Exotic car rental in London

The full-to-full fuel policy applies to every exotic car rental in London, and we bring the car to any address in the city or to Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City and Southend airports. Our exotic fleet holds 12 cars — from the McLaren 570S at £954 a day to the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ at £3,300 — with 2, 4 and 5 seats, petrol and hybrid power.

What exotic car rental in London includes

Exotic car rental in London with Rent-Trip is self-drive: we hand over the keys, the car arrives clean with a full tank, and the delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

How self-drive hand-over works

You choose the model from the twelve supercars on this page, we bring it to the address you name, and from that moment the trip is yours to plan. Every car in the fleet is automatic, so the driving itself is the easy part: McLaren, Ferrari and Lamborghini all come with a two-pedal setup and right-hand drive. The delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, so plan the hand-over around your arrival rather than the other way round. In our practice most bookings run from a single day to a long weekend, and the hand-over is the one moment worth scheduling properly.

Where we deliver

• Any address locally: we bring the car to the street address you give us, whether that is a hotel, a private flat or a business address.
• Heathrow (LHR), Gatwick (LGW), Stansted (STN): the three busiest airports around the city are inside our delivery area, so the car can be waiting when you land.
• Luton (LTN), London City (LCY), Southend (SEN): the remaining airports are covered on the same terms as the rest of the delivery area.
• St Pancras & King's Cross, Euston, Paddington, Victoria, Waterloo: the main rail terminals are all inside the area, which suits arrivals by train.
• Outside these places: delivery is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site — ask the manager first, before you build a plan around it.

What the rental agreement covers

• Fuel: the car is supplied with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank; otherwise the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement.
• Deposit and insurance excess: both are set out in the rental agreement and are confirmed with the manager before the booking is fixed.
• Delivery fees and discounts: these are set out in the rental agreement too, so the total is clear before you commit to a date.
• Road charges: the Congestion Charge and ULEZ apply to driving in the city, and who pays them is agreed when booking rather than assumed.
• Driving licence: a full, valid foreign licence can be used for 12 months from your last entry into Great Britain.

The car is the constant across every booking — the terms around it are what the manager settles with you.

In our experience the fuel rule catches people out more than anything else: a supercar tank is large and a partial refill at the end of a weekend is easy to forget, so note the level at hand-over and match it on return.

The exotic car rental in London fleet at a glance

Our exotic class holds 12 cars from three marques — McLaren, Ferrari and Lamborghini — and every one of them is automatic. Five are Coupés, five are Convertibles and two are SUVs, so the choice comes down to how much roof and how many seats you want rather than to what is available. Nine of the twelve are two-seaters, so a couple travels light — there is no rear bench to fall back on and the boot in every mid-engined car is shallow. The Lamborghini Urus is the only five-seat car on the page, and the Ferrari Purosangue and Ferrari Portofino the only four-seat ones, which makes those three the realistic pick when the whole group comes along.

Twelve cars in the exotic class

Petrol, hybrid and automatic across the fleet

All 12 cars are automatic, 11 run on petrol and the Ferrari 296 GTB is the only hybrid. The 296 GTB pairs a 3.0 L engine with 830 hp — the highest output on this page — so it suits city driving, where the electric side takes the edge off stop-start traffic. Every car here takes petrol, so budget the fill-up before the tank goes back full.

In our experience the 570S and the two Huracán Spyders are the ones most first-time drivers settle into quickest: 570 hp and 640 hp are plenty on a 30 mph city limit, and the all-wheel Huracáns feel steadier in the wet. If you plan a run out to Oxford or Cambridge, take the 720S or the F8 Spider — both 720 hp, both rear-wheel, both comfortable at motorway speed.

Choosing your exotic car rental in London by body type

Body style decides more about an exotic car rental than horsepower does. Our 12 cars split into 5 Coupes, 5 Convertibles and 2 SUVs — and the roof, the seat count and the boot are what you live with for the whole booking. Pick the shape first, then the badge.

Open-top exotic car rental in London in a Convertible

Five Convertibles are available, from the Ferrari Portofino at £1,080 a day to the Aventador Roadster at £2,160. The Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder sits between them at £1,300, the Huracan Performante Spyder at £1,320 and the Ferrari F8 Spider at £1,400, and the Portofino is the cheapest way into an open car on this page. Four of the five are two-seaters, with either all-wheel or rear-wheel drive, and all run automatic.

Roof down suits a summer evening along the Embankment far better than a motorway run, where wind noise builds quickly above 60 mph. Check the boot before a weekend away — it is tight in every one of the five, and soft bags fit where hard cases do not.

SUV exotic car rental for a group

Two SUVs are on the page — the five-seat Lamborghini Urus at £1,128 a day and the four-seat Ferrari Purosangue at £1,800. Both are automatic, both are all-wheel drive, and between them they cover two of the three cars here that carry more than two people.

• Ferrari Purosangue: 6.5 L, 725 hp, four seats — the joint-largest engine on this page and the natural pick for two couples.
• Coupe alternative: five two-seat Coupes run from the McLaren 570S at £954 to the Aventador SVJ at £3,300, with the 296 GTB, 720S and 488 Pista in between.

The Urus is the practical one of the pair: it swallows airport luggage that no Convertible will take, and its raised seating makes the first hour of left-hand driving noticeably easier. In our experience, groups of three or more settle on it within minutes of seeing the boot. Delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, so tell us the headcount when you enquire.

Driving an exotic car rental in London on city roads

An exotic car rental in London puts you on the left-hand side of the road in a right-hand-drive car, with the Congestion Charge zone and the ULEZ to know about. For most visitors the first hour behind the wheel is the one that decides how the rest of the trip feels.

Left-hand traffic and right-hand drive

Traffic drives on the left and every car is right-hand drive; the Highway Code, rule 160, says you keep to the left unless signs or markings say otherwise, and rule 183 puts you nearer the left edge when turning. Roundabouts follow rule 185: you give way to traffic approaching from the right, and the flow goes clockwise.

For a driver arriving from a right-hand-traffic country the first ten minutes are the difficult ones, and a supercar makes that worse — a McLaren 720S is 4.0 L of low-slung bodywork with the steering wheel on the right and no rear-quarter view worth trusting. Book your hand-over for daylight and drive the first miles on a quiet road before you join the A406 or the M25.

Congestion Charge and ULEZ for exotic car rental in London

Congestion Charge: £18 per day if paid on the day of travel or in advance, £21 if paid by midnight of the third day after; it runs 07:00–18:00 Mon–Fri and 12:00–18:00 Sat, Sun and bank holidays.

• ULEZ: £12.50 a day for non-compliant vehicles, 24 hours a day, seven days a week except 25 December, across all 32 boroughs; the M25 itself is outside the zone.
• Penalty notices: both schemes issue a £180 PCN, reduced to £90 if paid within 14 days.
• Dartford Crossing: £3.50 per crossing for cars, or £2.80 prepaid, usually 06:00–22:00, paid by midnight the following day.

Fuel prices move week to week, so a 6.5 L Aventador rewards a light right foot. Who pays the charges and tolls on a hire car is agreed when booking — settle it with the manager before the keys change hands.

Fuel and hand-over for exotic car rental in London

Every car leaves Rent-Trip clean and with a full tank, and it comes back the same way. The fuel rule is full-to-full: you collect the car filled and return it filled. That is the only fuel option we offer — there is no pre-paid tank and no full-to-empty arrangement on the site. If the tank comes back short, the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement. Fuel prices at the pumps move week to week, so a full tank on a 5.2 L V10 is a real line in the budget — worth checking the gauge before you hand the keys back rather than after.

What happens at hand-over

• Delivery address: the car comes to any address in the city or to Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City and Southend — the exact spot is agreed with a manager when you book.
• Date and time: fixed with the manager before the booking is confirmed, so build the hand-over around your flight or your check-in rather than the other way round.
• Condition on arrival: the car is supplied clean and with a full tank, and it must go back with a full tank.
• Fuel on return: bring it back full. A short tank means the missing fuel plus a refuelling service fee under the rental agreement.

Fuel and range across the fleet

Eleven of the twelve cars run on petrol and one is a hybrid — the Ferrari 296 GTB, which pairs a 3.0 L engine with 830 hp. In our experience the hybrid suits the urban end of a trip best: the stop-start of the Congestion Charge zone and the 20 mph streets eats fuel in a big naturally aspirated car, and the 296 GTB is the one that minds it least. The Aventador SVJ, at 6.5 L and 770 hp, is among the thirstiest cars on the page — plan a refill before you leave the city rather than hunting for a station on the M25.

Practical notes before you drive off

All twelve cars are automatic, so there is no clutch to worry about in traffic. Traffic here drives on the left and every car is right-hand drive, which takes about ten minutes to feel normal and rather longer at a roundabout. The Congestion Charge is £18 per day, or £21 if you pay by midnight of the third day, and ULEZ is £12.50 per day across all 32 boroughs — who pays those charges is agreed when booking, so settle it with the manager before the hand-over rather than afterwards.

One last thing from our side: ask for the hand-over at a time when you are not rushing.

A few unhurried minutes with the car at hand-over save questions later — and on a car like the Purosangue or the Urus it is also the moment to work out where the fuel filler actually is.

Longer bookings of exotic car rental in London

A longer booking changes the arithmetic rather than the car. Weekly rates on this page run from daily x 6, monthly from daily x 21 — so a week of the McLaren 570S comes to £5,724 and a month of the same car to £20,034, with every other model following the same two multipliers.

How the weekly and monthly rates work

• Weekly rate: daily price x 6, whatever the model.
• Monthly rate: daily price x 21, applied across all 12 cars.
• Cheapest long booking: the McLaren 570S at £954 a day, so £5,724 weekly and £20,034 monthly.
• Most expensive long booking: the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ at £3,300 a day, the top of the fleet on both multipliers.
• No other multiplier: a four-day trip or a ten-day trip is calculated from the daily figure, not from a part-week or part-month rate.

The multipliers are the only statement Rent-Trip makes about longer hires. Neither turns into a percentage, a free day or a share of the month — the figures above are the whole of it. On a two-week booking, for instance, the manager works from the daily rate and the weekly rate and agrees the figure with you before anything is fixed. That is also the moment to raise anything that changes with duration: the deposit, the insurance excess, delivery fees and any discount are set out in the rental agreement, and we do not quote them in advance on the site. If the plan is a month rather than a weekend, say so at the first call — the car is then blocked for the whole period instead of being slotted between shorter hires.

Choosing a car for a long hire

Nine of the twelve cars are two-seaters, which is fine for a month of solo driving and awkward the moment a second passenger joins for a week. The Lamborghini Urus is the only five-seat car on the page, and the Ferrari Purosangue a four-seat alternative — both SUVs, both all-wheel drive, both automatic. For a long booking, the Urus at £1,128 a day is the practical choice: £6,768 weekly, £23,688 monthly.

The Ferrari 296 GTB is the only hybrid here, and on a month of city driving its 3.0 L engine and 830 hp make it the least thirsty of the fast cars. Convertibles suit a short summer hire better than a month — the open cars are mostly two-seaters with tight boots, and a fortnight of luggage in a Huracan Performante Spyder at £1,320 a day is a compromise nobody needs to make when the Urus exists. In our experience, the cars that come back after a month are the SUVs and the 296 GTB; the Aventador SVJ at £3,300 a day is a weekend car, and hiring it for thirty days costs £69,300 — a figure worth seeing written down before you commit.

What a month in London adds

A long hire puts you inside the charging zones for far more days than a weekend does. The Congestion Charge is £18 per day, or £21 if paid by midnight of the third day after the trip, and runs 07:00–18:00 Monday to Friday and 12:00–18:00 at weekends and on bank holidays. ULEZ is £12.50 a day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week except 25 December, across all 32 boroughs. Who pays these charges is agreed when booking, so settle it before the month starts rather than after.

The delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, and that holds for a month as much as for a weekend. Book the hand-over for the day you actually arrive — a car delivered early sits idle on the daily rate.

Rules for exotic car rental in London

Driving an exotic car on a foreign licence is legal for a limited window: full, valid foreign licences are accepted for 12 months from the date you last entered Great Britain. After that period the licence stops being valid for driving here, so a booking that runs past the 12-month mark needs checking with the manager before it is fixed.

The rules of the road are the ones to learn before you collect the keys, and they differ from most visitors' habits:

• Speed limits: 30 mph (48 km/h) in built-up areas across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, 60 mph (96 km/h) on single carriageways, 70 mph (112 km/h) on dual carriageways and motorways; on lit roads the default is 30 mph unless signs say otherwise, and many zones post 20 mph — signs override the default.
• Alcohol: in England, Wales and Northern Ireland the limit is 80 mg per 100 ml of blood, 35 µg per 100 ml of breath and 107 mg per 100 ml of urine; Scotland applies 50 / 22 / 67.
• Phones: holding and using a phone, satnav or tablet is banned even while stopped at lights — £200 and 6 penalty points, and a driver who passed the test less than 2 years ago loses the licence; hands-free is allowed as long as the device does not block your view.
• Seat belts and child seats: a belt is compulsory where one is fitted; children stay in a child seat until they reach 135 cm or turn 12, whichever comes first — the fine runs up to £500.

Traffic keeps to the left unless signs and markings say otherwise (Highway Code, rule 160), and you turn closer to the left-hand edge (rule 183). At roundabouts you give way to traffic approaching from the right (rule 185), which is the reverse of what drivers from right-hand-traffic countries expect — in our experience that single rule causes more hesitation in the first hour than anything else on the road.

Two more points sit outside the law but inside the booking. Congestion Charge and ULEZ liability, along with any parking or traffic penalty notice, is agreed when booking rather than assumed on either side. The minimum rental age, the young-driver surcharge and the cards accepted are also settled with the manager, as are the deposit and insurance excess set out in the rental agreement.