Rent Bentley Continental GT-GTC 2023 in Dubai

A Bentley Continental GT 2023 rental in Dubai is rarely a week-long booking. Most people who reserve this one have a single date circled: a proposal at sunset, an anniversary dinner, a wedding car that has to look right in every photo before the reception starts. We deliver it to your hotel, villa or the airport, usually within one to two hours of booking, in black, with the soft top ready to drop the moment the light gets good. This is the W12 convertible, and 2023 is the last model year Bentley built this generation before a hybrid V8 took over. The real question this page answers is whether one day with it is worth what it costs.

The engine, and how it drives

Under that long black bonnet sits the 6.0-litre twin-turbo W12 Bentley has used since 2018, 626 hp and 900 Nm of torque, sent through an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox to all four wheels. It reaches 100 km/h in about 3.7 seconds and keeps pulling to 333 km/h, numbers that would flatter a dedicated sports car. None of that is really the point once you're driving it. Throttle response stays gentle at low speed, the suspension shrugs off rough tarmac, and the power comes in one long, continuous pull rather than a string of shifts you can feel. On Sheikh Zayed Road, overtaking is a quiet squeeze of the accelerator, not a downshift and a shout.

2023 is the closing year for this W12 in the GTC. Bentley moved the newer Continental GT to a hybrid V8, so booking this one means driving the last chapter of an engine the brand built in some form for two decades. That's a real part of the appeal, not just something a rental listing says to sound impressive.

Space, boot and the daily use (top up or down)

This is a 2+2, and the back seats suit two kids, a short hop with a third adult, or an overflow bag, not four adults out for the evening. For a proposal or a couple's night out, that's exactly the point, since the front seats are where you actually want to be. For a wedding party of more than two, you're arranging a second car regardless of what this one can do.

The boot holds about 235 litres, noticeably smaller than the coupe's, because the folding soft top stows in the same compartment once the roof drops. That covers one case and a soft bag, an airport pickup with carry-on, or a night out with nothing to carry. It doesn't cover a week away, so if the day includes real luggage, plan a second car for that leg of the trip.

The roof is worth timing around your plans rather than just admiring. It opens or closes in about 19 seconds, quick enough to raise it during a hot midday drive to the venue and drop it again once the light turns gold for photos. Most renters keep it up through the middle of the day and lower it as the sun eases toward evening, which is when this car looks its best anyway.

A black cabin, fuel and running cost

Black paint and a black cabin hold heat differently than a lighter one. Under a Dubai July sun with the roof up, give the interior a minute after you climb back in before the seats and the wheel stop feeling like they've sat in an oven. The air conditioning is strong once it catches up, and the cooled seats help it along, but a dark soft-top cabin needs that head start more than a lighter car would.

Watch the ride height on ramps and speed bumps. This Bentley sits low, at roughly 152 mm of ground clearance, and Dubai's steeper mall entrances and sharper humps will catch it if you take them straight and fast. Angle across them instead. The body is also just under two metres wide before the mirrors, so tight multi-storey bays want a slow, careful line rather than a confident one. A kerbed wheel on a car like this is an expensive way to end a good night, which is part of why this class carries a substantial refundable deposit rather than a no-deposit option.

Fuel is the other real cost. The W12 wants premium petrol and drinks it quickly once you use the performance on offer, so don't expect it to sip fuel the way the hybrid that eventually replaced it does. Salik tolls and any RTA fines picked up during the rental are the renter's responsibility, the same as any car we hand over.

Who this is for, and when it makes sense

Book the Continental GT 2023 for the day it's built for: a proposal, an anniversary, a wedding arrival, a night out where the car is part of what people remember afterward. The 250-kilometre daily allowance covers more driving around the emirate than a one-day booking usually needs, and anything past that runs AED 0.5 per kilometre, which rarely matters when the day is built around a venue and a route rather than distance. You'll need to be at least 25 to take the keys, higher than most of the fleet, which tracks with the cost of putting this car right if something goes wrong.

Look elsewhere if the week ahead needs a daily driver, real luggage room, or comfortable seating for more than two. A Bentayga gives you the badge with an SUV's space, and plenty of coupes in this city handle a lower-key night out for less money and a smaller deposit. But for the one afternoon or evening this car is built for, roof down, W12 pulling hard, arriving somewhere that matters, few rentals in Dubai do it as well.