Rent Nissan Patrol 2024 in Dubai

Black is the color most people picture when someone says Nissan Patrol 2024, and this fleet car is exactly that shade, the one that photographs like a Patrol should outside a Downtown hotel or a Marina villa. What a photo won't show you is the mileage math. This car comes with 4,500 km built into the whole rental, a total allowance rather than a daily one, and once you're past it the rate is AED 5 for every extra kilometer, among the steepest overage charges we carry. We get it to your door within one to two hours of booking. This page is about whether a big V8 in the color everyone expects still adds up once you've done that sum.

What the V8 sounds and feels like from the seat

This 2024 Patrol is the outgoing Y62, built around a 5.6-litre V8 rather than the twin-turbo V6 that took over for the 2025 redesign. It makes 400 hp and 560 Nm, sent through a seven-speed automatic to a genuine body-on-frame chassis with a low-range transfer case, not a tall crossover wearing rugged badges. What that means from the driver's seat is torque that shows up early and stays flat, so overtaking on Sheikh Zayed Road takes a squeeze of the pedal rather than a downshift and a wait. It settles into a cruise the way a heavy, well-sorted car should, quiet and unbothered by the size it's carrying. A share of 2024 Patrols in the GCC run a smaller 4.0-litre V6 instead, which still drives fine but without the same shove. If the V8 is why you're booking this year, confirm the engine on your unit when you reserve.

Seven seats, the boot and the daily grind

The Patrol carries seven, and the third row is built for adults, not just kids folded in for a short hop. The middle row slides and tips forward on its own, so climbing back there doesn't turn into an event, and once you're in it, the legroom holds up over a real drive rather than just a school run. Luggage is the one place this car asks you to plan. With all seven seats up, the boot behind the last row takes a few soft bags and not much more, so a full cabin and a stack of hard suitcases at the same time is the scenario to think through before you pack. Fold one side of the third row and you get a proper load bay while still seating five or six, and dropping the whole row clears space for a big family's week of cases.

Heat is the other daily reality, and a cabin this size needs a system that can actually cool it. The Patrol's does. Climb back in after a few hours baking in a July car park and the front vents pull the temperature down fast, and because the rear vents are properly fed, the third row isn't left waiting on the front seats to finish first. Parking is where the size pushes back a little. At 5.14 metres long and just under two metres wide, a tight Marina ramp or a multi-storey mall bay wants the cameras and a slower hand than a sedan needs. The 275 mm of ground clearance pays that back everywhere else, turning speed bumps and steep entrances into things you stop noticing.

Why the mileage math matters here

Most SUVs in this class cap you at so many kilometers a day. This Patrol doesn't work that way. The 4,500 km is a total for the whole booking, yours to use however the trip unfolds rather than divided into equal daily slices, and for a short stay that's a real amount of room. Spread it over a two-week rental, though, and it averages out to a little over 300 km a day, which a Hatta trip, a couple of airport runs and ordinary city driving can eat into faster than it looks on paper. The number that turns a shortfall into a real cost is the overage rate. AED 5 per extra kilometer is steep next to what daily-cap cars in this fleet typically charge, and it's worth totting up your planned distance before you book rather than after you're already past 4,500. Keys go to drivers from 23, and Salik tolls and any RTA fines during the rental are the renter's to cover, the same as on every car we hand over.

The right call on this black Patrol, and the wrong one

Book this Patrol if your trip is short enough or local enough that 4,500 km comfortably covers it, a long weekend, a week of city driving with an airport run on each end, or a big family that needs the seats and the boot more than it needs the last kilometer of range. The V8 and the black paint are a package a lot of renters specifically ask for, and there's nothing wrong with wanting the classic version before the badge moves to a turbo V6.

Look elsewhere if your trip involves a lot of driving, repeated Abu Dhabi runs, several desert days, or anything that adds up fast against that allowance, because AED 5 a kilometer turns a mileage mistake into real money. In that case, ask about a Patrol with a higher or unlimited allowance, or size down to a mid-size SUV if it's really just one or two of you doing errands and short trips. This car earns its keep on space and presence. Make sure the distance you're planning earns it back too.