Rent Suzuki Ertiga 2023 in Dubai

Seven seats for roughly hatchback money is the whole pitch behind the Suzuki Ertiga 2023, and renting one in Dubai gets you exactly that: a proper three-row automatic that moves a family or a group of colleagues cheaper than almost anything else in the fleet with that many seats. We can have one at your door within one to two hours of booking. The honest part of the pitch is the boot. With all three rows up there's barely room for anything beyond soft bags, so before you book this as your seven-up airport run, it's worth knowing exactly what you're trading for the low cost per seat.

The engine, and how it drives

Suzuki puts a 1.5-litre naturally aspirated four under the bonnet, the K15B, making 103 hp and 138 Nm, paired with a 4-speed automatic sending power to the front wheels. That's an old-school torque converter, not a CVT, so it shifts with real gear changes rather than a rubber-band feel, but four ratios is fewer than most rivals now offer, and it shows when the car is loaded.

Empty, the Ertiga pulls away without fuss and cruises Sheikh Zayed Road comfortably at 120. Fill all seven seats and ask for an overtake past 100 and the gearbox has to hunt down a gear before the engine finds anything useful, so give yourself more room than you would in a smaller, lighter car. This is a vehicle built to carry people steadily, not to feel quick doing it.

Seven seats, and the honest boot trade-off

Two adults up front, three across the middle row on a bench that genuinely fits three without a fight, and two more in a third row meant for kids or shorter trips. That's the Ertiga's real strength: it seats seven people who all get a seat, not a knee-to-chin fold-out perch.

The boot is where the honesty comes in. With the third row in use, you're looking at around 153 litres, and it's not generous litres either, more the kind of space that swallows a few soft bags and shopping and stops there. Two hard suitcases for an airport run with all seven seats occupied simply doesn't work. If your group is five or fewer, fold the third row down and the boot opens up properly, enough for real luggage. That's the trade every renter of this car makes: either the seats or the bags, rarely both at full capacity.

At 1,735 mm wide, the Ertiga isn't a hard car to park despite the extra length, and 180 mm of ground clearance takes a mall ramp or a standard speed bump without drama. It's still a front-wheel-drive family van at heart, so this is a tarmac and city car, not something to send down a sandy track.

No mileage cap, fuel and the cabin in summer

This one rents with unlimited mileage included, no per-kilometre overage to calculate whether you're doing a weekend trip to Al Ain or a full week of school runs and grocery hauls. For a car whose whole reason for existing is moving a full household around, not having to watch the odometer is worth more here than on most cars in the fleet.

Suzuki quotes around 16 km/l in town and 19 on the highway, and that's a lab number assuming light loads and no AC. With seven people, luggage, and the compressor working through a Dubai afternoon, expect it to sit lower than that quoted figure, though the 45-litre tank still covers a normal week of city driving comfortably between fills.

A cabin this size, spread over three rows, holds more hot air than a hatchback or a small sedan, so it takes a little longer to pull down after sitting in the sun. Front vents do the work first, and passengers in the back and third row will feel the cool air arrive last, so give it a few minutes moving before loading everyone in on a 45-degree afternoon. Salik tolls on your route and any RTA fines during the rental are the renter's responsibility, same as on every car here, and the minimum age to rent this one is 25.

Who should rent it, and who should size up

Rent the Suzuki Ertiga 2023 if you need seven real seats on a budget, whether that's a family with kids who don't need three rows of hard luggage or a group heading to the same place with just backpacks and duffel bags. Unlimited mileage makes it an easy pick if your week involves more driving than the usual city errands, and doorstep delivery within a couple of hours keeps the whole booking simple.

Size up if your seven people are traveling with real suitcases, since the boot with all rows up won't take them. A larger 7-seat SUV in the fleet carries both the people and the bags without the third-row compromise, for more rental money. If you're five or fewer with normal luggage, the Ertiga with its third row folded down is honestly a better use of the space than paying for a bigger van you don't need.