Rent Ferrari 296 2024 in Dubai

A Ferrari 296 GTB 2024 rental in Dubai starts with something you don't expect from this badge: press the start button and it can pull away from your hotel silent, on electric power alone, before the V6 ever wakes up. This is Ferrari's first plug-in hybrid built for the road, and it drives like a genuinely different supercar rather than a familiar one with a battery bolted on. We deliver it to your door in black, usually within one to two hours of booking. The question this page answers is simple: does a hybrid two-seat coupe built for a driver who travels light fit your week here, or do you need something that carries more than a passenger and an overnight bag.

The hybrid V6, and how it drives

Ferrari dropped the V8 for this car and went with a 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6, something no road-going Ferrari had done before. On its own the combustion engine makes 654 hp. Bolted between it and the eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox is an electric motor good for another 167 hp, and together the system puts out 819 hp and 740 Nm to the rear wheels only. Ferrari quotes 0 to 100 km/h in 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 330 km/h, numbers that put it level with cars that used to need a V8 or a V10 to get there.

The electric side is not a marketing footnote. A roughly 7.5 kWh battery gives about 25 km of electric-only driving, enough to glide out of a hotel driveway or a Marina basement car park without waking anyone up. Twenty five kilometres will not cover a real day of driving, so treat it as a party trick for the first and last few minutes of a trip rather than a way to dodge fuel altogether. Once the V6 takes over, this still sounds and pulls like a Ferrari, a sharp turbocharged snarl that revs hard rather than the older V8 bark some regulars will miss. On Sheikh Zayed Road it closes gaps the moment you ask, and with 819 hp going through the rear wheels only, a wet roundabout or a lit-up ramp is not the place to find out how much grip you have.

Two seats, and the honest boot reality

There is no back row, so it is you and one other person, and that is the whole conversation about who fits. Luggage lives in a single boot under the nose, around 200 litres, which sounds generous on paper but is shaped for soft bags and one carry-on each rather than hard suitcases. Two people packing a duffel and a backpack apiece are fine. Land at DXB with a full set of hard cases for a week and this is the wrong car for the airport leg, not because it is small for a supercar, but because there is only the one boot and no seats to lean anything against.

The nose sits very low, lower than most sports cars we hand over, and steep mall ramps, tight driveway entries and the harder speed bumps around the Marina and Downtown will catch the front lip if you take them square. Some cars in this class carry an optional front-axle lift that raises the nose a few centimetres at low speed, so ask us whether the specific car has it fitted before you book a hotel with a steep ramp. At close to two metres wide including the mirrors, tight multi-storey bays also ask for a slow, careful line rather than confidence.

Running cost, heat and the cabin

Ferrari rates the 296 GTB at around 6.4 litres per 100 km combined, a lab figure from a hybrid with a fresh battery, not what you'll see after a week of Sheikh Zayed Road pulls once the charge runs out. Budget for real fuel use once the V6 is doing all the work, and fill up with premium fuel from the 65-litre tank. The daily allowance is 250 km, with extra kilometres charged at AED 0.5 each, enough for most Dubai driving without watching the odometer closely.

The cabin is tight and low, wrapped around two seats with a lot of glass close overhead, so a few hours parked in the sun in July leaves it properly hot by the time you get back in. Once you're moving, the air conditioning pulls the small space down quickly, and there are no rear vents to worry about because there is no rear seat. A sun shade is worth carrying if the car will sit outside at midday. Salik tolls and any RTA fines during the rental come back to you, and seat belts are mandatory for both seats.

Who should rent it, and who should look elsewhere

Rent the Ferrari 296 GTB 2024 if it's two of you, you're travelling light, and you want a supercar that does something none of its rivals quite do, arriving and leaving in near silence before letting the V6 loose on the open road. The hybrid system is not a compromise here. It adds a genuinely different way to use the car, and the performance underneath it is still proper Ferrari.

Look elsewhere if you need to carry a third person or real luggage for the week. A Bentayga or an Urus does that job with a similar badge and none of the packing anxiety. Go in clear on the terms too: this is a luxury car, so it takes a refundable deposit rather than a no-deposit option, and you need to be at least 25 to take the keys. Book it for the drive and the novelty of that silent first mile, and plan your ramps and your luggage around a car that was never trying to be practical.