Rent Dodge Durango 2020 in Dubai

The Dodge Durango 2020 rents in Dubai as something most of the mid-size SUV class does not offer: a genuine three-row family shape built around a V6 that still sounds and pulls like an American muscle car, not a Japanese or Korean crossover tuned purely for quiet efficiency. We bring it to your hotel, villa or the airport within one to two hours of booking. A Highlander or a Santa Fe optimizes for smoothness and low running costs. The Durango leans the other way, with a heavier, more mechanical feel underneath. This page settles the real question: is that character worth the fuel it drinks and the extra size you park, or is a softer crossover the better week for you.

The engine, and how it drives

This Durango carries the base GT engine, a 3.6-litre V6 making 293 hp and 352 Nm through an 8-speed automatic and rear-wheel drive. It is not the 5.7-litre R/T or the wild SRT Hellcat you may have seen elsewhere in the lineup. Those exist, but this car is the V6, and it is worth knowing that going in so nobody books expecting a Hellcat and gets a family SUV instead.

What the V6 actually delivers is a confident, unbothered kind of pace rather than outright speed. Dodge's own figures put it around six seconds to 100 km/h, which is quick for a two-tonne-plus SUV and easily enough to merge onto Sheikh Zayed Road without hesitation. The chassis feels heavy in a good way. Body-on-frame American SUVs like this ride with a planted, slightly trucky weight that soaks up expansion joints better than a car-based crossover, and it stays composed at 120 on the E11 with power in hand for an overtake. It leans more in tight corners than a Tucson or a CR-V, and the steering is numb rather than sharp, so treat it as a cruiser, not a back-road car.

Seven seats, and what fits behind them

The Durango seats seven across three rows, and the second row is genuinely good, wide enough for two adults with room to spread out. The third row is the honest surprise for a mid-size SUV. It takes older kids or a smaller adult for a real trip across town rather than the token bench some rivals bolt in as an afterthought, though anyone over six feet will want it for short hops, not the drive to Abu Dhabi.

Luggage is where the compromise shows up, and it is the same one every three-row SUV faces. Behind the third row you get about 487 litres, enough for a couple of large cases or the weekly shop, not a full airport run for seven. Fold that row down and it opens to roughly 1,350 litres, and dropping the second row too takes you close to 2,390. So the practical read is simple: five people with proper luggage works well, seven people with seven bags does not, and if you know you need both at once, put the third row down before the desk hands you the keys.

Fuel, heat and running a body-on-frame SUV

A V6 pushing a heavy American SUV is never going to be cheap to run, and it is fair to know that before booking. The combined figure sits around 11 litres per 100 km, and a week of Dubai stop-start traffic with the AC working hard will push that closer to 13 or 14. The 85-litre tank still buys a decent run between stops, so it is more a case of budgeting the fuel than worrying about range. Salik tolls and any RTA fines during your rental are yours to cover, as they are with every car we hand over.

Heat is the question every renter asks in July, and a cabin this size needs a real system to bring down, not a token one. It has one. The Durango pulls a hot, closed-up cabin down at a steady pace once the engine is running, and the second and third rows get their own vents, so nobody in the back is left fanning themselves while the front seats cool first. Size is the daily trade-off. At just over five metres long and 1.9 metres wide, tight multi-storey bays and Marina tower ramps ask for patience and the reversing camera, though 205 mm of ground clearance means speed bumps and steep mall ramps go by without a scrape.

Who should rent it, and who should size down

Rent the Durango 2020 if you want three-row space with a genuinely different character from the usual crossover, a heavier, more mechanical drive with real V6 pull, and you do not mind feeding it accordingly. It suits a family of five with proper luggage, or seven for shorter runs across the city, and it is a fair pick for anyone who wants an American SUV that still feels like one rather than a badge stuck on a soft platform. As a larger, higher-value SUV it is likely to carry a refundable deposit, so treat it as the character choice rather than the no-deposit option.

Size down if you are running errands for one or two people, or if fuel economy matters more to you than presence. A Santa Fe or a Sorento carries the same seven across a week of city driving on noticeably less petrol and parks with less fuss. Your allowance on this Durango is 250 km a day, then AED 0.5 for each extra kilometre, and you will need to be 21 to take the keys.