Guide

Can you hire a supercar at 25?

Updated August 2026 6 min read Performance & Prestige

Not a mid-engined supercar. Every supercar in our catalogue sets a minimum driver age of 28 or above, and most ask for 30. But 44 of the 112 cars we list can be hired at 25 — performance saloons, sports cars and luxury SUVs —. The insurer prices the car, not the badge, so the answer changes model by model.

Which cars can you hire at 25?

forty-four of the 112 in the catalogue, and they are not the leftovers: eighteen luxury SUVs, seventeen performance saloons, seven sports cars, one convertible and one grand tourer. In practice that means the Audi RS and S models, the BMW M cars, AMG saloons, the Porsche Cayenne, Macan, Panamera and both Taycans, a Lotus Emira and a Ford Mustang GT.

Deposits and excesses in that group sit between £1,500 to £3,500 — materially lower than the £5,000-plus figures the fastest cars carry.

Every one of them is arranged through a vetted partner rather than owned by us, so those rates are guides and are confirmed with you in writing before anything is agreed. Nothing in our own fleet is available below 25, and it is better that you read that here than discover it after filling in a form.

Why do insurers set the age at 30 on the fastest cars?

On a self-drive hire the vehicle goes out on a motor policy, and the underwriter prices the combination of driver and car rather than either alone. A 25-year-old in a 600bhp mid-engined car is priced very high, and above a certain performance level they simply decline to write it.

We cannot underwrite it ourselves, so the age on each car's page is a hard floor rather than an opening position. There is no version of this where a larger deposit changes the answer — it is an insurance condition, not a commercial one.

That is also why the fastest cars carry tighter points tolerances and longer licence requirements alongside the higher age. They move together, because they are all pricing the same risk.

Is age the only test?

No, and this catches more people out than the age itself. Every car sets a minimum period of full licence held as well, and the same driver has to pass both tests on the same car.

Of the 44 cars hireable at 25, twenty-nine ask for 3 years of full licence held and ten ask for 5. So a 25-year-old who passed their test at 22 has the whole group open to them; a 25-year-old who passed last year qualifies for none of it, however clean the licence is.

Penalty points are the third test. 105 of the 112 cars tolerate up to 6 points, 6 tolerate 3, and 1 tolerates none. Driver requirements sets out all three per car.

Can you hire a Lamborghini, Ferrari or McLaren at 25?

No, on the current catalogue, and it is worth saying so plainly rather than after a form.

The lowest minimum age on any Lamborghini we list is 28, on the Urus SE — an SUV rather than a mid-engined car. The lowest on a McLaren is also 28, on the McLaren GT. Every Ferrari we list asks for 30.

Porsche is the exception worth knowing about. The 718 Boxster S, the Macan Turbo, the Cayenne Coupé S, the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid and both Taycans are all available at 25. The badge is within reach at 25 even where the mid-engined metal is not — useful to know if what you want is the crest on the bonnet rather than the layout of the engine.

What does a lease at 25 actually cost?

It depends on the car rather than on your age: the monthly figure is set by the vehicle and the term, and being 25 decides which cars you can be insured on rather than what they cost. 44 of the catalogue is available at 25.

Every agreement runs on the same shape — a twelve-month minimum term, two months up front and then one a month, with 12,000 miles a year included as standard.

Deposits and excesses in that group sit between £1,500 to £3,500. Excess mileage is charged per mile at the rate published on each car's own page, from 95p to £10.

Does it get easier at 28 and 30?

Substantially. 19 more cars open up at 28, taking the total to 63. That is where our own fleet starts — the Mercedes-AMG C 63 and the Range Rover Sport SV — and where the first mid-engined car appears, the Audi R8 V10 performance, alongside the Lamborghini Urus SE and the McLaren GT.

48 more open up at 30. That is where the bulk of the mid-engined metal sits, all of it partner-sourced — the Lamborghini Huracán Tecnica, the Ferrari 296 GTB and the McLaren 750S among them. The rest of our own fleet opens up at 30 as well.

1 car in the whole catalogue asks for 32, and that is the Lamborghini Revuelto.

What about hiring at 21 or 23?

Nothing in this catalogue is hireable at 21 or 23. The lowest minimum age on any of the 112 cars is 25.

That is the honest position across this part of the market rather than a rule we set. If somebody quotes you a supercar at 21, it is worth asking exactly which policy the car is going out on and who is named on it.

We would rather tell you no on this page than take an enquiry we already know we cannot fill.

Common questions

Can somebody older hire the car and let me drive it?

No. Only drivers named on the hire in advance are insured, and every named driver has to meet that car’s own age and licence criteria in their own right. A 25-year-old driving a car hired in a 40-year-old’s name is an uninsured driver, with the full value of the car at stake rather than the excess.

Would a bigger deposit get me a car below the age limit?

No. The age on a car’s page is an insurance condition rather than a commercial one, so it is not something we can price around. Deposits on the cars available at 25 run from £2,000 to £3,500, and raising that figure does not change what the policy will accept.

Do partner-sourced cars have lower age limits?

Sometimes, and every one of the 44 cars hireable at 25 is partner-sourced. Their criteria are set by whoever holds the vehicle rather than by us, which is why we confirm the age, licence and points requirements in writing before anything is agreed.

Will the criteria be the same when I turn 30?

The figures published today are the ones that apply today, and they follow what the insurer accepts rather than what we would prefer. They are confirmed for your specific dates and your specific car before you commit, so nothing is planned around a number that has since moved.