Long stretches of desert highway seem perfect for speedy driving. Or they must have for one Emirati woman, who racked up 80 speeding tickets totaling 127,000 dirhams ($35,000) commuting back and forth between the United Arab Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
World's Greatest Driving Road Located In Abu Dhabi?
Armed with only a BMW M3
Thanks, Sheik: Legal Drag Racing at Umm al Qaywayn!
Heads up, ennui-hammered oil-rich UAE youth! No longer will you need to risk life and limb on city streets as you attempt to ward off the demons of boredom by street-racing your Enzos and Veyrons. Now you can just head on down to Emirates Motorplex and race on an actual quarter-mile dragstrip- you know, the kind with…
Hoon of the Day: Land Cruiser Abuse, UAE Style
Brought to you by the same gentleman in the United Arab Emirates who gave us Enzo Donuts
Enzo Donuts!
Ah, the ennui of the young and wealthy in the United Arab Emirates. The seconds drag by, the very color is drained from the sky, and even your countless fawning servants cannot make you feel really alive. Sometimes the only thing to do is to get behind the wheel of your million-dollar Italian work of art... and spin …
We're Gonna Go Be a Sheik Now: Inside Hamad bin Hamdan's Garage
Dude, being a sheik kinda seems as if it's the business. Harems, all the oil one can slather upon oneself, warm weather, clothes that never go out of style, hanging with T.E. Lawrence, and oh, most importantly, a whole shiek-sized garageload of exotic iron. Or, in Sheik Hamad bin Hamdan of Abu Dhabi's case, aluminum…
Run Light, Get Impounded: UAE Camera-Seizure Law
Dubai cops have a new weapon against scofflaws: If you're busted for red-light running by a camera, you not only pay a fine, but lose your car for a week (the Arabian tow yards must be pooping themselves with glee). Do it again? Lose it for two weeks. And on the third offense? You guessed it, three weeks in the pokey. …
On the Greatest Driving Road in the World: Test Drive of the Mini…
Now here's a junket we'd be happy to take. Writing for Edmunds Inside Line, Alistair Weaver traveled all 7.3 miles (and 4,000 feet upward) of the Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road in the United Arab Emirates in a Mini Cooper S convertible. He describes the smooth-as-glass trail as "the greatest driving road in the world," with …
Rolls-Royce Makes Deal With Middle-Eastern Bigwig, Florid Prose Follows
"Under the guidance of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, and the support of His Highness Lieutenant General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, and under the patronage of His…
