Exotic & Prestige Car Hire Melbourne

Exotic and prestige car hire in Melbourne, explained.

Prestige, exotic and supercar hire — a Rolls-Royce, a Lamborghini, a Ferrari, a McLaren or a Mercedes-AMG — self-drive from South Melbourne or chauffeured to your door.

Luxury car hire is a broad term, and most people arrive at it with an occasion rather than a specific car in mind. A milestone birthday, an anniversary, a proposal, a corporate visit, a wedding, a weekend that deserves more than the usual — the car is a means to an end, and the job of this page is to help you land on the right one.

The range spans three genuinely different kinds of car: supercars for the drive, luxury SUVs for the occasion that needs seats, and a prestige saloon for the arrival. Rates start at $1,499 for 24 hours with the G63 and run to $2,499 for the supercars and the Ghost, self-drive or chauffeured, with multi-day rates on request.

This is the hub page for everything we do, and it links out to every car and every service. Whether you know exactly what you want or only know the occasion, the sections below will get you to the right vehicle and the right way to hire it — driven by you, or driven for you.

What counts as a luxury car hire?

Three categories: supercars for the drive, luxury SUVs for the occasion, and a prestige saloon for the arrival.

Supercars are the first category, and the reason most people picture a hire like this. The Lamborghini Huracán, Ferrari 488 GTB and McLaren 720S are two-seat, mid-engined and built around the drive itself. You hire them for the road, the noise and the sense of occasion behind the wheel.

Luxury SUVs are the second, and often the more practical choice. The Lamborghini Urus and Mercedes-AMG G63 seat five, carry luggage, and still read as an event — the cars to book when the occasion involves other people, not just a driver.

The prestige saloon is the third, and it is a category of one: the Rolls-Royce Ghost. Where the others are about driving or carrying, the Ghost is about arriving — the quietest, most composed car we list, and the one built to be travelled in rather than driven. Knowing which of the three categories your occasion belongs to is most of the decision.

The mistake people make is starting with the car instead of the occasion. A Ferrari is the wrong choice for a bride and the right one for a fortieth; the Ghost is perfect for an anniversary dinner and pointless for a track-road weekend. Work out what the day actually needs — a drive, a group, or an arrival — and the shortlist writes itself. If you are unsure, tell us the occasion when you enquire and we will narrow it for you.

How much does luxury car hire cost in Melbourne?

From $1,499 for 24 hours with the G63, up to $2,499 for the supercars and the Ghost, with multi-day rates on request.

Self-drive hire is priced by the 24-hour day rather than by the hour, because a car of this kind is a day out, not a timed lap. The G63 starts the range at $1,499, the Urus, supercars and Ghost sit at $2,499, and multi-day rates drop per day — a long weekend or a full week costs less per day than a single 24-hour hire.

Chauffeured hire is priced differently, because it is a different thing: a driver, from a three-hour minimum, rather than a car for the day. That is the only context in which hourly hire applies — you are booking a person and their time, not just the vehicle.

It is worth understanding what sits behind the rate, because it is not arbitrary. These are low-volume, high-value cars that are expensive to own, insure and maintain, and a hire day takes one of them out of availability entirely. The rate reflects that scarcity, not a markup on a mass-market rental — which is also why booking early, when the car you want is still free, is the surest way to get the date you actually want.

Whichever you choose, every quote is confirmed in writing before anything is paid, and it is the complete picture: the rate, any deposit and bond, and the requirements for the car. There are no figures held back for the day itself.

Self-drive or chauffeured — which do you need?

Self-drive when the drive is the gift; chauffeured when the arrival is the point, or when you want to drink, be photographed, or not think about parking.

Choose self-drive when the driving is the whole point — a weekend in the Yarra Valley, a bucket-list day in a Lamborghini, a birthday present to yourself that involves a great road and a great car. You collect from our South Melbourne showroom, the day is yours, and you bring the car back when it is done.

Choose chauffeured when the arrival matters more than the drive: a wedding, an anniversary dinner, a proposal, a corporate evening. Chauffeured is also the answer whenever you want to have a drink, be in the photographs rather than behind the wheel, or simply not think about parking a low, wide, expensive car in the city.

There is a cost difference to weigh, too. Self-drive is priced as a full day; chauffeured adds a professional driver and is priced from a three-hour minimum, so a short chauffeured booking and a full self-drive day can land at similar figures for very different experiences. Neither is better value in the abstract — it depends entirely on whether you want the wheel or the back seat.

The two are not exclusive. Plenty of bookings combine them — self-drive on Saturday, chauffeured on Sunday — on a single arrangement. If you are not sure which suits your occasion, tell us what you are planning when you enquire and we will point you the right way.

What do people hire luxury cars for in Melbourne?

Weddings, milestone birthdays, proposals, corporate transport, airport arrivals, photography and simply a weekend that deserves it.

Weddings and milestone occasions are the largest share — a fortieth or fiftieth, an anniversary, a graduation, the day a long-planned thing finally happens. For these the car is part of the memory, and the choice usually comes down to the Ghost for the arrival or a supercar for the drama. Our wedding car hire page covers the wedding side in full.

Proposals and photography are a steady second. A Ferrari or a Huracán turns a proposal into an event, and the same cars film and photograph beautifully for content and campaigns. Corporate and client work is a third — the chauffeur service and airport transfers exist for exactly this.

There is also a growing share of visitors and returning expats who hire for a few days to see Melbourne and its surrounds properly — the Yarra Valley and the Mornington Peninsula — in a car worth the trip. For an out-of-town visitor with a licence, a self-drive weekend is one of the best ways to experience the region, and we handle the logistics so the only decision left is the route.

And then there is the simplest reason of all: a weekend that deserves better than the usual. No milestone, no audience — just a great car and a great road, because you wanted to. That is as good a reason as any of the others, and it is one of the most common bookings we take.

Where do you operate?

Self-drive collection is from our South Melbourne showroom; chauffeured service runs across metropolitan Melbourne and the wine regions.

For self-drive, everything starts at our South Melbourne showroom. You collect there, you are walked through the car properly, and you return there at the end of the hire. It is a fixed, central point rather than a kerbside handover, and the full address is confirmed with your booking.

For chauffeured work, we come to you — across the CBD and the metropolitan area, out to the Yarra Valley and the Mornington Peninsula for weddings and events, and to and from Melbourne Airport for arrivals and departures. Tell us where you are and where you are going, and we will confirm exactly what is possible and what it costs, within the hour.

We do not publish a street address, and that is deliberate rather than evasive: the showroom is not a walk-in retail space, and collections are by appointment so that every handover gets the time it deserves. The full address is confirmed with your booking, once the date and the car are set, so you know exactly where to go and when.

How to book

Tell us the date, confirm the booking with a deposit, then collect from the showroom or have the car come to you.

It is three steps. First, tell us the date and the occasion on the form — two minutes, no cost, and one of our team comes back within the hour with availability and a full quote. Second, a deposit secures the vehicle and the date, alongside a licence check and a refundable security bond for self-drive.

Third, the car reaches you: self-drive is collected from our South Melbourne showroom with a fifteen-minute handover, and chauffeured bookings come to your address with a suited driver. That is the whole process — no account to create, nothing to pay simply to ask, and nothing committed until you choose to confirm.

If at any point you are not sure which car, which way to hire it, or whether a date will work, the answer is always the same: ask. A two-minute enquiry gets a real person, a straight answer within the hour, and a full quote — and it costs and commits nothing, so there is no reason to guess when you can simply find out.