Are you an Auto Enthusiast based in the UAE or in the Middle East? If you are there are a number of events in the Middle East that you will want to attend, many of these are hosted in the UAE, normally at the Abu Dhabi exhibition centre or in Dubai. Barbican Turbo is one of the shows in the Middle East that you won’t want to miss. In 2008 19,000 enthusiasts from across the Middle East descended on the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). It offers a number of competitions for Auto Enthusiasts to showcase their capabilities over a two day festival.
Entries are already being received for the Top 100 competition which will award titles such as ‘Car of the Festival’, ‘Best Engine’, and ‘Best Airbrush’. The winner of the Top 100 Amateur Car of the Festival trophy will also win a fantastic prize from Swiss International Airlines, Swiss Tourism and Zermatt Tourism. This includes 2 business class flights to Zermatt, three nights in a 5 star hotel, a gorge adventure, summer skiing, helicopter ride around the Matterhorn and a downhill ride with a monster scooter. Entrants to the competition are also entitled to a 20% discount on Konig Wheels from selected outlets in the U.A.E. to place on their cars for the competition and will receive their voucher from United Business Media once their entry is received.
The 2nd UAE National Sound Off competition will see titles awarded for ‘Best Installation’ and ‘Loudest Stereo’ and there will also be the 1st ever UAE National Dyno Shoot Out competition to determine the car with the greatest horsepower
The Middle East has become a major market for motor sport in recent years, with several new international standard circuits hosting top-level championships from Formula One to MotoGP and World Touring Car to World Rally. Domestic and regional championships are expanding and maturing whilst investment in motor sport continues to grow across the region.
The inaugural Motor Sport Business Forum in the Middle East attracted global attention with hundreds of senior industry executives flying in for the event and media coverage worldwide. Exhibitors, Speakers and Delegates praised the Forum for successfully blending a regional focus with the major international issues facing the motor sport industry today.
Abu Dhabi is the largest of 7 Emirates which make up the country. The city is a mixture of the old and new with the government currently embarking upon a period of substantial growth laid out in its Urban Plan; to be completed by 2030.
The city is host to many sporting events and music concerts including the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, the Capitala World Tennis Championship, the Club Football World Cup 2009 and the 2009 Formula 1 race season finale.
