AW Rostamani and Nissan Middle East provided a major increase for the Dubai International Baja today by authorizing a sponsorship agreement with the rally organisers, the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE.

The new Dubai International Baja powered by AW Rostamani and Nissan creates the second round of this year's FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies for automobiles and buggies and the opening round of the FIM Bajas World Cup for bikes and quads

As an outcome of the new arrangement, the Nissan Patrol comes to be the official car for the amazing new World Cup event which takes place in the Al Qudra desert from 9-11 March and aims the method towards a brilliant future for rallying in the UAE.

A fleet of Nissan Patrols will be attended to use by the organisers as well as by FIA and FIM officials throughout the occasion.

The arrangement was authorized today by Khalid Al Rostamani, Vice Chairman of AW Rostamani Group, with its flagship company Arabian Automobiles, sole distributor for the Nissan brand in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, Samir Cherfan, Managing Director, Nissan Middle East, and Mohammed Ben

Sulayem, President of the ATCUAE and Emirates Automobile racing Federation.

With a powerful worldwide line-up of motorists and riders showing up from across the Middle East and overseas, the rally will include three AW Rostamani and Nissan-branded unique phases, two of 90km and 82km specifically on 10 March and one of 174 km the following day.

" We are very happy to support to an event that is assisting to build a brand-new future in the UAE for rallying, which is where motor sport in Dubai started in the 1970s," stated Khalid Al Rostamani.

" The Dubai International Baja is a fundamental part of the ATCUAE's campaign to earn the sporting activity extra economical and, and we are eager to play our part in assisting making rallying more lasting by attracting a brand-new generation of Emirati and local-based rivals."

Samir Cherfan claimed: "The Dubai International Baja is an interesting new enhancement to the UAE's automobile racing schedule and offers us with a terrific brand-new opportunity to display the high qualities of the Nissan Patrol.

" We are happy to be signing up with hands with our business partner in Dubai and the North Emirates to support an event which enables local competitors to share a global stage with the best from around the world."

The UAE's second World Cup occasion following the Abu Dhabi Desert Obstacle has actually developed from the Dubai International Rally which competed 37-years but is now changed by the extra desert-friendly, a lot more economical baja style which is open for buggies, bikes and quads, as well as vehicles.

Sulayem claimed: "We're thankful to Nissan Middle East and AW Rostamani for sustaining our new World Cup rally, especially as they share our commitment to seeing the sporting activity move forward in such a way which is far more lasting."

Taking place under the patronage of H.H.Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai, the rally is supported Dubai Sport Council, Dubai Cops and Dubai Civil Defence. With the Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Medspa supplying a glamorous setting, the occasion's functional HQ

and technical parc ferme will certainly be at the neighboring Bab Al Shams Arena.

The Dubai International Baja is complied with simply over two weeks later on by the Desert Difficulty (1-7 April), already established by the ATCUAE as a premier occasion in the FIA World Cup series and the FIM Cross Nation Rallies World Champion, and Qatar's Sealine Cross Nation Rally (16-21 April).

Caption: Envisioned from left are Michel Ayat, Chief Executive Officer of Arabian Autos, Khalid Al Rostamani, Vice Chairman of AW Rostamani Group, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President of the ATCUAE and Emirates Automobile racing Federation and Samir Cherfan, Managing Director, Nissan Middle East.