If you love cars, you must definitely have some passion to classic cars that used to be the greatest in the history of automobiles. If you’re also planning to visit the UAE, as everyone has been doing lately, there are some places that you should definitely visit as a car enthusiasts. Trust me, you’ll be really happy there, and you’ll feel like you’re in car heavens.
UAE has been lately one of the countries with the largest number of exotic cars. The country also contains many museums, restaurants, tracks, and cafes related to cars specifically. Here are some places in the UAE that you can visit and enjoy as a car lover.
The Off Road History Museum, owned by Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, is a place that offers you plenty of picture opportunities with the most exotic off-road cars in the history. It contains a large collection of historic off-road vehicles (about 350 vehicles), some of which are said that are no longer existing in any place in the world other than the museum. There, you’ll find the biggest Willys Jeep in the world, built by Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan. The biggest Hummer in the world takes places in the museum, too. The museum is divided into three sections: H builind, where the modified off-road vehicles that His Highness modified, the Army building, where army vehicles are kept, and the History building where you’ll find the historic monstrous giant vehicles.
If you’d like to enjoy your time eating food or drinking coffees between cars and experience the car culture, you can visit some car cafes that are common in some Emirati cities, like DRVN café, Flat12 Café, The CARS café, and many more… Inside these cafes and restaurants, you’ll find classic cars, miniatures, posters, car parts, anything that is related to cars that a petrolhead will love. Imagine that you’ll be sitting next to classic Porsche 911 drinking your coffee and reading your book or playing a game with your friends.
The museum is located in Al-Dhafra, 45 minutes far from Abu Dhabi, and you can’t believe what you’ll find there! You’ll find a large collection of classic American cars, the Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Mercedes Rainbow collection, the largest Dodge truck in the world, and many more. The large Dodge truck has a bedroom inside it! The car looks like a hotel suite from the inside, and it’s not the only crazy thing in the museum. There are so many other crazy stuff. There are many modified cars there as well; the museum contains about 3000 cars! It’s the largest car museum in the UAE, and it also has an airplane outside.
Classic cars lovers, this is for you. Classic cars are loved because they have a story and a history. The Sharjah Classic Cars Museum contains a large collection that showcases more than 100 cars, bikes, and motorcycles that go back to the 20s.
Another classic cars museum is Al Ain Classic Cars museum, which contains a collection that combines history, style, and luxury. It has cars that are more than 50 years old; one of them is the Mercedes Benz 450SEL 6.9 W116, the BMW E24, and the Nissan 300 ZX 2+2.The museum also provides maintenance service for classic cars, which is really cool. It also organizes events and contains a good collection of classic off-road vehicles, too.
Hani started his career in Automotive Journalism when he was 10 years old as a talented photographer for automotive, hanging around cars all the time has created a passion for the automotive industry since day 1.
He is now a full time auto journalist and content creator for Motor 283.