Drive the extraordinary

More attention than the Lamborghini

I have rented supercars here before and none of them got this reaction. People crossed the street to look at it. Arrived at a hundred percent charge with the chargers near my hotel already mapped, so I never thought about it once.

I did not believe it was available until I was in it

I have asked about a Chiron on three continents and been told no every time. Apex said yes, sent the exact chassis details, and walked me through the handover twice. The W16 at full throttle is not like anything else and I understand now why they retired it.

Fifth booking, first review

I have used Apex for two years and never written one of these. Consistency over that long deserves the ten minutes.

Two days of meetings and I arrived fresh to all of them

Booked it with a driver for a working trip. The rear seats recline properly, the tables fold out, and it is quiet enough to take a call at speed. I got more done in the back of that car than in the office.

Roof down for six straight days

Never once put it up. The neck warmer means evenings are comfortable and the wind deflector kills the buffeting at speed.

The gearbox alone is worth the trip

I am Swedish and I had never sat in one. The Light Speed Transmission does not behave like any other gearbox on earth, and the doors still made me laugh on day two. Apex handled it with an accompanied handover, which was exactly right for a car like this.

No engine, all presence

The silence changes how people react to it. They hear nothing, then a Rolls-Royce is simply there. The coach doors got applause outside a restaurant.

Concierge answered at 2am

Locked myself out at the marina at two in the morning. Someone answered on WhatsApp in four minutes and had a spare key to me in forty.

Delivered to the marina at 7am

Asked for an early handover so we could get down the Keys before traffic. The car was waiting, detailed, full, and the guy walked me through the drive modes without rushing.

The car that actually solved the trip

Five of us, a week, and an August storm that flooded half of Brickell. This was the only booking that would have worked. Quiet, comfortable, and it never once felt like a compromise for the exotic we did not take.

Nine thousand rpm

Naturally aspirated, screaming, and completely legal. The car everybody who knows cars books, and the staff clearly know it too.

Rebuilt, not remapped, and you can hear it

I know what a tuned G looks like and this is not that. Eight hundred horsepower from an engine that has actually been apart, side exhausts at ear level, and a cabin that has been properly retrimmed. It is absurd and I would book it again tomorrow.

Five of us and the golf clubs

The only car that solved the whole trip. Still does 0–60 in three seconds with everyone's luggage in the back, which never stopped being funny.

Seven seats and it still runs low fours

Took the whole group from MIA to the beach in one trip with the luggage, then scared them all at the on-ramp. A supercharged V8 has no business being in something this size and I am glad it is.

I did not think anyone rented these

I have looked for a Revuelto to drive for two years. Waiting lists everywhere, and no rental company within a thousand miles has one. Apex had it, in violet, and handed me the keys like it was a normal Tuesday. The V12 at 9,000 rpm is worth every dollar of the daily rate.

Nobody on Ocean Drive had seen one

Forged carbon on a Cullinan is genuinely divisive and I loved every minute of it. Three separate people asked me what it was. The red cabin photographs even better than it looks in person, which is saying something.

Six of us and the dive gear

The locking bed took everything we did not want on show and there was still room for six people. In satin black it looks like something from a film. Cheapest thing on their list and the one my friends still talk about.

Best-value Ferrari in Miami

The F8 is the sweet spot: fast enough to be a proper event, calm enough to sit in traffic on Collins. Delivery to the airport was free and the guy waited twenty minutes when our flight was late without a word about it.

The titanium exhaust alone

Booked it for one day just to hear it. Stayed three. The Senna seats are firm and I stopped noticing after an hour.

The matte one, exactly as pictured

Everyone in Miami has a G-Wagen. Almost nobody has this finish, and it is a factory Magno rather than a wrap, and you can tell at arm's length. Fits five and their luggage, which no other car on this list does.