One of the first markets outside of North America to receive the C8 Corvette Stingray was the Middle East, with the mid-engine sports car first arriving in the region last November. Since then, a total of 408 examples of the C8 Corvette Stingray have been delivered in the Middle East, including 162 in the initial 2020 model year production run and another 246 for the 2021 model year – making it the third most popular market for the nameplate behind the United States and Canada.
A group of these Middle East-based C8 Corvette Stingray owners recently participated in the first major gathering for the C8 Corvette community in the United Arab Emirates, meeting at a location in Dubai and going for a drive out into the desert. The group, who are all part of the Emirates Corvette Club, put together a short two-minute video compilation of the meet, which shows the owners congregating before hopping in their colorful American sports cars and driving out to a remote location for a photo opportunity.
Check out the video embedded below to see footage from the first major C8 Corvette Stingray owner’s meet in the UAE.
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Interesting get-together. For a similar event in America, women would be allowed to join in.
Dubai has womens rights. Dubai is the cultural hub in the Middle East for Democracy. Dubai you have the same rights there as you do in the US. Stop being ignorant.
Not true at all, there are laws dictating what kinds of clothes women can wear, what they can do without the approval of their “guardian”, and about a third of their female population have been surgically mutilated. Also, defaulting on a debt is punished as a criminal matter and there is no clause of any kind for bankruptcy in Dubai. You can literally be put in jail for years for being late with payments, coincidentally this is also the reason the location is famous for abandoned high dollar vehicles. They also happily deport Uyghur muslims who have escaped Chinese death camps back to China. It’s illegal to drink alcohol without a permit, hold hands, share a room with someone of the opposite sex other than your spouse, or make unsanctioned social media posts. They are about as backwards as they can be without the rest of the world economically blackballing them for it.
My relative just came home after a 3 year contract as a building Engineer in Dubai.
Everything Daniels said is true, and these other comments are completely ignorant.
You have no idea what you are talking about so just shut up. Women are treated better there then they are here in the states.
the only time I have seen that many C8 all in one place at the same time is Ron Fellows Corvette Owners school.
What an awesome club. I wonder what octane fuel they have where they are.
Nice gathering, but I must say that with all the back orders and unfilled allocations in the US, I was surprised at how many allocations went to the middle east.
Why they have more money then you, then can purchase more then you so why are you surprised?
We should be charging them 4X that cost. We get no deal on oil now that Biden stopped our supply.
Actually, I do not think the US should sell ANY American made cars overseas ANYWHERE, until all orders in the USA are filled.
God it is frightening to see how much ignorance and prejudice is out there