Rent Hyundai Avante 2020 in Dubai

Search Avante or Elantra and you'll land on the same rental listing. Hyundai sells this sedan as the Avante in some markets and as the Elantra in others, badge only, so a Hyundai Avante 2020 booking in Dubai puts you in exactly the car an Elantra 2020 search would. We deliver this white automatic to your door, usually within one to two hours of booking. What matters more than the name is the generation: this is the older, sixth-generation Elantra that the GCC sold through 2020, built around a conventional 6-speed automatic rather than the CVT the newer cars switched to, and priced below them. Here's whether that older car still makes sense for your week.

The engine, and how it drives

The Avante's 2.0-litre engine makes around 159 hp and 191 Nm, and it drives the front wheels through a genuine 6-speed torque-converter automatic. That's worth flagging because every newer Elantra we rent switched to a CVT, which Hyundai brands as an IVT. The CVT is smoother at a steady cruise, but this older gearbox holds a gear properly and kicks down cleanly when you ask for an overtake on Sheikh Zayed Road, which feels more familiar if a torque converter is what you learned to drive on. Nobody would call it quick. A loaded overtake past 120 km/h wants a bit of lead time, and the engine works audibly once you're into the upper half of the rev range. The delivery is honest and linear rather than the CVT's constant, slightly rubbery drone, and around town the throttle response is easy to read.

On the highway it settles into a calm, quiet cruise once past 100 km/h, though it's a front-wheel-drive sedan through and through, not built for anything off tarmac.

Boot, back seat and the daily load

The boot holds 408 litres, enough for two large cases and a duffel without wrestling the parcel shelf, so a couple flying into DXB with a normal week's luggage load it without repacking on the curb. Drop the rear seats and a flat-pack or two from a furniture run fits as well. The back seat itself is honest rather than generous. A 2,700 mm wheelbase gives two adults real knee room for a drive across town, and the bench takes three for a short hop, but three adults plus a full set of luggage for a week is where it gets tight. That's the point to size up to a mid-size sedan or a crossover instead.

At 1,800 mm wide, the Avante threads into a narrow multi-storey bay without the mirrors kissing the next car, and the light steering makes a three-point turn in a tight Marina ramp a one-attempt job. Ground clearance sits around 135 mm, which clears a standard speed bump or mall ramp without drama, though a steep basement entry taken square rather than at an angle is the safer habit. This is a road car on standard rubber, not a car for a Hatta trip or any unpaved detour.

Running cost, heat and the cabin

Fuel is where the older Elantra earns its rate. The 2.0-litre returns about 13.5 km/l in ordinary city-and-highway driving, and the 53-litre tank is good for around 650 km between fills, so a normal week of commuting and errands means one stop at the pump, not several. The mileage allowance on this car is 250 km a day, with anything past that billed at AED 0.5 per extra kilometre. A daily commute stays well inside that. A day trip out to Al Ain or Abu Dhabi and back might tip you over, and the overage is cheap enough not to change the plan. Salik tolls and any RTA fines land on you as the renter, standard across the fleet and worth a mental note if your route crosses the Sheikh Zayed Road gates twice a day. One booking detail specific to this car: we rent it from age 25.

A cabin baked by a Dubai afternoon is the real test, and a compact sedan like this has an advantage over a bigger car simply because there's less air inside to cool. The front vents pull the temperature down quickly, so the rough patch is the first minute or so after you climb back in, not the whole drive. It's a plain, functional air-conditioning system rather than a showpiece one, no dual-zone climate control here, and for a car in this class and at this rate, that's a fair trade. Crack the windows for a few seconds before you set off in July and the front vents do the rest.

Who should rent it, and who should size up

Rent the Avante 2020 if you want a comfortable, efficient automatic sedan for a Dubai week or month and don't need the newest infotainment or the smoothest CVT shift to enjoy the drive. It gives you a real boot, a real back seat and a calm highway cruise for less than the newer Elantra rows on this site, and the 6-speed automatic is arguably the easier car to drive if a CVT's rubber-band feel under load isn't your thing.

Size up if your regular load is four adults with a full set of luggage. The back seat gets tight fast in that scenario, and a mid-size sedan or SUV carries it better. Skip it entirely for any desert or off-road plan. This is a front-wheel-drive car with sedan clearance, nothing more. And if newer cabin tech, USB-C charging or a smoother CVT genuinely matter to your trip, book one of the newer Elantra rows instead and treat the Avante as the value pick it is. For a single renter or a couple who wants a proper sedan without paying newer-generation rates, the older Avante does the job well, and we'll have it at your door inside a couple of hours.