How Much Does It Cost to Rent a Ferrari Portofino?

The color you pick sets the price of a Ferrari Portofino. The Burgundy Portofino rents for $895 a day. The black Portofino rents for $1,395 a day. Both rates come before delivery, and both cars carry the same 591 hp V8. So how much it costs to rent a Ferrari Portofino comes down to which car you want to step out of.

Why the black Portofino costs $500 more a day

The Burgundy car and the black car share the same engine and the same folding metal roof. The difference is the paint, the cabin and the deposit. The Burgundy car has a tan interior. The black car is black inside and out.

Pull up to a valet stand in Beverly Hills in the Burgundy car. The tan seats show as soon as the door opens. Pull up in the black car, and the body, the cabin and the roof are all one color. Neither one is the better look. They are two different looks, and you pay for the one you want.

The black car also asks for more at booking. Its deposit hold is $5,000. The Burgundy car's hold is $1,000. For some clients that gap matters more than the day rate. The hold stays on your card until the car comes back.

What the Portofino gives you for the money

The Ferrari Portofino is a front-engined convertible with four seats. Its 3.9 liter twin-turbo V8 makes 591 hp. The engine sends 561 lb-ft of torque to the rear wheels. The car reaches 60 mph in 3.2 seconds. Its top speed is 199 mph.

The roof is a folding metal hardtop. It lowers in 14 seconds. It also folds while the car is moving at up to 25 mph. So you can drop the roof at a light on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu without pulling over.

The steering is the lightest in the Ferrari range. The pull builds steadily instead of pushing you hard into the seat. This makes the Portofino a good first Ferrari if you have never been behind the wheel of one.

Two adults sit up front in full-size seats. The two rear seats fit a child or extra bags. Pack for a weekend away, and the trunk still takes a roller bag with the roof down.

How much it costs to rent a Ferrari Portofino for a weekend

One or two days are billed at the full daily rate. A Saturday and Sunday in the Burgundy car costs $1,790 before delivery. The same two days in the black car cost $2,790.

Longer rentals get cheaper per day on their own. You don't have to ask for it. The discount comes from the length of the rental.

• 1 to 2 days, full rate
• 3 to 4 days, 10% off
• 5 to 6 days, 15% off
• 7 to 13 days, 20% off
• 14 to 20 days, 30% off
• 21 to 27 days, 40% off
• 28 days or more, 50% off

Here is what the ladder does to a Portofino rental price.

• Burgundy Portofino for 3 days, $2,416.50 before delivery
• Burgundy Portofino for 7 days, $5,012 before delivery
• Black Portofino for 3 days, $3,766.50 before delivery
• Black Portofino for 7 days, $7,812 before delivery

A week in the Burgundy car works out to $716 a day. That daily figure is lower than the starting rate of a McLaren GT. For that week, the Portofino spends each night in a hotel garage or with the valet. The keys stay with you the whole time.

Delivery is quoted by address, so the total depends on where the car meets you. It might be a house in Newport Beach or the arrivals curb at John Wayne Airport. Ask for the delivery quote with the rate, and you'll know the full bill before you book.

The Portofino rental deposit

The deposit is a hold on your card, not a charge. It is released after the car comes back in the condition it left. Most people don't look at the deposit until the booking form asks for it, so check it first.

The deposit covers small things like a curbed wheel. Your own insurance covers damage, subject to your deductible. Your policy has to extend comprehensive and collision coverage to a car that isn't on it. That coverage is called non-owner vehicle coverage. We confirm it with your carrier on a recorded line before you get the keys.

Curbed wheels usually happen at slow speed. Take the valet lane in Laguna Beach slowly, and leave room on the right side of the car. That small habit protects the hold on your card.

Miles on the coast and in the desert

Every day on the Burgundy car includes 100 miles. A three-day rental pools those miles, so you get 300 to spend however you like. After that, each extra mile on the Burgundy car costs $4. Each extra mile on the black car costs $5.

Say you keep the Burgundy car for three days and drive 400 miles. You would pay for 100 extra miles. At $4 a mile, that adds $400 to the bill.

Las Vegas is about 270 miles each way from Orange County. The round trip uses more than a three-day allowance before you drive anywhere in the city. Out-of-state trips need a word with us first, so the miles and the paperwork are sorted before you leave.

A shorter loop costs nothing extra. Drive through La Jolla on a weekday morning with the roof down. You hear the V8 and the waves at the same time, and the trip barely touches the day's miles.

What the same money rents instead

A McLaren GT starts at $895 a day, the same as the Burgundy Portofino. The GT makes 612 hp and reaches 60 mph in 3.1 seconds. It has two seats and a fixed roof. The blue GT carries a $2,000 deposit.

A Bentley Continental GTC is the step down. The black GTC rents for $595 a day. It has four seats, all-wheel drive and a roof that comes down. Its V8 makes 500 hp, and it reaches 60 mph in 4.4 seconds.

A Ferrari 488 Spider is the step up. The white 488 Spider rents for $1,295 a day. It makes 661 hp and reaches 60 mph in 3.0 seconds. It has two seats, and its engine sits behind them.

The Portofino sits between them on price. It is the car to pick if you want Ferrari power and four seats in the same car. With the roof down in traffic, the people beside you can see every seat.

Burgundy or black

Book the Burgundy car for a weekend on the coast with the roof down. The tan seats show in every photo. The $895 rate also leaves room in the budget for an extra day.

Book the black car for a night when the Portofino waits at the valet stand. Black paint and a black cabin look formal under the lights. The higher rate and the $5,000 hold are what you pay for that look.

On a Portofino, the deposit hold is larger than the day rate. Pick the car by its hold and its mile rate first. The day rate takes care of itself after that.