Rent Nissan Kicks 2023 in Dubai

The daily rate is only half of what a rental costs. The other half is what the car drinks, and a Nissan Kicks 2023 rental in Dubai keeps that second number small. Its 1.6 litre four-cylinder is one of the lightest drinkers on our fleet for anything shaped like an SUV, and our full to full fuel policy means you pay for the petrol you use and nothing more. We can deliver the car to your door anywhere in Dubai within a couple of hours of booking. If you want crossover seating without an SUV fuel bill, this gray Kicks is the sensible answer.

Why it stays cheap to run

The Kicks is a city crossover, not an off-roader in costume. Front-wheel drive, a small naturally aspirated engine and an automatic gearbox add up to a car that treats petrol stations as an occasional errand. In stop-start traffic between Deira and Business Bay it idles along at low revs while the gearbox does the thinking. There is no four-wheel-drive hardware to drag around, which is a big part of why the fuel bill stays modest. Bring it back with the fuel level it arrived with and the running cost conversation is over.

What 118 horsepower honestly gets you

In town, everything you need. The Kicks pulls away from lights cleanly and the light steering makes lane changes easy. On Sheikh Zayed Road it holds 100 to 110 without strain, but zero to a hundred takes about 11.5 seconds, so plan your overtakes rather than improvising them. With four people aboard and the AC working hard, the engine reaches for revs on the way up to speed. None of that is a fault. It is the trade you make for the small fuel bill, and for a week of city driving it is the right trade.

Heat, and how fast the cabin recovers

A gray car parked outside in July comes back furnace hot. That is Dubai, not the Kicks. The upside of a compact cabin is that there is less air to cool, so the AC brings the front seats back to comfortable within a few minutes of moving. Run it high for the first five minutes, then ease off. Rear passengers sit close enough to the front vents that nobody suffers on a school run, though on a long August motorway leg the back row will ask for the fan up a notch.

Parking, ramps and daily use

Here the Kicks beats a sedan at its own game. The raised seat helps you place the nose in tight multi-storey bays, and the short body makes mall ramps and U-turns painless. Speed bumps in the older neighbourhoods don't need the careful crawl a low sedan demands. The tailgate opens onto a tall, square space, so a stroller or a week's shopping goes in without the geometry puzzle a sedan boot sets you.

Salik and the paperwork

Salik tolls and any RTA fines picked up during the rental are yours, and we pass them on as they arrive. Drivers need to be 21 or older with at least a year on their licence, plus the usual documents: licence, passport or Emirates ID, and a card. Plans change, so you can cancel free of charge up to 48 hours before pickup.

Who should take it, and who shouldn't

Two adults and two kids doing malls, school runs and the odd DXB pickup will find the Kicks exactly right, and cheap with it. A solo traveller chasing the lowest possible rate should look at our Nissan Sunny instead, which undercuts it. Four adults with a full week of luggage, or anyone planning regular fast runs to Abu Dhabi, should size up to something with more engine and more boot. For everyone in between, this is the car we'd hand you.