a supplementary document shown only together with your passport and your national licence. It is valid for one year, has a grey three-fold cover and 16 pages in Spanish, German, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic and Russian.
• Passport or ID: the original in the main driver's name — a rental-company requirement, with no single DGT rule behind it.
• Bank card: a credit card in the main driver's name for the deposit. Debit cards are not accepted everywhere — that is the condition of the individual rental company, not a rule of law.
• Age: you may drive in Spain from 18 for category B. The minimum rental age and the young-driver surcharge are agreed when booking.

What the insurance covers

Every booking in Spain carries the Seguro Obligatorio de Responsabilidad Civil by law, and it applies always — even if the person driving was not named in the agreement. It covers harm to third parties, but not the driver and not the car: the legal limits are 70 million EUR per incident for personal injury, however many people are hurt, and 15 million EUR per incident for property damage.

Before you drive away

The consumer authority requires that every scratch and dent be written into the agreement or the inspection sheet before you leave, that both sides sign it and that you keep a copy — otherwise the damage is pinned on you. The same rules say the advertised price must include every compulsory charge you cannot legally drive without, the obligatory third-party insurance and the young-driver surcharge among them.

If the sedan you booked is not there, you may ask for another car at no extra cost, even one class above; if you are given a lower class, the price has to come down; and if the car does not match the agreement — an automatic gearbox, four doors — you can cancel the booking and get your prepayment back.