Smart Fortwo, Economy
★4.5· 78Manual1.0 L71 hpRear-wheel2 seats
€14per day
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Smart car rental in Madrid
Kenan AlkanCity and intercity driver
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If you need a smart car rental in Madrid, we deliver the car to you — the booking and the hand-over details are agreed with a manager. Our Madrid page has 2 cars: the Smart Fortwo at €14 per day and the Smart Forfour at €16 per day, both Economy hatchbacks with petrol engines and manual transmission. Weekly bookings start at €84 and monthly at €294.
Why Smart car rental in Madrid suits the city
Madrid rewards a short car.
What makes a Smart car the easy choice here
We offer two Smart cars — the Fortwo with 2 seats and the Forfour with 4 — both Economy hatchbacks with a 1.0 L, 71 hp petrol engine, manual transmission and rear-wheel drive. The Fortwo starts at €14 per day, the Forfour at €16. That is the whole line-up on this page, and it is deliberate: two cars, one class, one engine, so the only real decision is how many seats you need. Both are delivered to you rather than collected from a lot, and the booking is agreed with a manager.
Where a small car pays off in the city
Central districts and the ring roads reward a short car: SER zona azul allows 4 hours, zona verde 2 hours. Parking hours run 09:00–21:00 on weekdays and 09:00–15:00 on Saturday, so plan returns around them.
What the small size does not cost you
- Seats: the Fortwo carries 2, the Forfour 4 — both are the same Economy class and the same 1.0 L, 71 hp engine.
- Fuel: petrol only, which keeps refuelling simple at any gasolinera on the M-30 or M-40.
- Transmission: manual on both models, so you drive them the same way.
- Price: from €14 per day for the Fortwo and €16 per day for the Forfour, with longer bookings priced at daily × 6 for a week and daily × 21 for a month.
- Delivery: the car comes to you, and the hand-over details are agreed with a manager when you book.
If your plans include a run out to Toledo or Segovia, the same car handles the motorway — but check the ZBE rules before you drive back into the centre.
Two Smart models in our Madrid rental fleet
Two cars, one class, one engine — the difference between them is seats and price. We run both as part of the Rent-Trip Economy line, and either one is handed over to you rather than collected from a lot.
Smart Fortwo and Smart Forfour side by side
| Model | Class | Seats | Fuel | Transmission | Drive | Engine | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Fortwo | Economy | 2 | Petrol | Manual | Rear-wheel | 1.0 L, 71 hp | €14/day |
| Smart Forfour | Economy | 4 | Petrol | Manual | Rear-wheel | 1.0 L, 71 hp | €16/day |
Both models are Economy hatchbacks with a 1.0 L, 71 hp petrol engine, manual transmission and rear-wheel drive. The only real decision is seats — 2 or 4 — because everything else is identical. Rent-Trip keeps two Smart cars on this page, so the choice is between the Fortwo and the Forfour and nothing else.
Which Smart fits your trip
- Mixed trip with a day outside Madrid: either model works; the Forfour simply gives you the extra seats if plans change.
We suggest the Fortwo for two people and short city hops, and the Forfour when four seats are needed. Whichever you pick, the class, the fuel and the gearbox stay the same — you are choosing a seat count and a price, not a different car.
Smart car rental in Madrid prices and rates
Two Smart models, two daily rates, and two multipliers that build the longer bookings. Nothing else changes the figure.
What a Smart costs per day, week and month
The Smart Fortwo starts at €14 per day and the Smart Forfour at €16 per day, both in the Economy class. A week is priced at daily × 6 and a month at daily × 21, which puts a seven-day Fortwo booking at €84 and a thirty-day one at €294. The Forfour follows the same arithmetic: €96 for the week, €336 for the month. We keep one price list for both cars, so the only thing that moves the total is which model you take and how long you keep it.
How the weekly and monthly rates work
- Weekly rate: daily × 6 for a seven-day booking, so a Fortwo week is €84 and a Forfour week is €96.
- Monthly rate: daily × 21 for a thirty-day booking, giving €294 for the Fortwo and €336 for the Forfour.
- Daily rate: the base figure the other two are built from — €14 for the two-seater, €16 for the four-seater.
- What the rate covers: the car itself, with the two Economy models priced as above and nothing else added to the daily figure.
- Booking window: agree the dates with a manager when you book, and the rate for that window is confirmed at the same time.
Which booking length to pick
Work out your trip length against the two multipliers before you choose a window. A five-day city break sits below the weekly threshold, so it is charged at the daily rate, and the two-seater and the four-seater differ only by the €2 between their daily figures. Once you pass seven days, the weekly figure applies and the effective day rate drops. If your plans in Madrid run past three weeks, the monthly multiplier is the one to compare against, because daily × 21 is what a thirty-day booking costs.
What is not included in the rate
- Deposit: the amount and how it is handled are set out in the rental agreement, not in the daily rate.
ZBE Madrid rules for your Smart rental
The low-emission zone covers every street of the municipality — all 21 districts — so the environmental sticker on the windscreen decides where a hired car may go. Here is what that means for a Smart.
What the ZBE low-emission zone covers
ZBE Madrid (Zona de Bajas Emisiones de Madrid) applies to all urban streets of the municipality — all 21 districts, not a ring around the centre. Cars without a DGT environmental sticker, category A — petrol vehicles registered before 2000 and diesel before 2005 — cannot enter. Our two Smart hatchbacks run on petrol and carry the sticker, so the zone does not narrow your route. If you plan to drive into the centre on a busy morning, check the current signage at the entrance to each district rather than relying on a map from last season.
A hired car already carries its sticker, and the paperwork around the zone is settled with the vehicle.
- 0 emisiones (blue): battery electric, extended-range electric and hydrogen vehicles — the least restricted category in the zone.
- ECO: hybrids and similar low-emission cars, eligible for a 75% discount on resident parking permits.
Why this matters for a Smart booking
Both Smart models on this page are petrol, manual and Economy class, and both are registered here with the sticker already in place. What you still plan around is parking: SER zona azul allows a maximum of 4 hours and zona verde 2 hours, with enforcement from 09:00 to 21:00 on weekdays and 09:00 to 15:00 on Saturday.
Booking your Smart car rental in Madrid
We hand the car over to you rather than asking you to collect it from a lot, and a manager agrees every detail with you when you book. That single arrangement removes most of the friction travellers meet on arrival in Madrid: the car comes to the address you give, at the time you agree.
How the booking is agreed with a manager
- What you tell us: your dates, the model you want — Fortwo or Forfour — and the address where the car should be waiting.
- What we confirm: the daily rate, the total for your dates, and the hand-over time, all before anything is fixed.
- Longer bookings: weekly and monthly rates are calculated at daily × 6 and daily × 21, and the manager runs the figure against your exact dates.
- Documents: the licence and identity document requirements are set out in the rental agreement, because they depend on where your licence was issued.
Documents for driving in Spain
Driving in Spain is permitted from the age of 18 on a category B licence. A licence issued in the EU or EEA is valid as it stands until it expires, and no international permit is needed alongside it. A licence from a country outside the EU or EEA is valid for driving as a visitor; residents may use it for no more than six months from the date they take up ordinary residence in Spain, after which it must be exchanged. Where a licence is not written in Latin script — Cyrillic, Arabic or characters — Spanish rules require it to be in Spanish, accompanied by an official translation, or issued in the format of Annex 9 of the Geneva Convention or Annex 6 of the Vienna Convention, which in practice means an international driving permit or a certified translation. An identity document in the original and in the main driver's name is required by rental companies, and the deposit arrangements are set out in the rental agreement.
Delivery and what to have ready
We deliver the car to the address you give us, and the hand-over is arranged for the time you agree with the manager. The ZBE Madrid low-emission zone covers all 21 districts of the municipality, so it is worth asking the manager how the car you are taking is registered before you plan a route through the centre. Anything on the deposit, the excess or delivery itself is agreed when booking — read it before the keys change hands, because that is the document that settles any later question.
Parking a Smart car rental in Madrid
SER parking zones and what they cost you in time
| Zone | Maximum stay | When it applies |
|---|---|---|
| SER zona azul | 4 hours | Weekdays 09:00–21:00, Saturday 09:00–15:00 |
| SER zona verde | 2 hours | Weekdays 09:00–21:00, Saturday 09:00–15:00 |
- SER zona azul: the standard paid street bay, capped at 4 hours, which suits a morning of errands around Barrio de Salamanca.
- SER zona verde: a 2-hour cap aimed at residents, so treat it as a short stop rather than a base for the day.
- Weekday hours: the meters run 09:00–21:00, so an evening return after 21:00 needs a different plan.
- Saturday: enforcement stops at 15:00, which makes a Saturday afternoon noticeably easier.
Ring roads, tolls and the ZBE boundary
The ring roads — M-30, M-40, M-45 and M-50 — and the radial motorways A-1 to A-6 carry no charge, while the radial toll roads R-2, R-3, R-4 and R-5 do. The ZBE low-emission zone covers all 21 districts of the municipality, so a car without a DGT environmental sticker cannot enter the city streets at all. Speed limits work in your favour in a small car: 30 km/h on a street with one lane each way, 20 km/h where the road and pavement form a single platform, 50 km/h on streets with two or more lanes in one direction, and 120 km/h on the autopista. Fines follow the DGT table by permitted limit and actual speed — on a 30 km/h street, 31–50 km/h is €100 with no points, while 71–80 km/h is €500 and 6 points.
Day trips in a Smart car rental in Madrid
A Smart is built for the city, so it is worth knowing what it does outside it before you plan a longer route.
Where a Smart is comfortable
- Toledo: about 70 km south-west on the A-42, an easy out-and-back with two people and no luggage.
- Alcalá de Henares: around 35 km east, close enough that the fuel cost barely registers.
Motorways, tolls and fuel
On the rings and radial motorways, driving is straightforward: M-30, M-40, M-45 and M-50 are free, while the radial toll roads R-2, R-3 and R-4 charge for the faster run out of the city. Speed limits are 120 km/h on autopista and autovía, 90 km/h on a conventional road, and 30 km/h on a city street with one lane in each direction.
Winter and the mountains
If Sierra de Guadarrama or any high route is on your list, check conditions the same morning. When snow affects traffic, DGT restricts vehicles without winter tyres or chains, and applies it point by point by sign and overhead panel — not as a blanket rule for the whole region. Winter tyres are not a permanent legal requirement in Spain.
Check before Smart car rental in Madrid
Two cars, one class, one engine — the booking itself comes down to seats, dates and the agreement you sign with us. Below is what to settle with a manager before the keys change hands, so nothing on the day catches you out.
Match the car to the trip, not to the price
The Smart Fortwo takes 2 seats at €14 a day, the Smart Forfour 4 seats at €16 a day — both Economy hatchbacks with a 1.0 L, 71 hp petrol engine, manual transmission and rear-wheel drive. If four people need to sit in the car at once, only the Forfour works: there is no larger body in this class on the page. Decide the seat count first — everything else about the two models is identical.
Settle the terms when you book, not on the day
- Rental agreement: the terms are set out in the rental agreement, and a manager confirms them with you before the booking is fixed.
- Payment: the terms are agreed when booking — nothing is charged blind.
- Sticker and zones: a car without a DGT environmental sticker cannot enter ZBE Madrid, which covers all 21 districts; confirm the sticker situation before you plan a route through the centre.
- Parking hours: SER zona azul allows 4 hours and zona verde 2 hours, enforced 09:00–21:00 on weekdays and 09:00–15:00 on Saturday.
Ask about the long rates and the hand-over
Weekly is daily × 6 and monthly is daily × 21 — at €14 a day that is €84 a week and €294 a month for the Fortwo. Run your own dates against those two multipliers before you commit, because a nine-day trip priced as a week plus two days is not the same as nine separate days.