The drive
There's a reason most people rent an exotic in Orange County and end up on the same stretch of road. Pacific Coast Highway from Corona del Mar down to Laguna is twenty-odd minutes of open coast — the Pacific on your right, the canyon light overhead, and a road that gives you a straight to open it up and a sweep to actually drive. It's not the longest drive you can take. It's the one that's worth taking in a car like this.
Here's how to do it right: where to start, when to go, and the turnoffs worth the stop.
Begin at the top of Corona del Mar where PCH is still a village main street — coffee on the corner, the bluff park at the end of Marguerite, and Big Corona below it. It's a soft start: low speed, a place to stage a photo with the car before you head south, and the last easy parking before the road opens up. Roll out of CdM with the coast on your right and you're into the best part within a few minutes.
Crystal Cove is the stop. The state park straddles PCH between Newport and Laguna — Reef Point and Pelican Point on the ocean side, the historic district and the tidepools below the bluff, and the kind of pull-offs that turn a drive into the photos people actually keep. Pull in at Reef Point, walk the bluff trail for two minutes, and you've got the car, the cliffs, and the open Pacific in one frame. This is the backdrop the coast is famous for.
If you only stop once, stop here. It's also where the road is at its most scenic to simply drive — long sightlines, gentle curves, and the ocean doing the work no camera filter can.
Roll into Laguna and PCH tightens back into a town — galleries, Main Beach, the cove overlooks, and a slower pace where the car does its talking at a crawl. It's the natural turnaround: lunch with a view, a loop back up the coast for the light in the other direction, or a push inland through Laguna Canyon if you want to actually use the engine on a road with corners.
Go early or go late. The hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset are when the road breathes and the light is worth the trip — midday summer weekends turn PCH into a parking lot, which is the opposite of why you rented the car. A convertible or a car you can drop the windows in earns its rate on this drive; you want to hear it and feel the coast air, not seal yourself in.
And drive it like an adult. The coast tolerates exotics because most people behave on it. Save the launch for an empty on-ramp, keep it civil through the residential stretches, and the road stays open to cars like ours.
Corona del Mar south through Crystal Cove to Laguna Beach. It's roughly twenty minutes of open coast with the best mix of scenery, sightlines, and easy stops — the signature Orange County coast run.
Early morning or the hour before sunset, when the road is clear and the light is best. Midday on summer weekends, PCH backs up — fine for a slow cruise, frustrating if you wanted to actually drive.
Crystal Cove — pull off at Reef Point or Pelican Point for the bluff, the cliffs, and the open Pacific behind the car. Corona del Mar's bluff park and Laguna's cove overlooks are strong secondary stops.
Something you can open up. A convertible or a car you can drop the windows in lets you hear the engine and feel the coast air. Pick from the fleet and we'll deliver it to Newport to start the drive.
We'll deliver to Newport, detailed and topped off, so you start the drive at the top of Corona del Mar instead of at a rental counter.
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