Rent Ford Mustang 2024 in Dubai

Ask for a Ford Mustang 2024 rental in Dubai and you might still get shown a photo of the old shape by mistake, since both generations are out on rental fleets across the city at once. This one is not that car. It is the seventh-generation S650, a new platform, cabin and face that Ford introduced for the 2024 model year, and ours is the 2.3-litre EcoBoost convertible in white. We can have it at your hotel, home or the airport within one to two hours of booking. What this page settles is whether the four-cylinder version of the new shape suits your week, or whether you should hold out for the V8.

New shape, new cabin, and the four-cylinder underneath

Stand this car next to a pre-2024 Mustang and the differences show before you open a door. The nose sits lower and wider, the tail lights split into a different pattern, and inside, the old twin dials are gone in favour of a 12.4-inch digital cluster that runs into a touchscreen up to 13.2 inches wide. It reads as a cabin Ford designed from a blank sheet, not one it refreshed.

Ours runs the 2.3-litre turbocharged four, sending about 315 hp to the rear wheels through a 10-speed automatic, with 0 to 100 km/h in around 5.5 seconds. That is quick enough to hold its own on Sheikh Zayed Road, with room to spare for a clean overtake. The V8 GT sold alongside it makes closer to 486 hp and announces itself at idle in a way this engine was never built to. Rear-wheel drive is the only layout Mustang has ever come in, and a heavy foot on a wet morning or a painted line will still move the back end, so give the car a gentle first day before you lean on it.

The 2+2 seating, and a boot the roof doesn't shrink

Treat the four seats as two with company along for the ride. This is a 2+2, and the rear bench takes a jacket, a shopping bag or a child on a short hop, not an adult who wants their knees back at the other end. Up front, two people get a low, well-shaped seat and real room to stretch.

The boot measures about 323 litres, enough for a large case and a soft bag, or a relaxed run to the airport for two. What is worth knowing before you book is that this figure holds whether the roof is up or down. The fabric top doesn't eat into the boot the way it does on some convertibles. It packs into its own compartment behind the rear seats, so the load space you get with the top closed is the load space you get with it open too. What does need care is the height off the ground. Ground clearance sits around 130 mm, so steep hotel and mall ramps, tight multi-storey entrances and the sharper speed bumps around the Marina all want a slow, angled approach rather than driving straight over them.

White paint, the cabin heat, and what it costs to run

White is the easier colour to live with once the sun is properly up. It reflects more heat than a dark car, so the bonnet and door panels stay a few degrees short of what black paint would hit sitting in the same spot at midday. It doesn't change the fact that this is a soft-top, though. Treat the roof as a dawn, evening or winter pleasure rather than something you use through a July afternoon. From roughly November to March you can run it open most of the day. Once summer sets in, keep the roof down to early morning and after sunset, and never leave it folded on a car parked in direct sun, because the cabin cooks fast regardless of the paint outside.

With the roof up, the small cabin works in your favour, since the AC has little air to cool and the front vents pull the temperature down within a couple of minutes of moving. The rear vents barely register, one more reason to leave that bench for bags. On running cost, the EcoBoost four is the whole argument for choosing this version over the V8. Figure on about 10 litres per 100 km in mixed city driving, and with the 59-litre tank that clears well over 500 km between fills on a normal week, on premium fuel. Salik tolls and any RTA fines pass to the renter, and seat belts are required in every seat, front and back.

Who should book this Mustang, and who should pass

Book this one if you're one or two people who want the new S650 shape, an open roof for the cooler months and a car that still handles daily errands without a heavy fuel bill. It's a genuine step up in looks and technology from the older-shape cars still working Dubai's rental fleets, not a lightly updated version of them, and white keeps it a touch easier to live with when the car has been sitting in the sun.

Pass on it, or step up to the V8 GT, if the engine note is the actual reason you want a Mustang. That car runs a 5.0-litre naturally aspirated V8 with about 486 hp, and the sound at idle and under load is what most people picture when they picture this badge, something the turbo four was never built to replicate. If your week means four adults or a real pile of luggage, skip both and take a sedan or an SUV, since the back seats and the firm ride will wear thin within a day.

A short note on terms. Being a sports car, it rents against a refundable deposit confirmed at booking, not a no-deposit deal, and you need to be at least 21 to take the keys. The daily mileage allowance is 250 km, with extra kilometres at AED 0.5 each, generous enough for a week of errands and an evening drive without watching the odometer. Get the engine choice right for what you actually want, and this white convertible is one of the better-looking ways into the new Mustang generation right now.