Rent Nissan Patrol 2025 in Dubai

Blue is not a colour you expect on a Nissan Patrol 2025 in Dubai. Walk any hotel valet line or mall car park and the fleet runs white, black and the occasional grey; a blue example on this new generation is unusual enough that valets tend to remark on it. We deliver this one to your hotel, villa or terminal within one to two hours of booking, so getting the keys is never the hard part. The harder question, whatever colour you rent it in, is whether you actually need a body-on-frame 4x4 this size for the week ahead, or whether the badge is doing more work than the trip requires.

What powers this blue Patrol, and how it drives

Open the bonnet and the real change on the 2025 Patrol has nothing to do with paint. Nissan retired the old naturally aspirated V8 for this generation and fitted a 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6, good for 425 hp and 700 Nm through a nine-speed automatic. Any listing quoting 4.8 litres or 280 hp is describing the previous, older Patrol, not this one, and it is worth ruling that out before you compare it against anything else on offer. The new engine gets this heavy SUV to 100 km/h in about 6.7 seconds, and because both turbos are already working at low revs, overtaking on Sheikh Zayed Road is a squeeze of the pedal rather than a downshift and a wait. The cabin also stays noticeably quieter at a cruise than the old V8 ever managed, which matters more on a long airport run than the horsepower number does.

Underneath, it is still a proper 4x4: four-wheel drive with a low-range transfer case and terrain modes for sand, rock, mud and snow. That is real hardware, not a badge, and it is the reason this Patrol can leave the tarmac with some confidence rather than just look like it could.

Space for seven or eight, and the boot they leave

Depending on the middle-row layout, this Patrol seats seven or eight, and the third row is built for adults on a proper trip, not just kids folded in for a school run. Where the middle row is captain's chairs it also tips and slides forward, so climbing back for the last row is easy rather than a squeeze. That is the real argument for sizing up to something this large in the first place.

Luggage is the honest catch. With every seat in place, the boot behind the third row is modest, enough for a few soft bags or a weekly shop, not a full set of hard cases for seven people. Fold the third row flat and the load area opens up properly, enough for a family's cases on an airport run or a week away. Try to carry a full cabin and a full boot at the same time and you will end up leaving something behind. Most families never actually hit that wall, because you are rarely full on both counts on the same day.

Fuel, Salik and cooling a blue cabin

Nissan quotes 9.9 L/100km combined for the twin-turbo V6, and city traffic with the air conditioning working hard will push real-world consumption above that. The 97-litre tank still gives a comfortable range between fill-ups across a week of mixed driving, so you are not stopping every second day. Salik tolls and any RTA fines during the rental pass to the renter, standard practice for any car here, and worth a quick mental note if your route crosses several toll gates a day.

Colour does affect a parked cabin in a Dubai summer, and blue sits in a decent middle ground. It does not pull in heat the way a black roof does under a midday sun, though it will not stay as cool as white either. Left in an open car park for a few hours, the cabin is hot for the first minute back inside, same as any car here, and then the system pulls it down quickly because it is sized for the volume it has to cool. The vents run strong front and rear, so third-row passengers get real cold air rather than whatever drifts back from the front seats, which matters on a full airport run with everyone aboard.

Who this new Patrol suits, and who should size down

Rent the 2025 Patrol if you need the seats, the luggage room, or a genuine 4x4 for a Hatta or desert day, and do not mind standing out in a colour most of the fleet skips. The new V6 is a noticeably nicer thing to drive than the old V8, quieter and quicker without feeling any thirstier for it.

Size down if it is one or two of you doing city errands and the odd airport run. You will spend the week parking a five-metre SUV in bays built for something smaller, and filling a 97-litre tank for a job a mid-size SUV handles for less. The included allowance is 250 km a day, then AED 0.5 for every kilometre after that, and you need to be 25 to take the keys, older than some cars on this fleet ask for. Book this one because the space and the capability suit your trip, not because the blue stands out at the valet stand.