AUTOMOBILE & TOURING CLUB FOR U.A.E
 

The Club

 

The Automobile and Touring Club for UAE was formed in UAE to cater to the demands of  the people in  UAE who keep traveling outside the country. The Club  was established in 1965 and has offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Al Ain.

The Automobile and Touring Club for UAE organizes two rounds of car rallies in UAE for  the FIA Middle East Rally Championship, the UAE  International Rally and the Dubai  International  Rally. The other rounds are held in Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Syria, Oman, Lebanon and Cyprus. The UAE  International Rally is  the  first round of the FIA  Middle  East Rally Championship and  is held in January every year. The Dubai International Rally is the final round of the championship and is held in December every year.

The Club also authorizes and supports the UAE Desert Challenge which is among one of the rounds of the FIA Cross Country World Cup.

 

The Club

Touring Services

Motor Sports

  
 

The Automobile & Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE) has been an affiliated member of the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile (FIA), the world governing body of all motor sports, since 1965.

ATCUAE is the officially nominated representative of the Federation Internationale De Motorcyclisme (FIM).

Since 1973 it has been an affiliated member of Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT): the leading and most successful international body concerned with motoring, touring, road assistance services and outdoor leisure.

The driving force behind the ATCUAE is the 14 times FIA Middle East Rally champion - Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
Recently H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has approved the appointment of borad of directors for ATCUAE.

 

 The ATCUAE is the only organisation which is authorised by the FIA to issue :

International Driving Licenses

Carne de passage en Douane (trip tickets)

International Touring Certificate

It is also issuing the road maps to the following countries:

              IRAN
              JORDAN
              LEBANON
              SAUDI ARABIA
              SYRIA

ATCUAE is the sole representative of the FIA and FIM in the UAE and is empowered to supervise all motor sports events in the country.

ATCUAE is acting under the patronage of

H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, the ruler of Dubai.

The ATCUAE currently organises:

UAE Desert Challenge - the leading event for the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup and the FIM Cross country Rallies World Championship (November).

The first round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship - UAE International Rally (January).

ATCUAE has th exclusive authority to issue Competition Licenses (auto, moto & kart) in the U.A.E