Rainbow Sheikh's amazing car collection | Car Talk - Car News May 2012

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15:25 Wednesday 06 May 2015

Yesterday we showed you the impressive car collection of a certain Mr Jay Leno and today we've got an arguably even more amazing selection of cars for you to peruse.

This is the personal collection of H.H. Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi ruling family. He's clearly not short of a few bob and over the years he's amassed a remarkable collection of over 200 cars which is kept at the Emirates National Auto Museum in the United Arab Emirates.

 

Museum
Emirates National Auto Museum

 

The museum itself is hugely impressive. An enormous 100mx100m pyramid in the middle of the desert, the museum is an automotive oasis of expensive metal and genuinely astonishing home-made creations.

The Rainbow Sheikh's collection is not as varied as Leno's and the cars are arguably less prestigious but, for sheer wow factor, the Sheikh wins hands down.

Take a look at his collection; you certainly don't see this sort of thing at the Beaulieu Motor Museum.

 

Fiat 500

They don't call him the Rainbow Sheikh for nothing.

 

MINI

He seems to like Minis -- maybe because the Middle East is one of the few places where they don't rust.

 

American car

 

Chevrolet

 

Citroen DS

 

Porsche

 

Ford Ka

This isn't the most impressive vehicle in his collection.

 

 

 

Bedouin

The largest Bedouin caravan in the world...

 

And finally, the award for the most amazing vehicle in the Sheikh's collection goes to this awesome piece of engineering. Click on the link below to watch Clarkson investigate...

 

Clarkson   Sheikh

 

Images: Emirates National Auto Museum/Business Insider

 

 


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