Nissan car rental in London

Nissan car rental in London with Rent-Trip puts four models on the road — the Juke, Qashqai, Leaf and GT-R — from £38 a day. We deliver the car to any address in the city and to Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City and Southend airports, with the delivery address, date and time agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

Which Nissan Models Can You Hire in London

Four Nissans sit on this page, and each one covers a different kind of trip — a city crossover, a family SUV, an electric hatchback and a 570 hp coupé. Below is what each model gives you and who it suits.

The Four Nissans on This Page Side by Side

The class you pick decides the gearbox and the driven wheels as much as the body shape — the two automatic Nissans are also the two most powerful, and the GT-R is the only one sending power to all four wheels.

Nissan Juke and Qashqai for Families and City Errands

Both the Juke and the Qashqai seat five and run a manual gearbox with front-wheel drive, so the choice between them comes down to size and power. The Juke carries a 1.0 L engine with 114 hp, the Qashqai a 1.3 L unit with 140 hp. In our experience the Qashqai's extra power and longer body make motorway stretches calmer with a full boot, while the Juke's shorter footprint is the easier car to slot between tight bays. Both are petrol, both are manual, and neither asks you to think about charging.

The GT-R and the Leaf as Two Opposite Choices

One runs on petrol and rewards an open road, the other runs on electricity and suits short, repeated journeys. The GT-R is the only all-wheel-drive Nissan here, with 570 hp, a 3.8 L engine and four seats; the Leaf is the only electric one, with an automatic gearbox, 150 hp and five seats. An automatic matters most in stop-start traffic, and both of these cars have one — the difference is that the Leaf asks you to plan charging, not fuel stops. If your week mixes both, book the Leaf for the city days and the GT-R for the weekend.

What Nissan Car Rental in London Costs

Nissan car rental in London runs from £38 a day for the Juke to £840 a day for the GT-R, and longer bookings follow two fixed multipliers rather than negotiated rates. The class «from» figure is the price of the single car in that class, so what you see is what that model costs.

Daily Rates by Class and the Cheapest Nissan

Weekly and Monthly Rates for Longer Bookings

Longer bookings follow two fixed multipliers: a week is the daily rate times six, from £228, and a month is the daily rate times twenty-one, from £798. In our practice, most travellers decide between a week and a month before they decide on the car, because the second figure is the one that has to fit a budget. The model you choose sets the longer rate directly — the Qashqai at £43 a day becomes £258 a week, and nothing else changes the arithmetic. Rent-Trip keeps the multipliers identical across all four Nissans, so comparing a week in the Leaf against a week in the Juke is a single multiplication, not a quote request. Work out the weekly rate for two models before you call — the answer usually settles the choice on its own.

What the Rental Agreement Sets Out

The deposit, the insurance excess and any delivery fees are set out in the rental agreement, not fixed on this page. Those three lines move a short booking's total more than the daily rate does, so read them before you confirm the model. Ask for the agreement wording at the same time as the quote — it is the only place the full cost of your Nissan appears. Delivery to any address in the city and to the six airports serving it is part of the booking conversation, and the address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

Nissan Car Rental in London With Delivery to Your Door

Rent-Trip brings the Nissan to the address you give us — a hotel, a flat, an office or one of the six airports — and the address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed. Nothing about that hand-over is improvised on the day: the details are settled in advance, so the car arrives where you expect it.

Where We Deliver

• Any address in the city: hotels, private flats, offices and serviced apartments all qualify, with the exact address and time confirmed with a manager at booking.
• Heathrow (LHR): the largest of the six airports we cover, 30.3 km by road from the centre and about 45 minutes without traffic.
• Gatwick (LGW): 48.6 km out and roughly 70 minutes in clear conditions, the longest run of the southern pair.
• Stansted (STN): 57.9 km north-north-east, about 63 minutes.
• Luton (LTN), City (LCY) and Southend (SEN): Luton sits 56.9 km out at around 63 minutes, City is the closest at 14.5 km and 33 minutes, Southend the furthest at 67.4 km.

Places around the capital that fall inside our delivery area — St Pancras & King’s Cross, Euston, Paddington, Victoria, Waterloo, Canary Wharf, Wembley, ExCeL London and Mayfair — are covered on the same terms as the centre. In our experience the Stansted and Luton runs are the ones worth booking earliest: both sit well outside the North Circular, and a morning pickup there means leaving the airport before the M25 fills up.

Delivery Beyond the City

Anything outside those points is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site, so ask the manager before you build a plan around it.

Fuel and Condition at Hand-over

The car comes clean with a full tank and must go back full — full-to-full. If it returns short, the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement, and no pre-paid tank or full-to-empty option is offered. Check the level against the gauge when the Nissan arrives rather than at the end of the trip: a full tank photographed at hand-over settles any question later. The electric Leaf has no tank: its return terms are set out in the rental agreement.

Congestion Charge and ULEZ in a Rented Nissan

Two daily charges can apply to a car in London: the Congestion Charge and, for vehicles that do not meet the emission standard, the ULEZ. Both are tied to the vehicle and the zone, not to who owns the car, and both are settled as agreed when booking rather than added silently to a rate.

Congestion Charge: £18 a Day Inside the Inner Ring Road

• Charge: £18 per day when paid on the day of travel or in advance; £21 if paid by midnight on the third day after the trip.
• Electric Nissans: the 100% Cleaner Vehicle Discount has ended; cars now pay a reduced rate instead of £18 with Auto Pay, and there is no discount without it.
• Hours: 07:00–18:00 Monday to Friday, 12:00–18:00 on Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays.
• Zone: the area inside the Inner Ring Road — Pentonville Rd, City Rd, Old St, Commercial St, Mansell St, Tower Bridge Rd, New Kent Rd, Elephant & Castle, Kennington Ln, Vauxhall Bridge Rd, Park Ln, Edgware Rd, Marylebone Rd and Euston Rd sit outside or on the boundary.
• Closure: not charged from 25 December to the New Year bank holiday inclusive.
• Penalty: a PCN of £180, reduced to £90 if paid within 14 days, rising to £270 after a charge certificate; 28 days to pay.

ULEZ: £12.50 a Day Across All 32 Boroughs

• Charge: £12.50 per day for vehicles that do not meet the standard.
• Hours: 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except 25 December.
• Zone: all 32 boroughs; the M25 itself is outside it.
• Petrol standard: Euro 4 or better, which in practice means cars from 2006 onward.
• Diesel standard: Euro 6, which means cars from September 2016 onward.
• Penalty: a PCN of £180, reduced to £90 if paid within 14 days.

What This Means for the Four Nissans

The petrol Juke, Qashqai and GT-R all clear the Euro 4 petrol standard, so ULEZ is not the issue for them — the Congestion Charge is, whenever a trip crosses the Inner Ring Road. The Leaf is the electric car here, £71 a day, and in our experience that is the difference worth checking before you pick a model for a week of central trips. A driver heading to Oxford, Cambridge or Bath leaves the Congestion Charge zone behind, so that charge only bites on the days you actually drive into the middle; ULEZ covers all 32 boroughs, so any London address is already inside it. Check the vehicle on the TfL vehicle checker before you set off, and confirm with the manager how the charges are handled — it is agreed when booking.

The Electric Nissan Leaf for London Driving

Nissan car rental in London includes the Leaf as the only electric car on this page: a five-seat hatchback with 150 hp, an automatic gearbox and front-wheel drive. Its rate starts at £71 a day, which puts it between the petrol Qashqai at £43 and the GT-R at £840. For anyone covering short daily distances inside the city, the Leaf is the quietest and simplest of the four to handle.

Seats and body: five seats in a hatchback shell, the same passenger count as the Juke and Qashqai but with a lower roofline for car parks with height barriers. Power: 150 hp is more than the Juke's 114 hp and the Qashqai's 140 hp, delivered instantly from standstill. Charging: the Leaf runs on battery power only, so plan where you will top up before you set off rather than after the warning light appears. Gearbox: the automatic transmission means no clutch work in stop-start traffic — the other automatic Nissan here is the GT-R.

Two charges work differently for an electric car here, and both are worth checking before you book. The Congestion Charge applies to the Leaf: the 100% Cleaner Vehicle Discount has ended, and electric cars now pay a reduced rate instead of £18 only with Auto Pay registered — without it the full £18 stands. The ULEZ charge of £12.50 a day does not apply to a car that meets the Euro 4 petrol or Euro 6 diesel standard, and an electric vehicle produces no exhaust emissions at all. Who covers these charges on a rental is agreed when booking, so raise it with the manager rather than assume.

Fuel works the other way round for this car. Petrol and diesel prices in London change week to week, and none of that reaches the Leaf's running costs. What you do pay attention to is range and charging points, and a driver who covers twenty or thirty miles a day in town will spend far less time plugged in than one heading out to Oxford or Bath for the day.

The Leaf suits a specific trip: airport runs, hotel-to-meeting hops, a few days of errands across the boroughs. In Rent-Trip's experience the electric car is chosen by people who already know where they will charge it — and those who book it without that plan tend to swap to petrol after the first day. For a long motorway week with four passengers and luggage, the Qashqai's 1.3 L petrol engine asks fewer questions of the driver.

Documents and Driving Rules for Nissan Car Rental in London

Driving a rented Nissan here starts with the paperwork: a full, current driving licence is the document the law names, and everything else about the booking is settled with a manager before the car is delivered.

Driving on a Foreign Licence

• Licence validity: a full, current foreign licence lets you drive in England, Wales and Scotland for 12 months from your last entry into Great Britain.
• IDP and minimum age: whether an IDP is needed and the minimum age are agreed when booking.
• Card and deposit: the cards we accept are agreed when booking, and the deposit is set out in the rental agreement, not fixed here.

Speed Limits and the Rules of the Road

United Kingdom speed limit is 30 mph (48 km/h) in built-up areas across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, 60 mph (96 km/h) on a single carriageway, 70 mph (112 km/h) on a dual carriageway and 70 mph on a motorway.

On lit roads the default is 30 mph unless signs say otherwise, and in the capital many zones are signed at 20 mph — read the signs rather than assume the limit. Traffic keeps left under Highway Code rule 160, and at roundabouts you give way to traffic approaching from the right under rule 185, going clockwise around the island. Our cars are right-hand drive, so the gear lever sits to your left — the first ten minutes in traffic feel odd, then the lane position starts to make sense.

Drink, Phone and Seat Belts

• 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 runs 50 / 22 / 67.
• Phone: holding a phone, sat-nav or tablet is banned even while stopped at lights — £200 and 6 penalty points, and a driver within 2 years of passing loses the licence; hands-free is allowed if it does not block your view.
• Seat belts: a belt is required where fitted, and children need a child seat until they reach 135 cm or turn 12, whichever comes first — up to £500.

Congestion Charge and ULEZ payments are a separate matter from the licence, and who covers road charges and penalties is agreed when booking rather than assumed from the paperwork.

Juke or Qashqai for London Traffic

Both cars seat five, run a manual gearbox and send power to the front wheels, so the decision between the Nissan Juke and the Nissan Qashqai comes down to size and power. The Juke is the Crossover of the pair: 1.0 L, 114 hp, £38 a day. The Qashqai is the SUV: 1.3 L, 140 hp, £43 a day. Neither is automatic, and neither offers all-wheel drive — for an automatic you are looking at the Leaf or the GT-R, for all-wheel drive at the GT-R.

What actually decides it for Nissan car rental in London is your week. The Juke for tight streets and short hops: at 1.0 L and 114 hp it is the easier of the two to place between parked cars and into narrow bays, and it is the cheapest Nissan on this page at £38 a day. The Qashqai for the boot and the motorway: the extra 26 hp and the larger body make a full load and a motorway stretch calmer, and at £43 a day the step up is small. Both for the charge zone: petrol manual with front-wheel drive is the pairing the two cars share, so in stop-start traffic neither is easier than the other.

In our experience, a couple or a small family on city errands takes the Juke and never misses the space; two adults with luggage, a pushchair or a run out to Heathrow and back are happier in the Qashqai. The engine size matters less than the load you carry: 1.0 L with four people and a boot full of shopping feels the difference on a hill that an empty car ignores. If the two of you are still undecided, book the Juke and ask the manager about swapping to the Qashqai on the same dates — the step up between the classes is small, so the decision is rarely about money and always about what you are carrying.

One practical note for either car: the Congestion Charge and ULEZ apply to the vehicle, not to the model name, and how those charges are handled on your booking is agreed when booking. Check the plate against the TfL vehicle checker before you set off, and note that the day's charge costs less paid in advance than after — £18 on the day against £21 by the end of the third day after the trip.

Practical Conclusion on Nissan Car Rental in London

Four Nissans, four different jobs. The Juke at £38 a day is the one for short city hops and tight parking; the Qashqai at £43 adds a 1.3 L engine and 140 hp for longer motorway runs with a loaded boot; the Leaf at £71 is the electric option with an automatic gearbox; the GT-R at £840 sits at the top of the page with 570 hp and all-wheel drive. Weekly rates run from £228 and monthly from £798, both calculated from the daily figure.

What decides the choice is rarely the badge — it is the trip. A five-seat manual crossover covers a family week; an automatic matters in stop-start traffic; an electric car asks you to plan charging rather than fuel stops.

A few things worth settling before you confirm:

• Fuel: the car comes clean with a full tank and goes back full — anything missing is charged as set out in the rental agreement.
• Delivery: the address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, and delivery outside the places we list is arranged case by case.
• Documents: a full foreign licence is valid for 12 months from your last entry into Great Britain; the rest of the paperwork is confirmed at booking.
• Charge zones: the Congestion Charge and ULEZ apply to a hired Nissan exactly as they do to any other car, and who covers them is agreed when booking.

Traffic here drives on the left and every car is right-hand drive, so give yourself an hour of quiet streets before the first motorway stretch. In our experience the drivers who struggle least are the ones who book the smallest car that fits their luggage — a Juke parks where a GT-R will not.