Black Chevrolet Corvette head-on with red seats visible through the windscreen

Black on Red

Black Chevrolet Corvette

A mid-engined V8 supercar for three hundred and forty-nine dollars a day, which is the least believable sentence in this issue.

Rental in Los Angeles · from $500

Every other car in this issue costs four figures a day. This one has the engine in the same place and does not.

The C8 is the Corvette that finally moved the V8 behind the seats — 495 horsepower, sixty in under three seconds, a roof that folds into the deck, and a cabin trimmed in red. It is the one car we rent that gets mistaken for something Italian.

Specification

Horsepower
490
0–60 mph
2.9s
Top speed
194mph
Seats
2

6.2L V8 · RWD

Black Chevrolet Corvette in profile with the roof stowed, beneath palm trees
01Roof down, the cab sits so far forward it looks like a concept car that escaped. Chevrolet spent sixty years building the nose long and then deleted it.

Moving the engine backwards changed everything. The driver sits almost over the front axle, the nose drops away out of sight, and the car turns in with a precision no front-engined Corvette ever managed. It is also the reason the boot is under the bonnet and there is a second one behind the engine.

What has not changed is the sound. It is a naturally aspirated pushrod V8, six point two litres of it, and it makes the deep flat noise Americans have been making since 1955 — now from a foot behind your shoulders, with the roof stowed, on Mulholland.

It gets mistaken for something Italian.
The V8 sits right behind your shoulders.

Squared steering wheel and red interior of the Chevrolet Corvette
The spine of climate controls running down the centre of the Corvette cabin

02A squared-off wheel, and a ridge of switches down the middle that walls the driver off from the passenger. The cockpit is built around whoever drives.

Two red leather seats of the Chevrolet Corvette with the roof removed
03Two seats in red, and above them nothing at all once the roof is in the deck.
The 6.2-litre V8 of the Corvette under its glass engine cover
STINGRAY tread plate in the door sill of the Chevrolet Corvette

04Red cam covers under glass, lit like an exhibit, and STINGRAY set into the sill — a name Chevrolet has been using since 1963.

The particulars

Queries

Where can I rent a Chevrolet Corvette in Los Angeles?
Nizo Luxury rents the Chevrolet Corvette in Los Angeles — +1 (424) 303-6496. It is $500 a day; we bring it to your hotel or your home, or you collect it at no charge from our office on Robertson Boulevard.
How much does it cost to rent a Corvette in Los Angeles?
The black Corvette is $500 a day. The day rate is the whole of it on this car — there is no weekly or monthly block, so a longer booking is priced day by day. Delivery to our Beverly Hills partner hotels is complimentary.
Is the roof removable?
Yes — the hardtop folds into the deck behind you at the touch of a button, and it will do it while you are moving at city speed. The luggage space under the bonnet stays yours either way.
Is it really mid-engined now?
It is. The V8 sits behind the seats under a glass cover, which is why the nose is so low and why the car looks like nothing Chevrolet has built before.

The diary

When you can have it

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Reserve

Mid-engined, V8, and yours for the weekend.

Give us the date and the address. The Corvette arrives hand-detailed at the hour you name — the canyons are twenty minutes out.

Check dates & reserve or call +1 (424) 303-6496

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The terms, before you commit

Refundable deposit
$750
A hold, not a charge, and released 5–7 business days after a clean return, longer only if there is damage to price.
Protection plan
$100 a day
Priced off the deposit rather than the rate. Your own qualifying full-coverage policy takes this line out of the quote entirely.
Driver, 21–24
$50 a day
Twenty-one is the floor, with a licence held two years. The higher band applies at or above a $1,500 deposit; this car is below it.
Shortest booking
24 hours
No maximum. Delivery is complimentary at our Robertson Boulevard lot and our four Beverly Hills partner hotels; LAX is $150 both ways with the car in the airport parking structure or $300 both ways to the terminal, half that for one direction.

This one is the same rate at every length — it carries no multi-day block, so three days is three times one day.

Renting the Chevrolet Corvette: the short answers

Can I book the Chevrolet Corvette with a driver?
Yes. A chauffeur is from $100 an hour on a two-hour minimum, added to the car at its day rate — $900 for a four-hour evening in this car. No security deposit is taken on a chauffeured booking. The same car can be driven to the event and yours with the keys the morning after; the chauffeur service page has the runs and the hours.
What do I need to rent the Chevrolet Corvette, and can international guests book?
A driver of 21 or over with a licence held at least two years — between 21 and 24 a young-driver fee of $50 a day applies on this car, and under 21 is considered case by case. A major credit card in the primary renter's name for the refundable hold, and cover for the car: your own full-coverage policy if it extends to a rental, or our Protection plan arranged with the booking. International guests rent on a passport and a home-country licence; no International Driving Permit is needed. The hold is released 5–7 business days after a clean return, longer only if there is damage to price. If the age floor or the cover is the thing in the way, the same car goes out with a driver instead — that booking asks neither of you.
How far ahead should I book the Chevrolet Corvette, and can I change the dates?
There is no notice period: the calendar on this page shows the days it is free, and once a booking is paid a car that is free can be on its way to you in about an hour — same day included. Moving the dates is free, as often as you need, outside the last day before the start; a change inside it keeps one day's rate. What comes back if you cancel is set out in our terms and conditions.
Can the Chevrolet Corvette be delivered to my hotel, my home or LAX?
Yes. Delivery is complimentary to the Beverly Wilshire, the Four Seasons at Doheny, L’Ermitage and the Maybourne, and collection from our Robertson Boulevard office costs nothing. LAX is $150 both ways with the car in the airport parking structure or $300 both ways to the terminal, half that for one direction. Any other address is priced by distance from the office, $75 one way inside 10 miles, and itemised on the quote before you pay.
How many miles are included, and can I take the Chevrolet Corvette out of California?
Every car carries its own daily mileage allowance, and yours arrives in writing with the booking confirmation, together with the per-mile rate for anything over it. The car may leave the state — Las Vegas, Arizona, up the coast — as long as you tell us the plan in advance and keep the allowance in mind; it comes home to Los Angeles, since there is no one-way drop in another city.
What does a weekend in the Chevrolet Corvette cost, and can I rent it by the hour?
$1,000 for two days and $1,500 for three, before the Protection plan, tax and any delivery — there is no separate weekend rate, and one day is the minimum on a Saturday too. The day is the shortest self-drive booking; by the hour, the car goes out with a driver, from $100 an hour on a two-hour minimum.

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