A plug-in hybrid sedan, and the quietest thing we will send you. It takes the same three passengers and three bags as our petrol sedan; the difference you are paying for is what the journey sounds like.
What the hybrid actually changes
Stopped at a light, the engine is off and the car makes no noise at all. Pulling away from the terminal it runs on the battery, so nothing clatters and nothing vibrates through the seat. And there is no smell of fuel in the cabin, which matters more than people expect after eleven hours in the air.
Land at four in the morning wanting to sleep the twenty-five minutes into town, and this is the car that lets you.
Where the quiet stops
Straight about it: on a long run the petrol engine works like anyone else's. Baku to Sheki is four hours and no battery is doing that alone. The silence is a city-and-airport thing — which is where most transfers go, but not all of them.
Seats and luggage
Three passengers, three bags: three medium cases, or two large with something soft on top. Identical to the petrol sedan, so pick between the two on the ride rather than on the boot.
On board
Climate control, water, USB sockets, a hotspot that works, and a driver who speaks English. The same list rides in every vehicle we run, and none of it turns up as a line on the bill.
Which of the three to book
Two bags and the lowest fare: the Hyundai Accent. Three bags for less than this: the Hyundai Sonata. This one when the hour of your flight means the drive itself needs to be easy.
Party size changes the answer before anything else does. Four people fit the Kia Sorento, up to seven the Mercedes Vito, and beyond that the 20-seat Sprinter. None of those is a hybrid, and for a group that counts for less than arriving together.
Booking
Give us a date, a time and two addresses, and we come back with one figure. It holds whatever your flight decides to do.