Rent Dodge Ram 2022 in Dubai

The Dodge RAM 2022 we rent in Dubai is a full-size American pickup truck, not the convertible a listing elsewhere might suggest, and the crew cab plus an open load bed are exactly why someone books it instead of an SUV. We hand it over at your hotel, villa or the airport within one to two hours of booking, finished in black, and this particular truck carries the supercharged engine rather than the regular V8 most people picture when they hear the name Ram. Before you commit a week to it, this page settles the real question: is a truck built for speed and bed space actually useful for your plans, or would an SUV serve you better.

The engine, and how it drives

Under the hood sits a 6.2-litre supercharged V8 making 702 hp and 881 Nm, paired with an eight-speed automatic and full-time four-wheel drive. That combination gets a two-and-a-half-tonne truck to 100 km/h in around 4.5 seconds, which is faster than most sports cars we hand over, let alone anything else on a pickup frame. This is not the ordinary Ram most people have ridden in. The everyday version runs a naturally aspirated 5.7-litre V8 with roughly half the output, and it drives like a big, comfortable truck. This one drives like a muscle car that happens to be shaped like a truck, with a supercharger whine that builds under load and a shove that keeps coming past legal speeds.

On Sheikh Zayed Road the extra power means overtaking never feels like a decision, just a press of the pedal. The ride is firmer than a Patrol or a Yukon, tuned for high-speed desert running rather than a soft city cruise, so expect to feel bumps and expansion joints more than you would in a standard SUV. It rewards a driver who wants that feedback and can find somewhere legal to use the power. Anyone expecting a mellow highway hauler should book the standard truck instead, because this one is not built to be quiet about what it does.

The bed, cabin and the daily use

Inside, the crew cab seats five with room most SUVs in this class do not match. Rear passengers get proper legroom and a flat floor, so four adults and a driver cover the city without anyone folding into a middle seat. That part of the truck works exactly as a passenger vehicle should.

The bed is a different conversation, and worth being honest about. It measures about 1.7 metres and sits open to the sky unless you fit a cover yourself, which means anything left in it bakes in the sun, gets rained on if the season turns, and stays in plain view at every valet stand. Most renters end up putting bags on the back seat and leaving the bed empty, which works fine, but it does mean the load space that makes this a "truck" and not an SUV usually goes unused on a normal Dubai trip. If you actually need to haul something open, like sports gear or boxed furniture, that is where the bed earns its keep. Otherwise treat it as a styling feature, not storage.

Size is the other daily reality. At close to six metres long and 2.24 metres wide on its 35-inch tyres, this truck is wider than a Nissan Patrol and noticeably longer than most SUVs on the road, so tight multi-storey car parks and Marina tower ramps take an extra beat of patience and both mirrors. At just over two metres tall it also sits close to the 2.0 to 2.1 metre height limits posted at some underground mall entrances, so check the barrier before you commit to a ramp rather than finding out with the roof.

Running cost, heat and the cabin

A supercharged V8 moving this much metal is never going to sip fuel, and it is fair to know that going in. Expect around 20 litres per 100 km on the combined cycle, more once you add stop-start city traffic and the AC working against the heat. The 125-litre tank means fewer stops than the number above might suggest, but each fill is a large one, so budget for it across a week. Salik tolls and any RTA fines picked up during the rental are the renter's responsibility, the same as with any car we hand over, and seat belts plus the correct child seat are required for anyone under four.

Cooling a cabin this size in a Dubai summer takes a proper system, and this one has it. The rear seats get their own vents, so the back doesn't wait for the front to cool first, and the cabin pulls down from a hot, closed-up state at a steady pace once the engine is running. Two things worth knowing before you climb back in after it has sat in the sun. The black paint holds heat and the door handles and wheel can be genuinely hot to the touch on a July afternoon, and anything left in that open bed sits in full sun all day with nothing shading it, so it is no place for groceries or anything heat-sensitive.

Who should rent it, and who should look elsewhere

Rent this truck if the point of the week is the truck itself. It suits a group that wants presence, a driver who wants to feel 702 hp move a pickup down the E11, or anyone heading out to capable desert terrain who knows how to drive sand and goes prepared, since the clearance and four-wheel-drive hardware genuinely back up the badge. You will need to be 25 to take the keys, and because this is a high-value performance truck a deposit is likely to apply, so it is not the no-deposit option in the fleet.

Look elsewhere if you need a practical week of family driving or regular loading and unloading. A Patrol or a Yukon carries the same passenger count with luggage locked and cooled inside rather than exposed in an open bed, and either will be easier to park in a tight structure. Anyone relying on underground parking or watching fuel spend closely will find this truck works against them on both counts. Your allowance is 250 km a day, then AED 0.5 for each extra kilometre, so treat this one as the occasion rental, not the daily driver.