Rent Hyundai Tucson 2022 in Dubai

A black Hyundai Tucson 2022 sits hotter in a Dubai parking bay by mid-afternoon than the same car in a lighter shade, and that's worth knowing before anything else on this page, because it's one half of a genuine trade-off. The other half is size. This is the fourth-generation Tucson, a proper mid-size crossover with a boot and a back seat that outgrow a Creta or a small hatch by a real margin. We deliver it to your door in one to two hours, and nothing about the mechanicals has changed across the 2022 to 2024 model years, so the actual decision here is whether that extra cabin space is worth managing a hotter climb-in on the days you park in direct sun.

The engine, and how it drives

Under the bonnet is a 2.0-litre naturally aspirated four, 1,999cc, making 156 hp and 192 Nm through a six-speed torque-converter automatic. There's no turbo and no hybrid assistance, and this row sends power to the front wheels only. It's a steady engine rather than a fast one: a 0-100 km/h time in the mid 11-second range tells you what to expect, which is a family SUV that gets up to speed without drama and holds a cruise comfortably once it's there.

On Sheikh Zayed Road that translates to a settled highway car, happy to sit at 120 all day. Where the naturally aspirated 2.0 shows its limits is overtaking with a full boot and four people aboard on an uphill ramp, where you need to plan the move rather than expect an instant response. Running on regular petrol keeps costs sensible for a car this size.

Boot, back seat and the daily load

At around 540 litres with the rear seats up, the boot takes two large suitcases and a couple of soft bags for a DXB or DWC run without anyone folding a seat down, which is the whole reason families cross-shop a Tucson against something smaller. Drop the rear bench and the space opens into a proper flat load bay for a flatpack delivery or a full week of grocery runs.

The back seat carries the same story. Two adults sit properly across the second row, and three kids fit side by side without the middle seat feeling like an afterthought, which is exactly where a compact crossover starts to run out of room. At 4.5 metres long and 1.87 metres wide, the Tucson has a bigger footprint than a Creta-class SUV, so a narrow tower bay in Marina or a tight basement slot near JLT deserves a slower approach and a glance at the reversing camera, though mall ramps and ordinary U-turns stay easy. Ground clearance of 181mm clears the speed bumps in most residential compounds without scraping. What this car will not do is leave the tarmac, so keep Hatta tracks and dune runs for something built for sand.

A black cabin, fuel and running cost

Black paint holds heat differently than lighter colours, and after a few hours parked in direct sun this cabin runs a touch hotter than a white or silver Tucson would. The front vents pull hard once you're moving, though, and get it back to comfortable within a few minutes on the road. Cracking a window for a few seconds before you climb back in helps more on this car than most, since it lets the trapped heat escape before the AC has to fight it.

Rear vents on the back of the centre console matter here too. Kids in the second row get their own supply of cold air rather than waiting on whatever drifts back from the front, a detail plenty of cheaper crossovers in this class skip. Parking in shade, even a partial patch under a tree or a parking structure, cuts that first hot minute down noticeably on a black car.

Running costs stay predictable. Hyundai's official combined figure is 8.8 litres per 100km, and Dubai's stop-start traffic with the AC working overtime pushes real-world driving closer to 10 or 11. The 54-litre tank is good for roughly 500 to 550 km of city driving, so most weeks mean a single stop at the pump. Mileage on this car is 250 km a day, which covers ordinary city life without much thought, and every kilometre past that runs AED 0.5. A day trip out to Al Ain and back will use up a meaningful chunk of that allowance, so check the odometer before committing to a long drive. Salik tolls and any RTA fines are the renter's responsibility, and you'll need to be 25 to take the keys.

Who should rent it, and who should size up

Book this Tucson if you're a family of four or five who will actually use the boot and the back seat for school runs, mall trips and an airport pickup or two, and you're not fussed about the darker cabin taking a few extra minutes to cool on the hottest afternoons. It's a mid-size SUV doing a mid-size SUV's job, at running costs that stay sensible for the segment.

Size down to a Creta or a compact hatch if it's just you or a couple running errands on a tight budget, since a smaller car parks with less thought and the black cabin's extra heat load matters less when it rarely sits in a sun-baked lot for hours. Size up if you regularly travel six or seven strong, because this is a five-seater regardless of colour or year, or if the plan involves real off-road driving. The front-wheel-drive 2.0 stays on the tarmac, so Hatta's tracks and the open dunes call for a proper 4x4 instead.