Barbican Turbo 2010, in its 3rd year is the Middle East’s premier custom car show and includes custom cars, modified cars, car tuning, bikes and motorsports.
Barbican Turbo 2008
The launch of Barbican Turbo was a huge hit with support from custom car garages, retailers, manufacturers, suppliers, media, government, clubs and the community. We enjoyed support from headline sponsor Barbican and Radio 1 and Radio 2, The National, What’s On, Stuff, MTV Arabia, Wheels, Top Performance, Tires and Parts, Evo, Automart, Gulfpetrolheads.com and Autodealer.ae.
Barbican Turbo was held from the 13th - 15th of November 2008, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, United Arab Emirates, ran alongside Adrenaline Sports Live and included
Team Orange Middle East debut - D1 GP World Series Drift Champions 2006 and stars of the box office smash "The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift" thrilled and mesmerised audiences with their twin-drifting all action driving displays.
The Wheels Top 100 - 130 custom, modified and tuned cars entered the region’s biggest custom car competition to win the first-ever "Car of the Festival" trophy The S.A.F.E. Sound Off Competition - a battle of stereos to find the biggest bass, highest sound quality and best installation.
Music Stage with MTV Arabia and DubaiLime with headliners Abri, the Extreme Gaming Zone, DJ’s, Barbican Urban Dancers and Chrome and Carbon Dancers
"Barbican Turbo was an excellent opportunity for us as we gained recognition as a serious player…were able to capture some market share that was previously untapped, and were able to convert 5 more vehicles…We look forward to the next Barbican Turbo as this show is what we are all about and clearly differs from regular Motor Shows held in the country."
Mitchell Perera, Sales and Marketing Manager, Liberty Motorsports
"Barbican Turbo has put the name of Extreme Performance all around the U.A.E. and the region. You can hear people talking about Barbican Turbo months after the event, but you can’t hear anyone talking about a normal Motor Show even one week after the event!"
Abdulla Al Zaabi, General Manager, Extreme Performance
"There’s only one place for the U.A.E.’s most passionate petrolheads: The Barbican Turbo Festival. That’s why Wheels magazine is proud to support the event."
Tom Allen, Editor, Wheels magazine
"We at Aujan are happy to work with U.B.M. (and Barbican Turbo) who use their international experience to create innovative platforms for events that enable us to activate our brands, Rani and Barbican, in an entertaining consumer environment"
Ahmed Shaboury, Head of Brands, Aujan
"It is the best custom car show I’ve seen in years in the U.A.E. It has given a chance for the rich and not-so-rich enthusiasts to compete and display their custom, modified and tuned cars. It is also opening the doors for audio enthusiasts in the region to compete to an international standard"
Glenn Navarro, Sound-Off Team Leader and Core Member, The Society of Auto-Owners and Filipino Expats (S.A.F.E.)
"Barbican Turbo was a great experience and the biggest modified car show I have ever seen. It gathered custom car lovers from all over the country and that’s what made Barbican Turbo so unique…the event was fantastic!"
Antoine Waheed, Winner of the Best on a Budget Category, Barbican Turbo Top 100 2008
Barbican Turbo 2009
The 2nd year of Barbican Turbo was a fantastic success and the show demonstrated growth in all areas. Barbican Turbo is the Middle East’s hottest custom, tuning, car, and motorcycle and motorsports festival and was opened by Mohammed Ben Sulayem the FIA Vice President for Sport and the President of the UAE Automobile and Touring Club. The event ran from the 8th and 9th October, noon-11pm; 10th October, noon – 8pm at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
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"The show provided us with a unique, and exciting, opportunity to promote our chassis dynamometers in an emerging performance marketplace"
- Craig Mahoney, International Sales & Marketing Manager, Mainline Automotive Equipment
"Once again the show was a hit and brought out all the gear heads of the UAE. As a Top 100 judge it was my pleasure to see the enthusiasm built from last year and the effort put into building each show car. I look forward to next year’s event which I’m sure will be even bigger and better"
- Mitch Perera, Sales & Marketing Manager, Liberty Motorsports
