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Black Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

Name: Black Mercedes Sprinter
Brand: Mercedes-Benz
Price: 399 USD
Availability: InStock

Quilted captain's chairs, a ceiling full of fibre-optic stars and a screen at the front — the only vehicle here where the outside is the least interesting part.

Rental in Los Angeles · from $399

Everything else in this issue is about being seen arriving. This one is about not noticing that you travelled.

The Sprinter is the vehicle Los Angeles actually runs on — the one waiting at private terminals, outside studio gates and behind the wedding. Inside a black conversion: individual quilted chairs, a starlight headliner, screens, ambient light by the colour, and a refrigerated drawer. Chauffeur on request.

Specification

Horsepower: 188
Seats: 12

2.0L turbo inline-4 · RWD

Black Mercedes Sprinter with the side door open beneath palm trees — 01From the pavement it is a black van, which is the point — nobody photographs the vehicle, they photograph whoever steps out of it.

A conversion like this exists because the alternative is worse. Six or eight people in two cars arrive at different times, in different moods, having had different conversations. One Sprinter arrives once, with everybody in it, having had the same conversation — and with room to stand up while doing it.

The rest is what an hour on the 405 should feel like. Every chair is individual, reclines, and has its own console. The headliner is a field of fibre-optic stars. There are screens, there is a fridge, and there is a control panel on the wall that runs all of it. It is a lounge that happens to be moving at freeway speed.

Six people, two cars, three arrivals.
Or one van, and one.

Starlight headliner and screens in the roof of the Mercedes Sprinter

Wall-mounted control panel for lighting and climate in the Sprinter cabin

02Fibre-optic stars set into the roof, and a panel on the wall that runs the lights, the climate and the screens without anybody having to ask the driver.

Rows of quilted captain's chairs in the Mercedes Sprinter cabin — 03Every chair is its own chair — quilted, reclining, with an armrest and a console. Nobody is sitting on a bench.

Illuminated refrigerated drawer in the Mercedes Sprinter cabin

Driver's seat and dashboard of the Mercedes Sprinter

04A refrigerated drawer that lights up when it opens, and up front a cabin that is still, unmistakably, a Mercedes.

The particulars

Rate$399 / day
SeatingIndividual captain's chairs
ChauffeurOn request
In the fleetOne, in black on black

The guest book

the Sprinter fit our whole crew plus luggage no problem, so comfortable
Priya C. · 4 months ago
Sprinter was exactly what i wanted, quick pickup and everyone was really friendly
Deshawn H. · 3 months ago
used the Sprinter for a weekend away and it handled everything perfectly, spotless when we got it
Layla W. · 5 months ago

Queries

How much does it cost to rent a Mercedes Sprinter in Los Angeles?

The black Sprinter is $399 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.

Do you offer Mercedes Sprinter van hire with a driver?

That is what most people book it for — airport runs, film days, wedding parties and studio calls. Tell us the schedule and we arrange the driver with the vehicle. Self-drive hire is available too; with a driver it is from $100 an hour on a four-hour minimum, confirmed in writing before you commit.

How many people does it seat?

Nine in individual quilted seats, with the luggage still going in behind them. It is the one vehicle in the fleet that solves a group arriving at LAX together, and the reason a van hire beats two cars.

What is actually inside?

Individual quilted captain’s chairs, a starlight headliner, screens with Apple TV, ambient lighting you can set by colour, and a refrigerated drawer. It is a lounge with a Mercedes badge on the front.

The diary

When you can have it

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Reserve

Arrive together, once.

Tell us the date, the address and how many. The Sprinter arrives hand-detailed at the hour you name, with a driver if you want one.

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

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The terms, before you commit

Refundable deposit: $500; A hold, not a charge. Back with you 5–7 business days after the car is home.
Damage and liability cover: $75 a day; Mandatory, and 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 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 $75 to the parking structure or $150 to the terminal, each way.

This one is the same rate at every length — it carries no multi-day block, so three days is three times one day. We would rather say that than imply a discount that is not there.