Automobile & Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates

The Automobile & Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE), is the sole Touring and Sporting representative of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in the UAE.

One of the oldest national organizations in the United Arab Emirates, the ATCUAE was founded in 1965.

The ATCUAE is the country’s sole representative of the FIA, automobile sport's world governing body, and its motorcycling and karting equivalents, the (in its guise as the UAE Motorcycle Club) and Commission Internationale de Karting (CIK) respectively. Its primary responsibilities are to promote the safe and sustainable growth of motorsport in the UAE, and to ensure all events are run fairly and to regulation.

Since its inception in 1965, the ATCUAE has played a leading role in the development of motorsport on both the national and international level. Today, it governs overs 120 competitive events forming the UAE motorsport calendar, and covering disciplines such as circuit racing, rallying, drag racing and motocross.

The organization is also a member of the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens (FIVA), the international body for classic vehicles, and the International Road Transport Union (IRU).

The ATCUAE is recognized by the United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee.

The Club President is Mohammed Ben Sulayem, 14 time FIA Middle East Rally Champion and one the Arab world's mots famous sportsmen, who took over in 2006

H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is the organisations Honorary President.

Under the authority of the FIA, the ATCUAE is the only body in the UAE licensed to issue Carnets de Passage (CPD) and International Driving Permits (IDP).

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