Red Ferrari 488 GTB seen from a tight front three-quarter angle

Rosso Corsa

Red Ferrari 488

Six hundred and sixty-one horsepower, two seats and a colour that has meant exactly one thing since 1947.

Rental in Los Angeles · from $1,999

Nobody rents a Ferrari because it is the sensible way across town. That is the entire appeal and everyone involved knows it.

The 488 GTB is the last Ferrari to look like the ones on the posters and the first to turbocharge them — a 3.9-litre V8 behind your shoulders, sixty in three seconds flat, and a top speed you will never legally find out about. In Rosso Corsa, because there was never another option.

Specification

Horsepower
661
0–60 mph
3s
Top speed
205mph
Seats
2

3.9L twin-turbo V8 · RWD

Rear view of the red Ferrari 488 GTB with round tail lights and quad exhausts
01Two round lights and a diffuser. Everyone in Los Angeles recognises this view, and almost nobody sees it for long.

The turbochargers were the controversy — a naturally aspirated Ferrari screams to nine thousand, and the purists said the 488 would not. Then it arrived making a hundred more horsepower than the car it replaced, with throttle response engineered so carefully that Ferrari published papers about it, and the argument quietly stopped.

What that means on a canyon road is that the car is never waiting. Sixty arrives in three seconds, the gearbox takes eight hundredths to change, and the steering is quick enough that first-timers oversteer the first roundabout. Twenty minutes later nobody wants to give the keys back.

Every other car here is a statement.
This one is a sound.

Steering wheel of the Ferrari 488 GTB with the prancing horse and manettino dial
Carbon fibre centre tunnel of the Ferrari 488 with the red launch lever

02Every control that matters is on the wheel — indicators, wipers, the manettino — because Ferrari decided your hands should never leave it. The tunnel beside you is bare carbon and one red lever.

Two-seat cabin of the Ferrari 488 GTB in black leather with red stitching
03Two seats, no pretence of anything else, and a driving position that puts your hips about a foot off the tarmac.
The 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 of the Ferrari 488 under glass
488 GTB badge on the dashboard of the Ferrari

04Red crackle-finish manifolds under a glass cover, lit like an exhibit. Ferrari puts the engine where you can see it because it is the reason you are here.

The particulars

  • Rate$1,999 / day
  • SeatsTwo, and that is the point
  • DeliveryComplimentary to Beverly Hills partner hotels
  • In the fleetOne, in Rosso

The guest book

  • Took the 488 through the canyons and it was ridiculous in the best way. sounds incredible. already planning the next one

    Chloe C. · 3 months ago

  • Rented the 488 for a weekend and it was spotless, whole process took like ten minutes. Nick made it super easy.

    Layla T. · 2 weeks ago

  • the 488 was such a smooth experience, everything went easy from pickup to drop off

    Deshawn D. · 5 months ago

Queries

How much does it cost to rent a Ferrari 488 in Los Angeles?
The 488 GTB is $1,999 a day, and the day rate is the whole of it — this car carries no weekly or monthly block, so a longer booking is priced day by day. Delivery to our Beverly Hills partner hotels is complimentary; LAX is $75 to the airport parking structure or $150 to the terminal, each way.
Is this the 488 Spider or the GTB?
The GTB, and the two get mixed up constantly. Ferrari built the 488 in two bodies on the same running gear: the GTB is the fixed-roof berlinetta, the Spider is the folding hardtop. Same 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 behind the seats, same 661 horsepower, same three seconds to sixty — the Spider carries the roof mechanism and a little more weight, the GTB carries the shape people picture when they picture a Ferrari. Ours is the GTB, in Rosso, and the badge on the dashboard says so. If you were searching for the Spider because you wanted the roof down, the open cars in this fleet are the Rolls-Royce Dawn, the Porsche Boxster, the Huracán Spider and the BMW Z4.
Is it usable on normal Los Angeles roads?
More than its numbers suggest. The suspension has a bumpy-road mode that softens everything at the touch of the wheel, and there is a nose lift for driveways. Canyon roads are where it makes sense, but it will do Beverly Hills at walking pace without complaint.
How far ahead should I book it?
There is one 488 in the fleet and it is the car people book for a specific weekend. Name the date early and it is held for you.

The diary

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Give us the date and the address. The 488 arrives hand-detailed at the hour you name — Mulholland is twenty minutes from most of Los Angeles.

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

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The terms, before you commit

Refundable deposit
$2,000
A hold, not a charge. Back with you 5–7 business days after the car is home.
Damage and liability cover
$225 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
$175 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 in 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.