Rent Mg Rx8 2022 in Dubai

If you've landed in Dubai with a group and need seven seats without a luxury bill, the MG RX8 2022 is one of the cheaper ways to do it. We deliver it across the city in one to two hours and offer a no-deposit plan, so a big-car booking doesn't tie up your card. This is a proper seven-seat SUV built on a body-on-frame chassis, with a 2.0-litre turbo petrol, all-wheel drive and 220 hp. Our honest take: rent the RX8 when the job is moving six or seven people and their bags around Dubai for a week, not when you want a quick, sharp drive. It's a hauler, and the value is in the seats and the space.

Seven seats that actually work

The headline is the third row, and unlike many crossovers that claim seven, the RX8 has the length to make the back two seats usable. Adults can sit in the third row for shorter trips around town, and kids are comfortable back there all week. With all three rows up you'll seat seven for a mall run, an airport pickup, or a day out as a group.

The honest trade-off is luggage with everyone aboard. Fill all seven seats and the boot behind the third row is modest, enough for a few soft bags and the day's shopping, not seven suitcases. Fold the third row down and the space opens right up for five people and serious luggage. For a full group with full cases, plan to drop a row or do two airport trips.

Spec at a glance

The drive and the heat, with seven people in the heat

The 2.0-litre turbo makes 220 hp, which is enough to move a big SUV at a steady pace rather than a fast one. The 0 to 100 time of 9.1 seconds tells the story, this is a relaxed cruiser, not a quick car, and loaded with seven people and their bags you'll feel the weight on an uphill on-ramp. On Sheikh Zayed Road it holds 120 comfortably, but plan overtakes with a little room rather than expecting an instant surge.

Cooling a cabin this size in summer is the real test. Parked at 45 degrees it takes longer to pull down than a small car simply because there's more air to chill, so give it a few minutes and use the rear vents to get cold air to the second and third rows. For a family with kids in the back two rows, those rear outlets matter more than anything on the spec sheet, and the RX8 has the vents to reach them.

Parking, ramps and where the clearance helps

At nearly five metres long and 1.93 wide, this is a big vehicle to place in Dubai's tight multi-storey bays and on Marina ramps, so reverse parking takes patience and the steering you'd expect of an SUV this size. The upside is the high seating position, which makes judging the corners easier than the length suggests.

Ground clearance is a generous 202 mm, so speed bumps, mall entrance lips and rough construction-area roads are no concern, and it'll handle a graded desert track or a beach access road with the all-wheel drive helping for grip. It's not built for soft dune driving, but for everything a Dubai family week actually involves it sits high and copes well. The Salik tolls you pass are billed to you, and any RTA fines during the rental pass to you. Child seats are required by law for under-fours, and we can fit one on request.

Who should rent the RX8, and who shouldn't

Rent it if you're a group of six or seven, or a larger family, and you want real seven-seat space and a high, easy driving position for a week at a budget rate. The usable third row and the generous clearance make it a sensible workhorse for airport pickups, mall runs and group outings around the city.

Skip it if there are only two or three of you, because you'll be parking and fuelling a big SUV for space you don't need, and a smaller crossover will be cheaper and easier. And if you want a quick or sharp drive, this relaxed hauler isn't it, so look at a sportier SUV instead. The RX8 is rented to move people, and for that job it's honest value.