Rent Mercedes S680 2025 in Dubai

A Mercedes S 680 2025 rental in Dubai isn't really rented to be driven. It's rented so someone else arrives in the back of it, and that's the whole transaction the Maybach badge exists to sell. We deliver it in black to the villa, hotel or terminal within one to two hours of booking, which matters when the person getting into the back has somewhere fixed to be and no patience for a late car. Nothing else in this fleet says more about who sent it, not even the standard-wheelbase S 500 one rung down. This page is about what the V12 up front actually gives you, why the back seat is the real product, and whether a 250 km daily allowance suits how you'll use it.

The V12, and how it drives

Under the long bonnet is a 6.0-litre twin-turbo V12, hand-assembled at Mercedes' AMG engine shop, making 612 hp and 900 Nm through a 9G-TRONIC nine-speed automatic and 4MATIC all-wheel drive. Mercedes quotes 4.5 seconds to 100 km/h, quicker than the S 500's six-cylinder, but the number undersells what the engine is actually for. Twelve cylinders don't need to work hard to move this car, so the power arrives without any sense of effort, no gearbox hunting, no engine note climbing into your awareness. That's the Maybach point: the V12 exists so nobody in the back notices the car accelerating at all.

On Sheikh Zayed Road that translates into an overtake that happens in one unhurried pull past 120, and a cruise so settled that a call from the rear seat sounds like it's coming from an office, not a moving car. Top speed is capped at 250 km/h, which nobody in Dubai traffic will ever use, but the reserve is there if you want to feel it. 4MATIC keeps the car planted rather than sporty. This isn't a saloon that rewards being driven hard, and trying to make it one misses what it's built for. Self-driving it is genuinely pleasant on the highway. It just isn't the reason anyone books this car.

The back seat is the entire point

The Maybach's wheelbase runs 3,396 mm, 180 mm longer than the standard S 500, and every millimetre of that stretch goes into the rear doors and the space behind them. Two adults get a rear compartment that feels closer to a private lounge than a car seat: a reclining bench, independent climate control, and the kind of legroom where stretching out fully on a DXB or DWC run is the default, not a stretch. That back seat, more than the badge on the grille or the V12 under it, is what a Maybach booking is actually paying for.

The trade-off is the boot. At 495 litres it's smaller than the S 500's 550, because the rear seat hardware, the extra recline travel and the centre console eat into the trunk bulkhead. Two large cases fit cleanly. Add a third and you're negotiating with soft bags rather than just loading them in. If the booking is really about hauling a family's luggage, this is the wrong car regardless of how good the back seat is. Length is the other number worth knowing before you drive it yourself: at 5,469 mm nose to tail, the S 680 asks for a slow, straight approach into a Marina tower ramp or a tight mall bay, and the low nose doesn't want a steep entry taken quickly. Ground clearance sits around 130 mm on the same air suspension the rest of the S-Class range uses, enough for a speed bump taken square on, not enough to rush a ramp.

Running cost, heat and the cabin

This booking includes 250 km a day, and every kilometre past that costs AED 0.5. That's a modest daily figure for a car this size, so it suits a schedule built around airport runs, hotel-to-venue transfers and an evening dinner rather than a week of covering ground between emirates. Add up your actual legs before you book. A single day combining a DXB pickup, a hotel drop and a client meeting across town can eat into 250 km faster than it looks on paper. Minimum age to drive is 21.

The 76-litre tank and a combined figure of roughly 13 to 14 L/100km put claimed range somewhere in the 530 to 575 km bracket, and a V12 working through Dubai traffic with the air conditioning at full load will sit toward the thirstier end of that. None of that matters much if you're using the car mainly as a rear-seat passenger, but it matters if you're the one behind the wheel and planning the week's fuel stops. The cabin itself copes with the heat the way you'd expect from a car this size and this price: climbing back in after it's sat in a 45-degree lot, the climate system pulls the temperature down quickly, and rear passengers get their own vents and controls rather than whatever the front sets. Salik tolls and any RTA fines during the rental are the renter's responsibility, and a child seat is required for anyone under four.

Who this is for, and when it makes sense

Book the S 680 when the booking is really about the back seat: a principal being collected from the airport, a wedding or gala arrival, a week where the car's only job is to make an entrance and disappear into the background otherwise. It's the car you choose when the S 500 would be perfectly capable and still not say the same thing.

Look elsewhere in two cases. If the trip needs volume, either passengers or luggage, a full-size SUV beats this boot no matter how good the rear seat is. And if the budget doesn't stretch to Maybach money for the badge and the extra rear-seat inches, the standard S 500 delivers most of the same hush and comfort, plus a bigger boot, for meaningfully less. Expect a deposit at pickup. A V12 flagship in this bracket isn't a no-deposit booking. We accept debit cards and cash alongside credit, so how you pay doesn't have to be a separate conversation on delivery day.