Rent Suzuki Ertiga 2023 in Dubai

The Suzuki Ertiga 2023 rents in Dubai as a full seven-seat automatic MPV, and it comes with one detail most vans this size don't offer: a minimum age of 21, not the usual 25 you'll run into shopping elsewhere for a car with this many seats. That puts it within reach of a wider group, a house share of colleagues, a crew of friends in town for a week, not just parents booking with a family card. We can have it at your door within one to two hours, and the rental carries unlimited mileage, so there's no daily cap to track. The one honest catch: fill all seven seats and the boot barely holds more than soft bags.

Power, gearing and how it drives loaded

Suzuki builds the Ertiga around a 1.5-litre four-cylinder, the K15B, good for 103 hp and 138 Nm, sent through a 4-speed torque-converter automatic to the front wheels. It's a real stepped gearbox rather than a CVT, so it shifts with distinct gear changes instead of the rubbery hum some rival small MPVs settle into under load.

With one or two people aboard, it merges onto Sheikh Zayed Road without drama and holds 120 comfortably. Load it with seven adults and ask for a quick overtake, and the four-speed box needs a moment to find the right gear before the engine has much to offer, so leave a longer gap than you would in a smaller car. Around town, 180 mm of ground clearance and a 1,735 mm width mean mall ramps, speed bumps and tight multi-storey bays aren't a problem, though this is still a front-wheel-drive van built for tarmac, not a desert-capable 4x4.

How the seven seats break down

Two adults sit up front, three fit across a middle-row bench wide enough to actually use, and two more go in the third row, a spot better suited to children or a short hop than a full day on the road for grown adults. That's the honest strength of the Ertiga: seven real seats rather than a pair of fold-out perches wedged in at the back.

Fold the third row for the airport run

The trade-off is luggage. With all three rows occupied, the boot drops to roughly 153 litres, room for soft bags and a grocery run, not two hard suitcases per passenger heading to DXB or DWC. Fold the third row down when you don't need all seven seats, and the boot opens into something genuinely usable, closer to what a mid-size sedan offers. Plan the trip around that trade before you book: seven seats and light bags, or five seats and proper luggage, rarely both at once.

Unlimited mileage, fuel stops and keeping the cabin cool

Mileage on this Ertiga is unlimited, so a week that mixes a weekend run to Ras Al Khaimah, the school run and errands around the city costs the same as a week spent mostly parked at a hotel. Most seven-seat rentals in Dubai cap you around 200 to 250 km a day and start billing per kilometre past that line; here, that math doesn't apply.

Suzuki quotes about 16 km/l in town and 19 on the highway, and with the air conditioning working through a Dubai afternoon and a full cabin, expect real-world numbers to land under that. The 45-litre tank still covers a normal week of city driving without more than one or two stops. A three-row cabin holds more hot air than a hatchback, so give the front vents a few minutes before loading everyone in on a 45-degree day; the white exterior helps a little with how hot the cabin gets sitting in the sun, though it won't replace those first minutes of cooling. Third-row passengers still feel the cool air arrive last. Salik tolls and any RTA fines during the rental are the renter's responsibility, and at 21, the minimum age to book this one is lower than most vans this size in the fleet.

Who this Ertiga actually suits

Book the Ertiga if you're a group under 25 who still needs seven proper seats, or any group that wants unlimited mileage instead of watching a counter over a week of driving around the emirates. Being able to book at 21 instead of 25 matters more than it sounds for a shared-apartment crew or a work group without a 25-year-old among them.

Skip it if all seven of you are traveling with real suitcases. The boot with the third row in use won't take them, and folding seats to fit bags isn't an option once everyone's aboard. A larger 7-seat SUV in the fleet carries both, for more money a day. For five people or fewer with normal bags, the Ertiga with its third row down is hard to beat on value, especially with no mileage cap attached.