It seems almost like an unspoken rule that every leader in the Middle East – the Sultan of Brunei comes to mind – needs to have an impressive car collection, and the King of Jordan is no different.

King Abdullah II is a massive motoring enthusiast and inherited his car collection from his father. Over the years, he added some pretty amazing vehicles to the collection, eventually creating the Royal Automobile Museum in the Jordanian capital of Amman. Unlike other museums, the King still drives the cars shown off there, occasionally taking his fantastic Porsche Carrera GT or Mercedes-McLaren SLR Stirling Moss for a spin around the streets of the capital. The Royal Automobile Museum features some pretty impressive vehicles, such as an armored WWI Rolls-Royce, a collection of vintage motorbikes, and a string of custom-made cars which the monarch used when showing famous guests around his country – including the ‘Sand Rover’, a special Range Rover with a landaulet roof for when the Queen of England visited the famous ruins of Petra.

The King of Jordan is a gearhead just like most of us, with a car collection rivaling some of the best on the planet. Here are ten cars from the King of Jordan’s collection that we wish we could take a spin in.

10/10 1978 BMW M1

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