Emirates National Auto Museum
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The Emirates National Auto Museum[1] is a national automobile museum in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[2]
The museum is located in Al Dhafra[3] about 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of the city of Abu Dhabi.[4] The museum has a collection of around 3000 cars belonging to Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan in a pyramid-shaped building.[5]
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Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan's collection holds several world records including the largest collection of 4x4 vehicles at 718,[6] the largest caravan at 122 tons with eight bedrooms[7] and the worlds largest motorised model car a 4-to-1 drivable scale replica Willys Jeep.[8] The collection also includes a wide range of military vehicles, classic American cars, a Mercedes "rainbow" collection of different coloured cars, an 1885 steam-powered Mercedes .[1]
Three items from the collection were used in an episode of the BBC television programme Top Gear. These were the 20-foot (6.1 m) tall Willys Jeep, a modified 8x8 Nissan Patrol and a Mercedes Benz Monster Truck.[9]
