Rent a McLaren Artura Spider in Cannes

The Artura Spider is the newest kind of McLaren on the Riviera: a plug-in hybrid supercar built around a lightweight carbon structure, low and compact enough to thread through terrain that intimidates wider machinery. Cannes keeps one 2024 example in the fleet, offered as a single variant from €1,600 per day, which suits a car this specialised — clients book it because they already know the road they want to drive, not because they're comparing trim levels. That road is usually inland. The D6185 toward Mougins and up to Grasse climbs through eight kilometres of village roads and hairpins before opening onto hillside views back toward the coast, and it rewards a car with tight steering and a low centre of gravity rather than raw width. The Artura Spider's dimensions and its quick-folding hard-top make it a natural fit here: fast enough on the straights above Mougins, composed enough through the tighter sections near Grasse, and simple to have down for the last few kilometres when the terraces open up. Drivers who want the same feel closer to the water can take it along the coast road past Mandelieu toward Théoule-sur-Mer, where the Esterel cliffs sit close to the tarmac and the traffic is lighter than the eastern approach into Antibes. Handover in Cannes is arranged around wherever the trip starts — a Croisette hotel forecourt, a residence in Le Suquet, or the apron at Mandelieu Airport for clients arriving by private jet. Given the car's proportions, it's also one of the more practical high-performance choices for the tighter turns near the old town, where a wide SUV is simply the wrong tool. A security deposit and standard insurance terms apply, confirmed at the time of booking, and the car is returned with a full tank as with the rest of the fleet. For a single day tracing the Grasse road or a longer weekend combining the coast and the hills, the Artura Spider gives a specific kind of driving day rather than a general one — which is largely the point of renting it.