Guide

What do you need to hire a supercar in the UK?

Updated August 2026 6 min read Performance & Prestige

To hire a supercar in the UK you need a full driving licence held for 3 to 10 years depending on the car, to meet a minimum age of 25 to 32 depending on the car, photo ID, proof of address, a DVLA check code and a payment card in your own name for a refundable deposit. Most cars tolerate up to 6 penalty points.

How old do you have to be to hire a supercar?

It depends on the car, and the floor climbs with performance. Across our 112-car catalogue the minimum driver age is 25 on 44 cars, 28 on 19, 30 on 48, and 32 on 1.

Nothing here is hireable at 21 or 23. That is the honest position in this part of the market rather than a policy we chose: on a self-drive hire the vehicle goes out on a motor policy, and the insurer prices a young driver in a very fast car high enough that on the quickest cars they decline to write it at all.

Every supercar in the catalogue sets its minimum at 28 or above, and most ask for 30. Our own fleet starts at 25, on the Mercedes-AMG C 63 and the Range Rover Sport SV.

How long must you have held your licence?

Three to ten years, again depending on the car. 44 cars ask for 3 years of full licence held, 59 ask for 5, 6 ask for 8, and 1 — the Aston Martin Valhalla — asks for 10.

Age and licence history are two separate tests and the same driver has to pass both on the same car. A 30-year-old who passed their test last year does not qualify for a car asking 5 years, even though the age is comfortably met.

Both figures are published on each car's own page, and the full picture is on driver requirements.

Do penalty points stop you hiring?

Usually not, within a limit. 105 of the 112 cars tolerate up to 6 points. 6 of the fastest tolerate 3. 1 — the Valhalla again — tolerates none at all.

It is the conviction code as well as the number. A speeding endorsement and a drink-driving conviction are not the same thing to an underwriter even where the points total matches, so tell us the codes rather than just the count.

We ask for a DVLA check code so the endorsements are read rather than taken on trust. That is done before the car is booked out to you, not discovered on the doorstep.

What documents do you need?

Five things, and having them ready is the single biggest thing that speeds a hire up.

Your full driving licence, physically, on the day.
A DVLA licence check code. It is free, takes about a minute to generate and is valid for 21 days.
Photo ID.
Proof of address.
A payment card in your own name for the deposit.

An additional driver brings the same set and is checked the same way. Nobody drives the car who has not been named and checked in advance — an unnamed driver is not insured, which makes it an uninsured hire rather than a paperwork problem.

Does the card have to be in the hirer’s own name?

Yes. The deposit is held against a card in the hirer's own name, and the hirer is normally the named driver. A partner's card, a parent's card or a friend's card is not a workaround — it is the point of failure that stops a delivery at the kerbside.

Deposits run from £1,500 to £50,000 across the catalogue, and from £2,000 to £10,000 on cars in our own fleet, so it needs to be a card that can actually take the hold. A debit card with a daily limit below the deposit is the single most common thing that stops a hire on the morning.

Where a business is hiring the car for a director or an employee, say so at the enquiry stage and we will set it up that way from the start rather than reworking it the day before.

When are the checks actually done?

Before the car is booked out to you, and again at handover. The licence, the check code and the documents are seen in advance, then the physical licence is checked at the car alongside a joint walk round.

Doing it in that order is deliberate. It means a problem surfaces while there is still time to fix it or to put you in a different car, rather than in front of a transporter on a Friday morning.

Handover itself takes about fifteen minutes. Delivery and collection sets out the whole sequence.

What if you do not meet the criteria for the car you want?

We say so straight away and point you at what you can hire. 44 of the 112 cars in the catalogue are hireable at 25 — performance saloons, sports cars and luxury SUVs rather than mid-engined supercars.

The criteria are per car, not per marque. A brand's SUV is routinely hireable several years younger than its mid-engined coupé, because the insurer is pricing the car rather than the badge on the bonnet.

Cars arranged through a partner carry that partner's criteria rather than ours, and we confirm them with you in writing before anything is agreed.

Common questions

Can I hire on an overseas licence?

It is handled case by case rather than assumed either way, because the answer depends on the licence and on the policy covering that specific car. Tell us which country issued it when you enquire and we will confirm the position before you plan around it.

Can I add a second driver?

Yes, if they are named before delivery and checked the same way you are. They also have to meet that vehicle’s own age, licence and points criteria in their own right. Nobody can be added at the roadside — an unnamed driver is uninsured, not merely unauthorised.

Can a company hire the car for a director or an employee?

Yes. Say so at the enquiry stage so the hire, the deposit and the named driver are set up correctly from the start. It is a routine arrangement, but it is much easier to build in at the beginning than to rework the day before delivery.

Do partner-sourced cars have the same requirements?

Not necessarily. Most of the catalogue is arranged through a vetted partner, and on those the age, licence and points criteria are set by whoever holds the vehicle. We confirm them with you in writing rather than assuming they match ours.

How long is a DVLA check code valid for?

Twenty-one days from the moment you generate it, and it can only be used once. Generate it close to the hire rather than the day you enquire — a code created three weeks early will have expired by the time the car arrives, and that is a doorstep problem rather than a paperwork one.

What if my licence is a paper one, or I have changed address?

Tell us before the day. An address that does not match the licence has to be reconciled before the car is booked out, because the insurer checks the licence record rather than the form you filled in. It is a five-minute conversation in advance and a cancelled delivery if it is left to the morning.