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Our Middle East Ambassador Rony Karam from Lebanon has been instrumental for making two countries in the Arabian peninsula a member of the FIVA Family this year: Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The first Formula 1 Grand Prix in Jeddah, on 5 December, a historic event by itself, was a good occasion to handover the FIVA flag and the FIVA 50 Year Jubilee book to the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation in the person of SAMF’s CEO mr Sattam Al  Hozami and of Dr Nasser Al Masary. Dr Al Masary is the initiator and organizer of the Diryah Festival, which is [...]

Vacation time is here, with motorways, autobahnen, autoroutes, autostrade, and autopistas once again busy at weekends. Happily, there are more travel options than in Summer 2020, and cars and motorcycles are clearly the preferred means of holiday transport because – with the virus still around – they bring the least hassle. The camper, in particular, is proving more popular than ever, offering lots of freedom to young and old. Meanwhile, club meetings and events are starting to re-emerge, with interest in historic vehicles clearly undiminished. All this gives us, the FIVA General Committee, sufficient inspiration to face the future with [...]

The Netherlands Historic cars, motorcycles, and other motorized vehicles are the best time machines one can imagine. They show the design and technique of their era, and when on the move the back-in-time experience is complete. Their preservation is sustainability in the truest sense. They survived, while nearly all peers ended long ago as waste. Treating a product with care, even when it is a popular mass-produced car or motorbike, is environment friendly because it helps to reduce the over-exploitation of our Earth. FIVA represents what was produced at least 30 years ago, and so demonstrates the developments in [...]

JOIN THE FIVA MOTORCYCLE WEEK IN 2022 Yes, it is true, we are still living in challenging times due to the pandemic but for sure we have not forgotten our passion for all thing motorcycling! A few years ago, the FIVA Motorcycle Commission created the “FIVA Motorcycle Week”. Motorcycle enthusiasts around the world were invited to ride during a specific week in June. This proved successful and each year we have had more nominations from clubs and countries. For 2019 more than 20 countries participated with some 4,000 riders! For 2021 we realise the challenge of the pandemic and the related [...]

As there was not enough time during the General Assembly in November 2020 to present the group behind the projects such as “FIVA Celebrates the International Youth Day,” the “30 under 30,” and others that are being prepared this year, we are taking this opportunity to do so. This group consists of young enthusiasts from all over the world, young people by age or mind, not preoccupied with club or association politics or their status, all joined together by their passion for historic vehicles and history. “I would like to thank them from the bottom of my heart for being [...]