Cars of Dubai
Dubai is known for people with deep pockets who appreciate fine automobiles. There were so many different places we spotted nice cars I decided to put them all in one post.
To start off is our chariot that we rented for the 5 days after Alex left; a Toyota Yaris.
Although it is painfully slow with a small 1.3L engine and felt fairly cheap it was a nice car. There are speed cameras all over the city, which is a problem since the roads are so smooth and well put together. The Yaris took all of it’s muster to get up to traffic speeds, and handled decently enough with quite a bit of body roll which made it exciting to toss about through the roundabouts and construction mazes. You basically had to drive the piss out of it just to keep up with everyone else. Its more fun to drive a slow car fast, than a fast car slow. On to the good stuff.
There was an exotic dealership that had an impressive array of beautiful cars including the otherworldly Enzo, a $1 million dollar car.
Right next to it is a Koenigsegg CCX, a version of which was faster around the Top Gear track than the Enzo.
The new Ferrari California.
Rolls.
Maserati Grand Turismo
Next door was the Hamann showroom, which makes performance packages for cars, many of which are pretty over the top. Take this modified SLR McLaren for example.
This Bentley had an odd matte textured finish.
A G-Wagon, a very popular SUV in Dubai since one of the Souks owned one.
Their Ferrari California looked pretty nice, a lot more subdued.
Here is a Hamann kitted 6 series we saw on the beach, looks really nice.
Here is a medley of a bunch of nice cars we saw parked around. First ones at the Mall of the Emirates.
More randoms
Their version of the Pontiac G8, looks cooler than ours.
There were a handful of large pickup trucks there.
An older S8, there were a good amount of the newer ones driving around.
Mercedes were everywhere, especially the AMG versions. The one below as 451hp.
By Alex and Ajo’s house there was a couple blocks filled with auto repair shops and had several interesting cars lying around.
An Aston Martin V8 Vantage
The owner of this car did a burnout for us, Skylines are nice.
An interesting anphibi-car
Next door was a dealership with a nice selection of vehicles.
A Hartage 6 series
They had one of the great 90’s supercars, a Bugatti EB110. Quad turbo V12, 0-60 in 3.4 seconds, 217 mph top speed.
We saw the best car on the last day, a Bugatti Veyron at the Dubai Mall. Seeing all this exotic machinery for the past few weeks didn’t jade us when we first spotted the Veyron, which had a huge crowd around it. This is basically the top modern supercar you can buy. Over 1000 Hp, price tag north of $1 million. The thing has the presence of a spaceship. We were really happy we got to see one of these on our trip.
