Rent Nissan Patrol 2022 in Dubai

Leave Dubai on a Friday afternoon, turn off past Hatta where the asphalt gives way to a graded track, and the real test of a Nissan Patrol 2022 starts right there. Drop it into low range, ease down the first dune face, and feel the whole car settle into the sand instead of scrabbling for grip. That's the difference between this SUV and most of what a rental fleet calls a "4x4." We deliver the Patrol 2022 to your door in one to two hours, and underneath the size sits a genuine body-on-frame V8 with real off-road hardware, not a crossover borrowing the look. This page works out whether your week actually uses that hardware, or whether it's more truck than the trip needs.

V8 power, the drivetrain, and what it can do once the tarmac ends

This is the Y62-generation Patrol, the one built around 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. All-mode 4WD gives you a proper low-range transfer case on top of the automatic system, and that's the part that actually matters near Hatta. Low range multiplies torque at low speed, which is what lets the Patrol crawl down a steep dune face or claw back up a soft one without the engine straining or the wheels spinning uselessly. Air the tyres down before you go, carry a compressor and a recovery board, and go with someone who knows the track, because the hardware doing its job doesn't make dune driving a skill you can skip.

On the road that same drivetrain feels almost wasted in the best way. It reaches 100 km/h in around 6.6 seconds and settles at 210 km/h if the road ever allows it, and on Sheikh Zayed Road overtaking a slow truck needs no build-up at all. A share of Patrols this year run a 4.0-litre V6 instead of the V8. It's a competent engine but noticeably quieter, without the pull described above, so if the V8 is the reason you're booking this car, ask us to confirm the engine on your specific unit before you commit.

Seven seats, the boot, and what a normal week looks like

The Patrol seats seven, and the third row is built for actual people, not just to pad the brochure number. The middle row slides and tips forward, so getting back there isn't a wrestling match, and adults can sit in the last row for a real drive rather than folding themselves in for the school run. Two adults, three kids and a stop at the mall is comfortable, and a fourth adult fits fine on shorter trips.

Luggage takes some planning, the way it does in any big three-row SUV. With all seven seats up, the boot behind the last row holds a few soft bags and a pushchair, not a stack of hard suitcases. Fold one side of the third row flat and you get a proper load bay for cases while five or six people still travel. Drop the whole row and it takes a large family's luggage for a week with room left over. The only day this catches you out is the rare one where you need every seat filled and every case in at the same time, and most weeks never ask for both.

Running cost, heat and keeping the cabin livable

A 5.6-litre V8 in a car this size was never going to sip fuel, and the combined figure of around 14 L/100km is optimistic next to real Dubai driving. With the AC working hard and a heavy right foot in city traffic, expect closer to 16 or 17. The 140-litre tank absorbs most of that, giving you several days between fills even on a thirsty week, which matters more day to day than the number on the spec sheet.

Mileage is the figure to actually plan around, especially after a trip like the one that opened this page. The daily allowance is 250 km, then AED 0.5 for every kilometre past it. School runs, mall trips and airport pickups sit comfortably inside that, but a full day out to Hatta and back covers real distance before you even reach the sand, so it's worth a quick tally the night before. You'll need to be 25 to take the keys. Salik tolls and any RTA fines land on the renter, the same as on every car we hand over.

This fleet's Patrol is white, which genuinely helps in July. A white body reflects more heat than a dark one, so the panels stay cooler after hours in an open lot and the compressor isn't starting from as deep a hole. That said, a cabin this size still bakes through the glass, and no paint colour changes that. Climb back in and it takes a couple of minutes of strong front vents working before the air turns properly cold, and rear vents feed the second and third rows too, so nobody in the back is stuck with warm air while the front seats get all the benefit.

Who should rent this Patrol, and who should look elsewhere

Book it if your week genuinely needs seven seats and real off-road capability in the same car, a Hatta weekend with the family, a group heading to the dunes, or long highway stretches where the V8 makes distance disappear. The low-range gearing isn't decoration here. It's the reason to choose this over a soft-road crossover that only looks the part.

Look elsewhere if it's one or two of you running errands around the city with the odd airport pickup. You'll spend the week parking a five-metre SUV in bays built for something smaller and feeding a big V8 for a job a mid-size crossover handles for less money and less effort at the wheel. The Patrol earns its size back the day the trip actually uses what it's built for, not as a default because it's the biggest name on the list.