Rent Nissan Sunny 2022 in Dubai

Pull up to the terminal with three suitcases and a couple of soft bags, and the Nissan Sunny 2022 takes the lot without anyone holding luggage on their knees. That's the case for renting this one in Dubai, and we hand it over at your door with 250 km a day included before extra mileage even comes up. The Sunny is a budget compact sedan that rents cheap on the 2022 plate, and it's built around space and low running cost rather than a fancy cabin. This page is for the renter weighing whether that trade works: real back-seat room and a deep boot, in exchange for plain trim and a relaxed engine.

Boot and back seat, the reasons to pick it

The boot is the Sunny's headline. At 416 litres it takes two large hard cases plus a couple of cabin bags, which is more than most economy hatchbacks manage and enough for a family arriving for a week. The opening is wide and the floor is flat, so loading at a busy terminal is quick.

The back seat matches that. Two adults get genuine legroom for a longer transfer, and three fit for shorter hops across town. For a couple or a small family doing airport runs and city errands, the Sunny gives you sedan space at a hatchback rate. If you're regularly carrying four adults plus full check-in bags, that's the point to size up to a midsize sedan instead.

Spec at a glance

The table is reference. What the numbers mean for your week is below.

Running cost over a week

The Sunny is cheap to feed, which is the second reason it books out. Figure on roughly 6.0 litres per 100 km in mixed driving, a bit worse if you sit in Sheikh Zayed Road crawls with the AC working. On the 41-litre tank that's around 650 km of range, so a normal week of commuting plus a couple of airport runs needs one fill, maybe a small top-up. With 250 km a day included, the daily commute and a school run never put you near a mileage limit.

One thing that lands on you, not us: Salik tolls run on your account during the rental, and any RTA fines pass to you. If your route crosses gates daily, factor those in next to the fuel.

Heat and the cabin in summer

A silver car parked in July sun still bakes, and the question with any rental here is how fast the AC recovers. The Sunny's single-zone air pulls hard from the front vents, and because the cabin is small and simple it drops to comfortable in a few minutes rather than the long wait a big SUV needs. There are no rear vents, so back-seat passengers rely on airflow from the front. That's fine for a 20-minute drive, but if you're carrying kids across town at midday, start the AC before everyone climbs in. Park in shade where you can and it copes well.

Driving it around Dubai

The 118 hp engine is relaxed rather than quick. Around town and on the school run it's perfectly happy, light to steer and easy to place. On the E11 and Sheikh Zayed Road it cruises at the limit without drama, but plan your overtakes early, because it gathers speed gently instead of surging. Drive it smoothly and it never lets you down.

Parking is a non-event. At 4496 mm it's a compact sedan with light steering and clear visibility, so Marina ramps, multi-storey bays and tight U-turns are easy. The 161 mm of clearance clears Dubai's speed bumps and the steeper mall ramps as long as you take them at a sensible angle. Seatbelts are mandatory in every seat, and a child seat is required for under-fours, which we can fit on request.

Who should rent it, and who shouldn't

Rent the Sunny 2022 if you want the cheapest comfortable five-seat automatic for commuting, errands and airport runs with real luggage. The roomy back seat, big boot and low fuel use make it the sensible value pick, and the older plate keeps the rate down without costing you anything that matters day to day.

Step up to a midsize sedan if you'll spend long stretches at highway speed with four adults aboard, where you'd want more punch for overtaking and a plusher cabin for the distance. And if it's only ever you with light bags and you never need that boot, a smaller hatch rents for less and parks even tighter. But for the family heading from the airport to a Dubai apartment with a week of cases, the Sunny is hard to beat for the money.