Devel of it all: First automobile made in UAE

The Devel Sixteen, unveiled by Defining Extreme Vehicles Car Industry at the Dubai International Motor Show last month, had the entire motoring industry wondering what in the world was going on in the almost non-existent automobile manufacturing sector in Dubai.

“When my brothers and I were children, we had an idea,” says Rashid Al Attar, Vice-President of Defining Extreme Vehicles Car Industry, creators of the Devel Sixteen. “We wondered why Dubai didn’t produce its own car. We said that one day we would do it. Everybody was laughing at us, everybody said no way, leave it to the US and the other countries. And now, that day has arrived.”

“This is like a childhood dream come true. Everything about this car has been kept secret ever since 2006.”