Dubai is always on everyone’s bucket list and is definitely your next destination. The Jewel of the world and known as the Pearl of the Gulf, is the most happening country. It is estimated to have 4.56 million cars that are registered in Dubai as of now in June 2025.
Annually, Dubai hosts the Icons of Porsche. At a single event, about 1,000 Porsche cars can be seen. It’s usually conducted at the Dubai Design District. It’s the Largest Car Festival of its kind in the Middle East. It’s solely dedicated to Porsche.
This event has been a grand success for the last five years. The Icons of Porsche is going to be the 5th edition in November 2025. The dates declared are 22nd-23rd November . Thousands of fans will come from across the world to visit this fest. Every year, the crowd increases, as last year it had more than 20 thousand participants. This year, Porsche shall showcase some classic cars along with ar,t culture, and more.
It’s the most high-spirited and vibrant festival. It’s as if you have entered another world itself, full of Porsche. The event also comprises many activities around the theme. It’s a public debut of all the new models.
It’s an entrenched annual festival. Every year, it brings together several people with diverse cultures. At a global level, Dubai has maintained its reputation well.
It will showcase a great piece of automotive excellence, which is going to be world-class.
Icons of Porsche: Held in the Dubai Design District, this is the largest car festival of its kind in the Middle East and is dedicated to Porsche. It’s an event with automotive excellence and a place where people come together to celebrate and share an interest in cars. They especially travel to Dubai just for this. The residents and locals of Dubai also come forward, sharing their passion for the brand and its world-class products. Dubai also reflects its city’s ability to make this event a grand success.
Porsche Museum Stuttgart
In Germany, Stuttgart has the Porsche Museum. It is a heritage museum that provides vehicles for the festival. This Museum is modern, and it showcases the history of sports cars. It has been open since 2019 for people to visit. It has a dynamic collection of over 80 cars. It has some legendary sports vehicles, prototypes, and racer models. The museum has virtual tours, escape games, and you can also look at the production lines of certain models.
Icons of the Porsche festival in Dubai are not complete without the heritage and classic cars coming all the way from Stuttgart.
Cars on Display
Porsche will show some great iconic classic vehicles at the fest. It will show some rare classic vehicles, especially from the Porsche Museum. Porsches that are vintage and unique racing models. Past, present, and future Porsche models, and definitely the new products of the brand.
914-8 Prototype Supercar Rare Porsche
It was a sports car built in 1969. It tested the feasibility of a high-performing car. Only 2 vehicles were built. One vehicle was Ferdinand Piech, with 300 hp, with a 3.0-liter flat eight engine, and another vehicle was Ferry Porsche with a 350 hp version. It was intended to be built as a birthday gift. These two prototypes were different and unique test beds with features not found on the production 914s
Porsche 356/1
The first production vehicle of Porsche. It’s a very rare 1953 model. 356 American. Roadster. Only 16 units were ever built. It was an early “ Pre-A” model. Aluminium body roasters are absolutely light in weight, with a 1.1-liter capacity, a 35 PS air-cooled Volkswagen boxer engine. It was allowed to reach a speed of up to 135km/h (83mph).Two-part windscreen with a center bar. The driving dynamics define the brand.
Porsche 917
It’s a legendary sports prototype racing car. It was built in 1969-1973. Its design, performance were celebrated. It created a dominance in sports car racing. Powered by a unique flat-12 engine and an aluminum space frame chassis. It became a benchmark for a high-speed performance model.
Porsche 911 GT1
It is a homologation special supercar built for road use. It was particularly inspired by a successful racing car that attained victory in 198. Mid-mounted, water-cooled twin turbocharged 3.2L. There was a limited production of the same. It has a head-turning hypercar design. It is a unique 1998 version in the museum.
959’s Porsche for Arab Prince
This Porsche was specially built for an Arab prince and a 959S with an updated suspension.
Other racer cars like the 956S, 962S, RS spyders, and 919s from Le Mans.
From the Strassenversion, the one-off 935 “street”, the 993 Turbo Cabriolet, and the 968 Turbo S will be displayed along with 3000 more cars at the Porsche event.
You can just get your entry passes for AED 75 ( Indian Rs 1812.84/-).