5th Emirates Classic Car Festival
Best ever edition with more cars and more variety than ever before
By Shahzad Sheikh
Worryingly the annual Emirates Classic Car Festival skipped last year altogether moving its traditional date of 2nd December coinciding with UAE National Day celebrations to 7-9th March 2013.
We needn’t have been alarmed though, as it returned with the largest and most spectacular line-up of cars ever.
In fact the show date has been extended till tomorrow due to popular demand!
There were a record 212 cars and trucks plus nine bikes at the 5th edition of the show organised by Emaar Properties in association with UAE Ministry of Culture, Youth & Community Development and the Automobile & Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE).
Check out our full gallery of pictures from the amazing show on our Facebook page – click here now!
And of course there were gongs to be handed to owners of the best cars on display.
The winners were:
His Highness Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan for his Mercedes 220 SE (The UAE Award)
His Highness Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum for his Suzuki (The Dubai Award)
Imtiaz Shaikh for his Aston Martin DB 5 (Best of Show)
Khalifa Al Shamsi for his Mercedes Benz Pagoda 280 SL (The Emaar Award)
Abdul Rahman Saleh Al Genas for his F100 Ford (Classic Truck Award)
Peter Dew for his Rolls Royce Phantom 2 (Pre-World War II Award)
Alexander Islamov for his Dodge 1917 (Heritage Car)
David Chambers for his Camaro (Modern Classic)
Nikhil Kilachand for his Mustang (American Car Award)
Tariq Al Qamzi for his Mercedes Benz 300 SEL (European Car Award)
Hayder Hani for his Bentley 1958 S1 (British Car Award)
Rafic Mahmoud for his Corvette (Club Merit Award)
His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Bin Sulayem for his 1920 Bentley (First People’s Choice )
Shabab Attrazadeh for his Mercury 1950 (Second People’s Choice )
Johnny Nielsen for his Fiat 500 Giannini (Micro Car)
Ali Al Shaafar for his Dodge Powerwagon Pickup (Custom Truck)
Alexander Islamov for his BMW Side Car (Classic Motorcyle)
That sunset shot of the Camaro is fantastic.
[Shahzad] Thank you!
Hats off to Shahzad for his exemplary photography skills! Very impressed with these photos.
[Shahzad] How very kind of you to say Dave, considering I’m very much an amateur it’s extremely encouraging to hear such positive comments. Many thanks!
i feel so bad they dint add an another category for Japanese best car.
My heart almost stopped when i saw this beautiful gorgeous car Nissan GTR 1960s in red color. It was in great condition and the owner have maintained it in the perfect condition……………
i wanted to see it getting some kind of price