Rent Chevrolet Trailblazer 2022 in Dubai

For a couple or a small family who want a high seat and an easy park without paying SUV running costs, the Chevrolet Trailblazer 2022 is a sensible small crossover to rent in Dubai. We deliver it to your door within 1 to 2 hours and rent it from age 18, where much of the market starts at 21. Don't let the name fool you: this is the compact Trailblazer, a five-seat city SUV on a small turbo engine, not the big body-on-frame model. The argument for it is simple. If your week is mostly errands, the school run, and the odd airport pickup for two, this gives you the raised view and the boot of a crossover at a hatchback's appetite for fuel and parking space.

A small SUV, and what that means day to day

The Trailblazer runs a 1.3-litre turbo petrol making 150 horsepower through an automatic to the front wheels. That's enough for confident city driving and comfortable highway cruising, and the turbo's mid-range means merging onto Sheikh Zayed Road doesn't take planning. Ask for a hard overtake with the car loaded and you'll feel the limits of a small three-cylinder, but for the driving a Dubai week actually involves it has the measure of the job.

What you really buy is the size. At 4,407 mm long it's noticeably shorter than a mid-size crossover, which makes Marina ramps, multi-storey bays, and mall parking genuinely easy rather than a careful exercise. The raised seating gives you a clear view over traffic that a hatchback can't, and that combination of small footprint and high view is the whole point of the car.

Fuel, and how often you'll fill up

This is where a small turbo crossover earns its keep. The Trailblazer is frugal, with an EPA combined figure around 7.8 L/100km, and real Dubai driving sits a little above that once the AC runs hard in summer. The 50-litre tank still gives you a comfortable week of city running on a single fill, with a couple of airport hops thrown in before you go looking for a station.

For a renter watching the weekly cost, that's the difference between this and a larger SUV. You get the crossover shape and seating height without the fuel bill that comes with a bigger engine and more weight to haul around.

Boot space and whether your bags fit

The boot is roomier than the compact size suggests. With the rear seats up you get about 717 litres, which takes two large cases plus a couple of soft bags, enough for a couple's week or a small family's mall runs. Fold the rear seats and it opens to around 1,540 litres for the odd flat-pack or bulky load.

The honest limit is the all-adult airport run. Four adults each with a full-size suitcase will fill it and then some, so for a bigger group with luggage you'd want to size up to a mid-size SUV or a sedan with a deeper boot. For two or three people and normal bags, the Trailblazer has the space covered.

Heat and keeping cool

A small cabin parked in 45-degree sun bakes fast, and the upside is that it cools fast too once you're moving. The Trailblazer's front vents hit hard and pull the cabin down to comfortable within a few minutes, which is exactly what you want after it's sat in a mall car park all afternoon. Back-seat passengers feel the cool reaching them sooner than they would in a bigger interior, simply because there's less air to chill. For a couple or a family with one or two kids in the back, that's perfectly adequate for a Dubai summer.

Roads, ramps and the local admin

On Sheikh Zayed Road the Trailblazer cruises happily at 120, settled and quiet enough, though it's a city SUV at heart and runs out of enthusiasm if you push it hard above that. The roughly 178 mm of clearance clears Dubai's speed bumps and steep mall ramps without you wincing, more than a low hatchback gives you. It's front-wheel drive, so keep it on tarmac. This is not a car for soft sand or Hatta trails, and a proper 4x4 is the tool for that.

A few Dubai basics worth stating plainly: Salik tolls and any RTA fines during the rental pass to you as the renter, seat belts are required in every seat, and children under four need a child seat, which we can fit on request.

Who should rent it

Rent the Trailblazer 2022 if you want a small, easy SUV for city life: a couple, a single driver, or a small family who value the high seat, the simple parking, and the low fuel bill over outright space or power. For that renter it's one of the more sensible value picks in its class, and the from-18 rental makes it easy to book.

Size up to a mid-size SUV or a roomy sedan if you regularly carry four adults with luggage or want more punch on the highway, and look at a proper 4x4 if any of your week involves soft sand. But for the everyday Dubai job of errands, school runs, and airport pickups for two, the compact Trailblazer does exactly what it should without costing more than it needs to.