Which is the best Supercar Hire Club?

[Caelum Blue]

I've been thinking about joining a supercar hire club. There are a few around all with different ways of working. Any of you out there have thoughts about the one you belong to, have you changed, are there any to avoid? I've seen advertised, Group 20,P1, Harrods etc. any others?

[jonny5]

For me it'd be Grp20 as they are closest to my house and have a Zonda F .... BUT would only really want to drive the F which i'd get 1 (maybe 2) weekends a year in

[zahal]

Hi. Can't comment on the rest, but I've been a P1 member for 2 years now and have been extremely happy with them. Great range of cars, pick up/drop off is free for me in central London, cars in great nick and they don't sting you for things like wheel dings etc (just charge me 60 quid max for a wheel scrape). The membership ain't cheap but I've had a great time with them and I guess you get what you pay for with these clubs.

[oggs]

Group 20 and RIO Prestige both have Ph'ers working there

[jeremyc]

Click here for my experiences of a year with ecurie25.

Based in London (outside the Kengestion Zone ) with a great fleet of toys.

Oh, and many of them lurk hereabouts also.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

For me RIO would work out the best, but I can see how P1 and Ecurie would work for other people. All the others I've browsed have terms and conditions that range from 'not for me' through to 'impending disaster'.

[tbops]

one of thems got an slr now! duno which one. I spoke to one of the boys frm ecurie at hr owen...nice chap

[jonny5]

tbops said:

one of thems got an slr now! duno which one. I spoke to one of the boys frm ecurie at hr owen...nice chap

p1

[tbops]

its silver tho if i remember correctly....no the best color.

[jimmyt]

Ecurie were fantastic for the 14 months I was there.

Managed about 5000+ miles in about 14 motors.

I think a smaller fleet than P1 but combined with a smaller membership - availability was never an issue.

[neil-f]

Think the new one operating at Harrods has SLR.

[northo]

oggs said:

Group 20 and RIO Prestige both have Ph'ers working there

[extreme-detail]

well i can say the cars at RIO are all in top condition and are well mantained. the feeling i get from RIO is that nothing is a problem

[wellywells]

after going for a meeting at group 20 I would 110% recommend them over any of the competition, the cars are like brand new, nothing evet goes out not looking brand new, the cars are great, and with many many more to come and obviously the zonda, I mean how else could you drive a £600k car when only 25 have been made. The people who own,run and work for the company are the best!!! And they have no points system or any of that old crap, you can drive the cars as much as you like as long as you follow there fair usage policy. They will be THE biggest super car company very shortly without and doubt and the best.
So the answer to your question is, their is no choice to make, only one choice and thats group 20

[Caelum Blue]

Well it seems Rio and G20 are the top of the list so far, I understand G20 haven't been going long though, will they last the course?

[wellywells]

I can assure you that group20 will outlast any of the other clubs with the funding they have etc, and will be the biggest, all the other clubs will have to change there ways or go bust g20 is that much better!!

[Funky]

If i lived in the uk Rio would have my money in the morning. Great guys who are out and out petrolheads and will do anything to help out. Plus their selection is really great

[bosscerbera]

Rio Prestige's RPM Club is the only club with a selection of hypercars on its books. You don't need to be a member of anything to hire the rest of the fleet (which includes all the usual suspects) but you must join their RPM Club (which I have) to get to play with the hypercars. A membership benefit is a deal on the rest of the fleet.

I couldn't be arsed with spending "points", I'd rather pay-as-I-go and the main draw for me was the Koenigsegg, Zonda and Spyker. Cars that cost as much as boats are arguably best "chartered". I am hoping my membership will keep me away from car showrooms for a while.

The choice of cars on the Rio fleet is good, they change periodically and they're a great bunch of people to deal with. Although their head office is in Edinburgh, they have a southern "hub" too so there's no problem with getting the cars anywhere in the UK.

[jonny5]

what's the deal with Rio then?

[bosscerbera]

jonny5 said:

what's the deal with Rio then?

Rio Prestige is the hire fleet (list on their web site); RPM Club will be limited to 50 or 75 members (can't remember which).

Hypercars and some classics are members only. Members get a discount on the hire fleet.