Best custom cars at first Street Meet Abu Dhabi – in pictures

More than 300 vehicles hit the inaugural event at the City Golf Club

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  A Honda Civic with a Harley Quinn design. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  A Chevy Nova SS owned by Carlos J. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  The Street Meet 2018 champion was this Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG owned by Jason Brown. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  More than 300 modified cars attended Street Meet at Abu Dhabi City Golf Club. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  A 2014 Dodge Challenger called The Punisher owned by John Constantine. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  A Caterham 270R owned by Jack Fry. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  A 2012 Dodge Challenger with an Iron Man design owned by Ihzone Perez. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  Some of the competitors at Street Meet. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  A Nissan GT-R owned by Ibrahim Mohammad Saif. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  A F-16 fighter jet-inspired Chevrolet Camaro owned by Nasser Alsaba. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  A Honda Civic with a Joker design owned by Louie Manalac. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  A Dodge Challenger Hellcat with a blood-splattered theme owned by Sahad Ibrahim. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  A 2015 Hyundai Veloster owned by Abdul Rehman. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  The inaugural Street Meet followed an unofficial event on Yas Island in February. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  The interior of a 2014 Toyota GT86 owned by Eugene Santos. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  The modified sound system of Jason Brown's prize-winning Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  This was the first time that the lawns of Abu Dhabi City Golf Club were used for a car event. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  The interior of a 1996 Lexus LS 400 owned by Arslan Khan. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  A 2015 Ford Mustang called Thunder owned by Salem Alsuwaidi. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  As well as its four-wheeled attractions, Street Meet featured music, food and a host of car-accessory companies. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  Eugene Santos's 2014 Toyota GT86. Leslie Pableo for The National

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  Some of the 300-plus cars that attended Street Meet at Abu Dhabi City Golf Club. Leslie Pableo for The National

There was a riot of automotive colour and sound at Abu Dhabi City Golf Club this weekend as the inaugural Street Meet event attracted hundreds of modified cars.

More than 300 custom vehicles invaded the lawns and car parks for the first motor event at the capital city venue.

The Street Meet 2018 champion was Jason Brown with his Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG, along with a host of other imaginative four-wheeled wonders – competitors travelled from as far as 400 kilometres away to take part.

Although this was the first official Street Meet, an ad hoc event on Yas Island in February run by organisers Glenn Navarro and Zingiber Umali attracted a similar number of cars.

As well as its petrol-powered attractions, the first Street Meet proper featured music, food and a host of car-accessory companies.

"Seeing the crowd and competitors enjoying the show was the best feeling," Navarro said. "For a competitor to travel 400 kilometres just to be at Street Meet gave me a feeling of overwhelming pride."

More Street Meet events are planned for later in the year. For more details when events are confirmed, visit www.instagram.com/streetmeetauh

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