Sedan car rental in Spain

Sedan car rental in Spain with Rent-Trip starts at €55 per day, and we bring the car to you rather than asking you to collect it. Our sedan line-up holds 7 models — from the BYD Seal 6 and Mercedes-Benz C-Class to the BMW 5 Series and Audi A4 — every one automatic, five seats, with weekly rates from €330 and monthly from €1,155.

Which sedans you can rent in Spain and what they cost

Rent-Trip sedan car rental runs on 7 models, from the BYD Seal 6 at €55 per day to the Audi A4 at €84. Every one of them seats 5 and comes with automatic transmission, and we deliver the car to you in Madrid or Barcelona. What changes across the range is fuel, drive and power.

The seven sedans in our Spanish fleet

Our Spanish fleet covers 7 models, priced from €55 to €84 per day. At the bottom sits the BYD Seal 6 at €55, a 1.5 L hybrid (DM-i) with 212 hp and front-wheel drive. Above it come the Mercedes-Benz C-Class at €61 (2.0 L, 204 hp, rear-wheel), the Opel Insignia at €64 (2.0 L diesel, 174 hp), the BMW 3 Series at €68 (2.0 L mild hybrid / diesel, 156 hp, rear-wheel or AWD), the Volkswagen Passat at €74 (2.0 L diesel, 150 hp), the BMW 5 Series at €79 (2.0 L diesel/hybrid, 197 hp) and the Audi A4 at €84 (2.0 L diesel, 163 hp). All 7 run on automatic transmission and seat 5 — pick by fuel and drive, not by size.

Prices by model and by rental length

Daily rates run €55–€84; a week starts at €330 and a month at €1,155. Weekly is daily × 6 and monthly is daily × 21 — the longer you book, the lower the per-day cost.

Which sedan suits which trip

• City and coast runs: the BYD Seal 6 at €55 and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class at €61 are the cheapest way into a 5-seat automatic sedan.
• Mixed town and motorway: the Opel Insignia at €64 and the BMW 3 Series at €68 add diesel economy and, on the BMW, the choice of rear-wheel or AWD.
• Long motorway days: the Volkswagen Passat at €74, the BMW 5 Series at €79 and the Audi A4 at €84 carry the most power and the strongest diesel line-up.
• Wet-road feel: rear-wheel drive on the C-Class and the BMW 5 Series changes how the car behaves in the rain — worth knowing before you choose.

Rear-wheel drive (C-Class, BMW 5 Series) changes how the car feels on wet Spanish roads — worth knowing before you choose.

Sedan car rental in Spain for automatic comfort on local roads

Automatic transmission is the one thing every car on this page shares, and it matters more here than in most markets. We stock no manual sedans at all — the seven models below are automatic by default, not as a paid upgrade.

Every sedan we offer is automatic

All 7 sedans in our fleet have automatic transmission — there is no manual option to choose or to avoid. Locally the manual gearbox is the base class while automatic sits in a separate, dearer one, so an automatic sedan is not the default you might expect when you book abroad. That is why the seven models on this page are automatic by default: the price you see is the price for the gearbox you get, and the exact terms of the booking are set out in the rental agreement.

Engines, fuel and drive across the range

• BYD Seal 6: 1.5 L, 212 hp, Hybrid (DM-i), front-wheel drive — the cheapest sedan we rent at €55 per day.
• Mercedes-Benz C-Class: 2.0 L, 204 hp, Petrol/Diesel, rear-wheel drive, €61 per day.
• Opel Insignia: 2.0 L, 174 hp, Diesel, front-wheel drive, €64 per day.
• BMW 3 Series: 2.0 L, 156 hp, Mild Hybrid / Diesel, rear-wheel or AWD, €68 per day.
• Volkswagen Passat: 2.0 L, 150 hp, Diesel, front-wheel drive, €74 per day.
• BMW 5 Series: 2.0 L, 197 hp, Diesel/Hybrid, rear-wheel drive, €79 per day.
• Audi A4: 2.0 L, 163 hp, Diesel, front-wheel drive, €84 per day.

Which automatic sedan for which road

Diesel carries the upper half of the range — Passat, A4 and 5 Series — which suits long motorway runs where fuel stops sit further apart. Rear-wheel drive on the C-Class and 5 Series changes how the car feels on wet roads, so if you are heading into hills or autumn rain, front-wheel models like the Insignia and A4 are the more forgiving pick.

Documents, licence and age for sedan car rental in Spain

Spain draws a clear line between licences it accepts as they are and licences that need paperwork behind them. What you hand over at the start of a booking is agreed with a manager, but the rules on which licence is valid come from the DGT, and they are worth reading before you pack.

What you need to drive a sedan here

• EU/EEA licence: valid exactly as it is, for as long as it has not expired — no extra document, no translation, nothing to arrange in advance.
• Third-country licence: valid for driving here if it is in force, if you are old enough for the equivalent Spanish category, and within six months of taking up ordinary residence in the country.
• Licence not in Spanish: accepted either with an official certified translation into Spanish, or if it was issued on the Appendix 9 model of the Geneva Convention or Appendix 6 of the Vienna Convention.
• Permiso Internacional de Conducción: a supplementary document, shown only together with your passport and your national licence, valid for one year. The DGT advises getting it before the trip.
• Passport or ID: the original, in the main driver's name.

Age, licence and card at booking

You can drive here from 18 on category B, and that is the one age figure the law fixes. The minimum rental age, any young-driver surcharge and which cards are accepted are not a national norm — they are the rental company's own conditions, and in our case they are agreed when you book with the manager. A credit card in the main driver's name is the usual instrument for the deposit, while debit cards are not accepted everywhere, so confirm this before you travel rather than at the counter. If your licence is in Cyrillic, Arabic or characters, treat the international permit or a certified translation as necessary, not optional — without one of the two, a third-country licence is not valid for driving here. The Spanish DGT runs a single set of rules for the whole country, so the same documents work whether you collect your sedan in Madrid or in Barcelona.

Insurance, deposit and what the rental agreement covers

Spanish law puts compulsory third-party cover into every hire, so a sedan from our fleet is never on the road uninsured. What sits on top of that — collision damage waiver, theft protection, the excess and the deposit — is what the agreement sets out, and we walk you through it before you commit.

What the law already includes

Third-party liability insurance is compulsory for any car legally on Spanish roads and comes with the booking by default. The legal minimum per incident is 70,000,000 EUR for personal injury, however many people are hurt, and 15,000,000 EUR for property damage. This cover works even if the person driving was not named in the agreement — it protects the other party, not your car and not you. Under Real Decreto Legislativo 8/2004, article 4.2 as amended by Ley 5/2025, those sums apply from 26.07.2025. Driving without it costs 601–3005 EUR depending on the circumstances. What the compulsory policy does not do is pay for damage to the sedan itself — that is where the optional protections come in.

The optional protections on top

• CDW (Collision Damage Waiver): reduces your liability for damage to the car in a collision with another vehicle or an object, minus the excess.
• THW (Theft Protection): covers full or partial theft and vandalism damage, again minus the excess.
• SCDW and SPCDW: partial and full buy-out of the excess left by CDW. Neither works if CDW was not taken or if a CDW exclusion applies.
• STHW and SPTHW: the same partial and full buy-out, applied to the theft excess.
• WWI (Glass and Tyres Protection): a separate option for windscreen, windows and tyres, which basic CDW usually leaves out.

The excess, the deposit and the paperwork

The franquicia — the excess — is the amount you pay yourself when damage occurs, and it is printed in the rental agreement whether or not you bought a buy-out. Its size depends on the company and the class of car; there is no single official figure. The deposit is a pre-authorisation blocked on a credit card against possible damage and extras, and the amount is confirmed before you sign. Spanish consumer rules require the advertised price to include every compulsory charge — third-party cover, the young-driver surcharge and the like — and require all scratches and dents to be recorded in the agreement or the inspection sheet before you drive away, signed by both sides, with a copy for you. On a sedan from Rent-Trip, if the model you booked is not available, you may ask for another car at no extra cost — even a class above; if you are given a lower class, the price must come down, and if the car does not match the agreed conditions you can cancel and recover the prepayment.

Sedan car rental in Spain with easy pickup and drop-off

Sedan car rental with Rent-Trip works on delivery: we bring the car to you, and the booking is agreed with a manager beforehand. The hand-over point, the time and the return are settled when you book, so the car reaches you rather than the other way round.

How delivery and collection work

• Booking first: the manager confirms your dates, the model and the hand-over point; nothing is fixed until that conversation is done.
• Delivery to you: we bring the sedan to the address you agree — a hotel, an apartment or another point that suits your route.
• The agreement: the terms of the rental are set out in the rental agreement; ask for the figures before you sign.
• Return: you hand the car back at the point and time agreed at booking, and the same manager confirms the closing details.
• Between cities: a one-way hire, collected in one place and returned in another, is arranged at booking — it is not a standard line on the price list.

Fuel, condition and the paperwork at hand-over

Spanish practice runs on the lleno a lleno policy — full tank out, full tank back — and the fuel level agreed for return is written into your agreement. Walk round the car before you drive off and have every scratch and dent recorded in the contract or the inspection sheet; both sides sign it and you keep a copy. Without that sheet, damage found later is charged to you. The same document carries the deposit and the excess, so read those two lines before signing rather than after.

Where we deliver

Madrid and Barcelona are the two cities on this page where we run sedan delivery, and both work the same way — the car comes to the address you agree with the manager. Outside those two, ask before you book: a delivery point we cannot reach is better discussed in advance than discovered on arrival. If your trip starts in one city and ends in the other, say so at booking, because a one-way drop is agreed separately from the daily rate. In our experience the hand-over takes about as long as a coffee, provided the documents are ready and the return fuel level matches the agreement.

Driving rules, city zones and fines for a rental sedan

Spain enforces its limits with fixed cameras, section radars and unmarked cars, so a hired sedan is as exposed as any other vehicle on the road. The rules below are the ones that catch visiting drivers most often.

Speed limits you will meet on a Spanish trip

• Autopista and autovía: 120 km/h for passenger cars, motorcycles and motorhomes up to 3,500 kg — this covers every sedan in our fleet.
• Ordinary interurban road (carretera convencional): 90 km/h, and the road owner may raise it to 100 km/h.
• Urban street with a single platform for traffic and pavement: 20 km/h.
• Urban street with one lane in each direction: 30 km/h; a separate sign may raise it to 50 km/h.
• Urban street with two or more lanes each way: 50 km/h, and bus or reserved lanes do not count towards the total.
• Motorways inside a built-up area: 80 km/h as the general ceiling unless a sign says otherwise.

Fines, points and alcohol

Speeding fines follow the DGT table and do not depend on how far over you are alone: 100 EUR with no points, then 300 EUR with 2 points, 400 EUR with 4, 500 EUR with 6, and 600 EUR with 6 for the most serious band. Going more than 60 km/h over the limit in town, or more than 80 km/h outside it, stops being an administrative fine and becomes a criminal offence. Holding a phone while driving costs 200 EUR and 6 points; not wearing a seatbelt or failing to restrain a child costs 200 EUR and 4 points. The alcohol limit is 0.25 mg/l of breath for most drivers, 0.15 mg/l for drivers in their first two years and for professionals, and anything above 0.60 mg/l is a crime. Fines run through three grades — leve up to 100 EUR with no points, grave at 200 EUR, muy grave at 500 EUR with points — and paying within 20 calendar days halves the amount.

City zones and parking

Low-emission zones (Zona de Bajas Emisiones) now restrict access to the centre of larger Spanish cities, and entry depends on the environmental badge (distintivo ambiental) displayed on the windscreen. On-street parking is split into blue and green zones, both paid at a parquímetro, with the green zone costing more and favouring residents. Keep the parking receipt — the number on it has to match the car's registration. Winter tyres are not a seasonal legal requirement here; restrictions appear only when snow hits, signposted road by road, and DGT can require winter tyres or chains on specific mountain routes. If a fine arrives after you have flown home, it is handled through the rental agreement — tell the manager at booking so the paperwork is in order before you collect the sedan.

Sedan car rental in Spain booked with a personal manager

A booking with Rent-Trip is agreed with a manager rather than confirmed by an automated checkout. You tell us the dates, the city and the sedan you want, and the manager comes back with the agreement: what is included, what the deposit and the excess are, and what the delivery involves. Nothing on this page replaces that conversation — the figures that matter to your specific booking are the ones set out in the paperwork.

What to have ready before you message us

• Dates and times: the day you collect the sedan and the day you return it, with the hour you need it — delivery is scheduled around that, not around office opening hours.
• City: Madrid or Barcelona, so we can confirm the sedan you want is free there on your dates.
• Model preference: a class or a name from our seven — the BYD Seal 6 at €55, the Volkswagen Passat at €74, the Audi A4 at €84.
• Driver details: who will be driving and what licence they hold, so the manager can check it against the conditions for the country before anything is confirmed.
• Card: which card will cover the deposit — the manager will tell you what is accepted before you commit.

How the manager confirms the booking

The manager checks availability first: seven sedans is a small fleet, and the BMW 5 Series or the Audi A4 can be out on a long monthly booking when you ask. If your first choice is gone, we say so and offer what is free on those dates. Weekly rates start at €330 and monthly at €1,155, so tell the manager if your trip runs past six days — the length changes the price, and it is cheaper to agree it up front than to extend afterwards.

This is also where you ask the awkward questions. What happens if the car is damaged? What is the excess? Can it go where you are planning to drive? In our experience, most disputes at the end of a booking come from something nobody asked about at the start — the fuel level on return, a scratch that was never written down, a second driver who was never mentioned. Ask before you pay, not after.

Delivery, timing and the hand-over

The exact address and the delivery window are agreed with the manager when you book, along with anything else that applies to your booking. When the car arrives, walk round it and check it against the paperwork before you drive away. If something does not match what you agreed, raise it there and then, while the manager is still on the phone.

Sedan car rental in Spain what to check before you book

Choosing a sedan through Rent-Trip is a short set of decisions made in one conversation with a manager: which of the seven models, how many days, and where the car is handed over. Nothing here is decided by a form alone.

• Model and length: the seven sedans run from the BYD Seal 6 at €55 per day to the Audi A4 at €84, with weekly rates from €330 and monthly from €1,155.
• Transmission and seats: every car has automatic transmission and five seats, so the choice comes down to fuel, power and drive rather than size.
• Documents: a licence valid for Spain, an identity document in the main driver's name, and the card used for the deposit.
• Hand-over point: the car is delivered to you, and the address and time are agreed when booking.
• Fuel and drive: the range covers diesel, hybrid and mild-hybrid sedans, with front-wheel and rear-wheel drive across the seven models.

Two things trip people up. The first is timing — a sedan booked for a Friday in Madrid or a holiday week in Barcelona is a different conversation from a Tuesday in the middle of the month, and the earlier the dates are fixed, the wider the choice across our fleet of 754 cars. The second is the licence itself. A licence issued outside the EU/EEA is valid for driving here if it is in force, if you meet the Spanish age for the equivalent category, and within six months of taking up residence; the DGT advises getting a Permiso Internacional de Conducción before the trip, and it is shown together with your passport and national licence. If your licence is not in Spanish, an official translation or an IDP covers it.

In our practice, the bookings that go smoothly are the ones where the client names the model and the dates in the first message. Everything after that — the agreement, the delivery, the return — follows from those two lines.