Rent Nissan Altima 2024 in Dubai

We deliver the Nissan Altima 2024 to your door in Dubai in an hour or two, and you can settle the whole thing with a debit card, cash on delivery, or even Apple Pay, so there's no waiting around and no tying up a credit line. This is the current-generation 2.5-litre midsize sedan, and the case for it is straightforward: if your week is long highway stints, airport pickups and the occasional four-up dinner run, the Altima gives you room and a quiet cabin without pushing you into an SUV rate. Where it makes less sense is short solo city trips, and we'll be honest about that lower down.

The drive on Sheikh Zayed Road

Most Altima rentals here spend real time on the E11, so start there. The 2.5-litre four makes 188 hp, which is more than enough to sit at the 120 limit all day and still have something left to pull past a slow lorry. The car feels planted and calm at speed, and road noise stays low, so an hour to Abu Dhabi or a run out to the east coast isn't tiring.

The gearbox is a CVT, and that's the one honest caveat. Ask for a hard, sudden overtake and the revs flare and hold while the car gathers pace, which some drivers find droning. In steady cruising you forget it's there, and it helps the fuel figure. If you want crisp, snappy gearchanges, this isn't that car. For relaxed distance driving, which is what most of these bookings are, it does the job well.

Specifications

Fuel, and how rarely you'll fill it

For a car this size the Altima is genuinely easy on petrol. Figure on around 15 km per litre in mixed driving, better on a steady highway run, worse if you're crawling through Marina traffic with the AC at full tilt. On the 61-litre tank that works out to close to 900 km between fills in good conditions. A normal Dubai week of commuting and a couple of DXB or DWC runs means one fuel stop, sometimes none if you stay local. The point of a midsize on an economy rate is space you don't pay for at the pump, and this engine keeps that promise.

Space, luggage and fitting a child seat

Room is the reason to pick this over a compact. At 4.9 metres long the Altima is a proper midsize, and the length shows up in the cabin. Two adults stretch out up front, and the back seat takes three across for a school run or two adults in comfort on a longer drive. The wide rear doors and flat floor make a child seat easy to fit, which matters since under-fours legally need one here.

The boot is deep and squarely cut. Two large hard cases plus a couple of cabin bags drop in without a fight, so a family landing at the airport with a week's luggage loads up and shuts the lid. Four adults each with a full-size case is where it tightens, and at that point an SUV with a taller load area is the smarter call. For the usual couple or small family, the boot isn't what holds you back.

Heat, AC and parking

A black sedan left in a July car park turns into an oven within minutes, so the AC's real job is recovery. The Altima handles it. The front vents pull the cabin down to comfortable inside a few minutes of driving, and there are rear vents, so kids in the back aren't left baking while the front seats get all the cold air. Park in shade when you can and it's a non-issue.

The length that gives you the cabin is the only thing the car asks of you in town. In a tight multi-storey or a packed mall bay it's a longer body to place, and the turning circle is wider than a compact's, though light steering and rear sensors take the sting out. The 127 mm of clearance is low, so you slow right down for steep ramps and aggressive speed bumps. This is a smooth-road car, not one for rough ground. A quick reminder on the costs that fall to you: Salik tolls are billed to the renter at each gantry, RTA fines during the hire pass to you, and belts are mandatory in every seat.

Who should rent it

Rent the Altima 2024 if you want space, quiet and a calm highway car for a family or a longer stay, and you don't mind a sedan tuned for comfort rather than sport. Two adults and two kids with airport luggage is its sweet spot, and so is anyone racking up motorway miles between the emirates. Size down to a compact sedan if it's just you or a couple staying central, where the smaller car parks easier and rents cheaper. Size up to an SUV if you're four adults with four big cases or you want ground clearance for rougher trips. For the family in the middle, the Altima is the roomy, sensible, good-value pick.