Rent Nissan Patrol 2022 in Dubai

White isn't just the safe choice on a Nissan Patrol 2022, it's the practical one, and on a cabin this size the difference actually shows. We rent the Patrol 2022 in Dubai with delivery to your door in one to two hours, and this unit's white paint works harder than most people assume, since a body over five metres long simply has more roof and bonnet catching the sun. Underneath that paint sits the older, proven Y62 generation, built around the 5.6-litre V8 Nissan sold before the redesign. This page settles whether that formula, and this much SUV, actually suits your week, or whether you'd be paying for size and thirst you won't use.

The 5.6-litre V8, and what it feels like on the road

Pop the bonnet and you find a 5.6-litre petrol V8 making 400 hp at 5,800 rpm and 560 Nm at 4,000 rpm, sent through a seven-speed automatic to all four wheels with a proper low-range transfer case. This is body-on-frame construction, not a crossover platform dressed up to look tough, and Nissan has run this exact drivetrain across the GCC since the 2020 facelift. On Sheikh Zayed Road that shows up as effortless overtaking, since the V8 has so much torque in reserve that pulling past a slow truck needs only a light push of the pedal. For something over five metres long and pushing two and a half tonnes, 0-100 km/h in around 6.6 seconds still catches people out at the lights.

One thing worth checking before you book. A share of 2022 Patrols in the GCC carry a smaller 4.0-litre V6 instead, a competent engine but noticeably calmer, without the pull described above. If the V8 is why you're choosing this car, ask us to confirm which engine your unit carries.

Size shapes how it handles day to day too. At just over 5.1 metres long, it wants a full bay rather than the gap near a trolley return, and a Marina ramp rewards slow driving over confidence. The 275 mm ground clearance pays that back, flattening speed bumps and steep mall ramps, and with proper low range on tap, a soft Hatta track is a realistic weekend rather than a brochure line.

Space inside, and what the boot actually takes

Seven seats, and the Patrol treats the number honestly rather than as a spec-sheet technicality. The middle row is wide enough for three across, or two adults with room to spare, and it slides and tips forward on its own, so nobody climbs over a folded seatback to reach row three. Put two adults back there for a real drive and neither one arrives cramped, which is more than most three-row SUVs can promise.

The boot is where you plan ahead rather than assume. With all seven seats in place, the space behind the last row holds a couple of holdalls and a car seat, not a run of hard suitcases for a full group. Fold one side of the third row flat and a proper load bay opens up, enough for four or five large cases while five or six people still travel. Take the whole row out and it swallows a big family's luggage for a week with room to spare. The trip that catches people out is needing every seat filled and every case packed at once, and on most bookings that combination never actually comes up.

Running cost, heat and a white cabin

A 5.6-litre V8 in a two-and-a-half-tonne SUV was never built to sip fuel, and the combined figure of around 14 L/100km undersells what you'll actually see. Dubai traffic with the air conditioning working hard tends to push real consumption toward 16 or 17 litres per 100 km. The 140-litre tank absorbs most of that gap, buying several days of ordinary driving between fills even with a heavy right foot.

Mileage is the number worth planning around before you leave the desk. The daily allowance on this Patrol is 250 km, then AED 0.5 for every kilometre past that. City errands and an airport pickup sit comfortably inside it, but a full day out toward Hatta and back is worth a quick tally first, since the drive there and back alone eats into that limit faster than in-town driving does. You'll need to be 21 to take the keys. Salik tolls and any RTA fines land on you as the renter, the same as on every car we hand over.

Where the white paint earns its keep is exactly here. Pale bodywork sheds far more solar load than a dark one does, so after a few hours in an open July lot, this Patrol's roof and bonnet stay noticeably cooler to the touch, and the compressor isn't starting from as deep a hole once you climb back in. That advantage stops at the glass, though. A cabin this size still bakes through the windscreen regardless of what's painted outside, so give the front vents a couple of minutes on full before it's properly comfortable. Rear vents feed the second and third rows too, so nobody back there is stuck breathing whatever warm air the front seats already used.

The renter this Patrol fits, and the one it doesn't

Book this Patrol if you're a large family or a group travelling with real luggage, or if your week genuinely mixes highway distance, seven passengers and a day heading toward the sand. Few rentals in this class carry that combination without compromise, and a V8 with this much reserve makes long stretches on the highway feel shorter than they are.

Look elsewhere if it's one or two of you running errands with the odd airport pickup. You'd be parking a five-metre SUV built for seven and feeding a thirsty V8 for a job a mid-size crossover handles on less fuel and with far less fuss at the wheel. This Patrol earns its size back on the week that actually needs seven seats and real ground clearance, not as a default because it's the biggest name on the list.