Rent Genesis GV70 2023 in Dubai

The Genesis GV70 2023 rents in Dubai on a simple pitch: German-luxury-SUV comfort and tech without the German-luxury rate. Genesis is Hyundai's premium arm, newer to this market than Audi, BMW or Mercedes, and it prices the GV70 accordingly even though the cabin, the standard all-wheel drive and the 300-horsepower turbo four don't feel like a budget alternative. We get it to your hotel, office or terminal within one to two hours of booking, cash or card fine at handover. For a week built around meetings and airport runs, this page is about whether a badge your driver won't immediately place is a real saving or a real risk.

What's under the bonnet, and how it drives

Every GCC-spec GV70 comes with the same base engine: a 2.5-litre turbocharged four making around 300 horsepower and 422 Nm, paired with an eight-speed automatic and Genesis's HTRAC all-wheel drive as standard, not an option you have to search the spec sheet for. Zero to 100 km/h takes around six seconds, enough to merge onto Sheikh Zayed Road without waiting for a gap, and the gearbox shifts cleanly instead of hunting for a ratio at low speed the way some four-cylinder rivals do.

Where the GV70 earns its money is how it settles once it's up to speed. Road and wind noise stay low, the cabin doesn't transmit expansion-joint thuds the way a cheaper SUV does, and the steering carries a weight that feels deliberate rather than numb. HTRAC is genuine all-wheel drive and it helps in the rain, but this is a road SUV on a car platform, not a Patrol substitute. Keep it off soft sand and unpaved Hatta tracks and it handles everything a Dubai business week asks of it, including the odd graded road out to a desert camp.

Space, boot and the daily use

Five seats, and the GV70 is honestly sized for four adults rather than five once a trip runs longer than a short hop. The front seats are supportive and set you low in the sporty way Genesis designed them. The rear bench takes two adults comfortably, or three across for a school run or a quick transfer between meetings, but it isn't where you want a third adult for a long highway stretch.

The boot holds 540 litres with the seats up, enough for two large cases and a laptop bag without stacking anything on the rear seat, and folding the back row opens it to 1,610 litres if you're collecting equipment or a colleague's luggage as well as your own. That's a genuinely useful number for a trip that mixes airport runs with client visits.

At 1,910 mm wide, the GV70 isn't a small car, and Marina and mall multi-storey ramps ask for a bit of care with mirrors and the reversing camera. Ground clearance sits around 175 mm, enough for speed bumps and the ramp into most valet decks if you take it slow, but not a car you push over a kerb without thinking.

Running cost, heat and the cabin

Fuel economy sits around 10 litres per 100 km on a mixed run, closer to 12 in Dubai's stop-start city traffic with the air conditioning working hard. With a 66-litre tank that's roughly 550 to 600 km between fills for a week of office, hotel and mall driving, comfortable enough that you're not planning your days around a filling station.

The cabin cools down fast for its size. Ventilated leather seats and strong front vents mean the worst of a car that's been sitting in an open lot burns off within a couple of minutes of climbing back in, and rear passengers get their own vents rather than whatever drifts back from the dash. Park in shade or a basement level when you can, and the GV70 handles a 45-degree afternoon better than most cars in this class.

Mileage on this rental is 250 km a day, with extra kilometres billed at AED 0.5 each, which covers a normal business week of office runs, hotel transfers and one or two airport trips without watching the odometer. You'll need to be 25 to take the keys. As a premium car, the GV70 rents against a refundable deposit confirmed at booking rather than the no-deposit option, so budget for that hold on your card. Salik tolls and any RTA fines during the rental come back to you, as on any car here.

Who should rent it, and who should look at a badge you already know

Rent the Genesis GV70 2023 if you want the German-luxury-SUV experience, quiet cabin, strong turbo four, genuine all-wheel drive, without paying German-luxury money for it, and a badge your client won't instantly place doesn't bother you. For a Dubai business week of hotel, office and airport driving, it does what an X3 or a GLC does, and it turns up with a longer standard features list for the rate.

Look at an X3, a GLC or a Q5 instead if the badge itself is doing work for you in a meeting, or if you'd rather have the widest possible service and parts network while you're here. And if the week is really about desert or Hatta trips rather than city and highway driving, the GV70's road-biased all-wheel drive and modest ground clearance mean a proper 4x4 is the better call.