Rent Infiniti QX60 2023 in Dubai

The Infiniti QX60 2023 rents well in Dubai for one clear reason: it's the redesigned seven-seater that finally drives like a modern SUV, and we deliver it to your door in one to two hours. This is the generation that dropped the old CVT for a proper 9-speed automatic, so the gearbox no longer drones when you ask for power. Our take: if you need three rows for a family week and you want the cabin and the drive to feel current, the 2023 is worth the small premium over the older car. It seats seven, swallows a week of family kit, and behaves itself on Sheikh Zayed Road. Below we'll tell you where it's genuinely good and where to think twice.

Seven seats, and whether the third row is real

This is the question that decides the rental, so we'll answer it first. The QX60 is a true seven-seater, and the second row slides and tilts to open a usable path to the back. Two kids ride happily in the third row for school runs and mall trips. Two adults will manage a short hop across town but won't thank you on a long run to Hatta. The middle row is the sweet spot: three kids across, or two adults with real legroom once you slide it back.

For the common Dubai case, two parents plus three kids, this car fits the family without anyone negotiating for space. That's its whole point, and it delivers.

The 9-speed gearbox, and why it matters here

The 2023 runs a 3.5-litre V6 making 295 hp through a 9-speed automatic, with a drive system you can switch between front-wheel and all-wheel drive. The gearbox is the upgrade you feel. The previous QX60 used a CVT that flared and held high revs under load, which made overtaking on the E11 feel strained. This one shifts cleanly, so a fully loaded car pulls onto the highway and past slower traffic without the engine shouting.

The AWD setting is useful on a sandy slip road or a wet ramp, but this is a road SUV, not a dune machine. For soft desert you'd still want a body-on-frame 4x4.

Spec at a glance

Luggage with the family aboard

Here's the honest version. With all seven seats up, the boot takes one large 23 kg case plus two or three medium bags, no more. That's fine for a day out or a grocery run with the whole crew aboard. The moment you're doing an airport pickup with luggage for everyone, you fold the third row flat and free up room for three to four suitcases, which means the back two seats and a full set of cases don't coexist. Plan around that: full family or full boot, rarely both. For a DXB run with five people and their bags, you'll be folding one side of the third row and stacking smartly.

Fuel, and how often you'll fill up

The 74-litre tank is generous for the class. In mixed Dubai driving the V6 returns roughly 8 to 8.6 km/L around town and into the 11s on the highway, which works out to something like 720 to 816 km on a tank. In practice that's most of a week of school runs and errands between fills, and a comfortable margin for a couple of airport trips. It's a V6, so it drinks more than a four-cylinder crossover, but the range stops you babysitting the gauge.

Heat, parking and the rules

Cooling a cabin this size at 45 degrees is real work, and the QX60 is set up for it. The front vents hit hard and there are outlets for the second and third rows, so kids in the back aren't baking while the front stays cold. Give it a couple of minutes after a sun-soaked park and the whole cabin is livable.

At just over five metres long it's a big vehicle to place. The 360-degree camera and high seating help in multi-storey bays and on the tighter Marina ramps, but you'll still want to take U-turns and narrow gates with care. The 170 mm of clearance clears speed bumps and mall lips without scraping. One housekeeping note: Salik tolls and any RTA fines during the rental fall to you, and a child seat is required by law for under-fours, which we can fit on request.

Who should rent it

Rent the QX60 2023 if you're a family of five to seven who want a luxury three-row SUV that drives like a current car, not a decade-old one. The 9-speed gearbox, the roomier cabin and the strong climate system make it the sensible pick for a Dubai family week.

Look elsewhere in two cases. If it's only ever two of you and some bags, you're paying to haul empty seats, so a midsize SUV will cost less and park easier. And if your week is built around soft-sand desert driving, this isn't the tool; book a proper 4x4. For everything a normal family week here throws at it, the redesigned QX60 is the comfortable, capable choice.