In this video, a small part of the Sultan of Brunei opens before us, which amazes the imagination with its scope and cost. The super-rich collector of royal blood, as it turns out, has been an avid collector of cars all his life, among which there are not just rare models, but also .
If you are interested in car collecting, chances are you have heard of the Brunei Royal Family and their huge collection of luxury, exotic and exclusive cars. According to rumors, there are more than 25.00 cars in the collection. According to Wikipedia, there are between 3,000 and 7,000 of them.
The video "uploaded" on YouTube by user GTBoard contains a collection of various photos from the Sultan's garages. If you take a closer look at these old shots, you can find a very immodest collection of four McLaren F1s, eight Jaguar XJ220s, two (!) Ferrari FX and a seemingly endless series of classic Mercedes SLs.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Dozens, hundreds of cars, coupes, sedans, convertibles flash frame by frame in the video. All of them are united by a magnificent technical condition, exclusivity and gigantic price tags. Some models are even painted in the same “canary” yellow color with a red (velor?) interior altered to the same scale.
Data from Wikipedia:
Hassanal Bolkiah is a car collector. According to various estimates, there are from 3,000 to 7,000 of them in his collection. The collection contains more than 600 Rolls-Royce cars, about 500 Ferraris, and Koenigsegg, as well as Formula 1 championship cars since 1980.
It is easy to calculate that if the collection really has more than 3 thousand pieces of equipment, then even if you take it every day new car and leaving the gates of numerous garages (as you can see in the photo, just leaving such a garage is a problem), it will take more than 10 years for the circle to close and the owner to try his entire collection in action. But it is certainly expanding ... In general, a task.
Brunei- Sultanate in Southeast Asia, on the northwestern coast of the island of Borneo. The area is 5.8 thousand km². The population is 388,000 people. The state, rich in oil and gas, exists mainly due to oil and gas reserves. The Islamic Sultanate has been ruled by an absolute monarch since 1967. Hassanal Bolkiah. Forbes named the Sultan the richest monarch in the world for decades, with an estimated fortune in the range of $22 billion.
Much has been written about the collection of cars of the Sultan of Brunei and there is not a single successful spy photo on the Internet, moreover, most of the photos supposedly of the cars of the Sultan do not belong to him. Part of the supercars from the secret garage, which contains about 2,789 cars, belonged to Prince Jeffrey, the third brother of the Sultan and other prince-brothers, as well as nephews. No one really knows which cars belong to whom, as there are no real records.
As Brunei's Minister of Finance (until 1997), Prince Jefri managed oil and gas revenues. Due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Prince Jefri's investment firm went bankrupt with $10 billion in debt; later it turned out that Jeffrey himself received $14.8 billion.
Most of the money went into private life, which included five wives, 17 children, and a harem in the palace of about 40 women. The women in the harem were paid $20,000 a week, not counting expensive purchases shopping and travel aboard the 180-foot yacht "Tits".
The Sultan filed a lawsuit against Prince Jeffrey, accusing him of embezzling $ 8 billion over 13 years of rule. The Sultan claims the prince never returned the £3bn he was supposed to pay under a 2000 deal.
In 2000, Prince Jefri settled the lawsuits brought against him by the Brunei government and returned most of his property, including a number of properties in Brunei, the Philippines and the UK. Also, the prince had to give more than 2,000 cars, 100 paintings, 9 aircraft, ships, including 5 yachts. His records showed that he spent $78 million on bespoke Ferraris and $475 million on Rolls-Royces.
But Prince Geoffrey refused to return the property in full, citing the fact that the Sultan did not fulfill his part of the contract, appropriating property in Brunei, which he had previously promised to the prince. The prince denied the allegations of waste and filed an appeal, saying he would never get justice in a court in Brunei, a country where the sultan wields unlimited power.
In early 2002, an importer in Brunei offered me thirteen very special Ferraris and McLaren F1s from the collection. After the usual negotiations, I agreed to buy two McLarens, an F40 LM and a 288 GTO Evoluzione for clients. In May 2002 I flew to Brunei and stayed there for three days, settling in the Empire Hotel. Ordered by Prince Geoffrey and built for $1.1 billion. The Empire Hotel has a 120 foot high atrium with marble columns covered in gold leaf. There are seven four-star restaurants, a golf course, a beach, a massive swimming pool, a movie theater, a bowling alley and much more that you can afford on an unlimited budget.
My vehicle inspection was approved and I was picked up at the hotel by the SAS security officer royal family. The collection was only a few kilometers down the coast from the Empire Hotel. The building was guarded and surrounded by a high wall with barbed wire. Massive gates are striking. As soon as we were inside, we were asked to hand over our cameras and passports.
First we passed eight two-story buildings, each about 250 feet long and 60 feet wide. There are approximately 120 cars on each floor. The first floor of the first building was dedicated to Porsche models. The second floor contained mostly 1996-1997 Mercedes sedans, all black. Rolls-Royces, Bentleys and Aston Martins are in the second building. Another building contained Ferraris including several 456s and 550s (some fitted with experimental X-Trac automatic transmissions).
Another floor featured a row of Testa Ross, 512 TR, several 512M Speeders. Another site in another building contained three or four bespoke Ferrari 456s, four 456 Venice Cabriolets, five FXs, a couple of Mythos, an incredibly ugly F90, and a Ferrari 275 GTS s/n 7795.
Between the eight large buildings was a glass-walled building resembling a car dealer showroom. It had three McLaren F1, 288 GTO Evo, F50 and F40 LM. The F40 LM is completely black with a black leather interior and, like every car in the collection, has a right hand drive.
Near the rear are two long, two-story buildings, 50 feet long. Between them was a corrugated roof on a lattice that offered some protection from the scorching sun, but not from the rain. In the shadow of the ledge were about 300 more cars, mostly 1995-97 black SELs and SLs, rotting away from oblivion. All were right hand drive, none had airbags, and none were tolled... impossible to sell in England, difficult to sell in Australia or New Zealand.
The last model (1997) - the Rolls convertible was next to the Mercedes, but under a real roof and better protected. When I opened the door, I saw that the steering wheel foam had melted and formed a puddle of melted foam on the front seat. The leather wrap was still on the steel rim of the steering wheel and hung like a used condom. The entire leather interior was ruined by the sun and moisture.
Several small garages housed cars for members of the Royal Family. There are about 60 cars in one, almost all of them are very bright yellow color e including a number of yellow all-wheel drive station wagons Bentley. This garage also has several latest models Lamborghini, most yellow, with a few not yellow cars. Another smaller building had a room full of expensive motorcycles.
There are fewer than 100 Ferraris in the collection, and only a few hundred cars are commercially viable. All had minimum mileage. Most were not even exploited by the Sultan. The cars do not have any documents and the duty has not been paid.
We were not allowed to visit other palaces belonging to various princes/brothers, sons or nephews. Each has its own underground car park and private collection.
My trip to Brunei was an amazing cultural and automotive experience, but we were never able to buy a car from the collection. Local officials do not appear to have any plans to salvage or sell the collection, or even turn it into a tourist attraction. They simply do nothing.
So:
Mercedes - in his garage there are 531 cars of this brand and 188 more Mercedes models AMG. In second place are the English Bentleys - the Sultan has 362 of them.
And BMW and Jaguar (including Daimler models) - 185 and 177 cars, respectively.
Ferrari - about a hundred cars.
Exclusive McLaren F1 and four all-wheel drive Bugatti EB 110.
135 Toyota vehicles,
128 Nissan cars,
two London taxis and one Fiat Cinquecento. In addition to cars, the monarch owns several hundred motorcycles, including 15 American Harley Davidsons. And many others.
The Sultan of Brunei is world famous for his mega-collection of supercars, most of which were made for him by special order. Hassanal Bolkiah has the rarest collection in the world, consisting of not even hundreds, but thousands of cars. Thousands of his supercars are kept in secret hangars, which are taken care of by a whole team of specialists. His collection is estimated at billions of dollars. However, not all exclusive cars Sultan of Brunei are beautiful and attractive. Today I propose to take a look at 14 not the prettiest cars from his collection.
Ferrari F50 Bolide
Hassanal Bolkiah rarely shows his car treasures to the public, so the public knows about the existence of many cars thanks to random photographs of not himself best quality. It's extremely hard to find on the internet. high quality photos exclusive F50 Bolide, built for the Sultan. In technical terms, this F50 has remained unchanged (same V12 engine, same transmission), however new body looks completely different than the original - here is a huge wing, and a strange three-piece rear optics, and a purely "Asian" front end.
Jaguar XJ300 (Monaco XJS)
The XJ300, also known as the Monaco XJS, was produced in an edition of 10 copies - or rather, not released, but turned into new model from a conventional XJS coupe. All of them were sold to wealthy heads of state, but it was the Sultan of Brunei who received the car with the “1 out of 10” sign. All in all, not the most off-putting car, although the original XJS's combination of rounded front end and straight lines is not a work of art.
Ferrari Testarossa F90 Speciale
Despite the fact that six copies of the F90 were delivered to the Sultan back in 1988, the public only learned about their existence at the beginning of the 21st century. The project was supervised by Enrico Fumia, head of the experimental development of the Pininfarina bodywork studio. Differences from production car, as in the case of the F50 Bolide, there was a minimum - a new body with removable roof panels (the so-called T-top), cooling radiators transferred to the front, new salon. But the design...
Bentley B3
In the late 80s and early 90s, Bentley did not develop in the best way, and Hassanal Bolkiah played a huge role in preserving the brand - thanks to his special orders, on which the company made good money, the company from Crewe was able to survive in troubled times. Bentley B3 is a joint brainchild of the British company and Pininfarina studio. The basis for the rather strange (and there were 12 of them) coupes was the monumental Continental R.
Ferrari Mythos
Another variation on the Testarossa theme is the Ferrari Mythos. The Sultan of Brunei has two such machines, and one more (the very first search prototype) belongs directly to Pininfarina. Roadster capable of developing 290 km / h top speed, first shown on Tokyo Motor Show 1989. But is it more beautiful than the usual Testarossa?
Bentley Bucaneer
The car of 1996 - as you understand, Bentley did not even think about any Continental GT at that time. However, the similarities between some elements of the Bucaneer and the Continental GT are striking. Exclusive for the Sultan was made by the French studio Heuliez. Under the hood is a 6.75-liter V8. It is known exactly about six such machines that were built for Bolkiah, but how many of them actually are unknown.
Bentley Rapier
In general, the Sultan of Brunei had some kind of all-consuming love for brand Bentley. But regular cars he obviously did not like it, and he ordered something unique from their base. From various wagons to these strange Rapier sedans, which were released in an edition of six pieces. One of them belongs to the Sultan's brother, Geoffrey. It is his exclusive cars (including the Ferrari 456 Venice) that are most often found in London. As for the Rapier, technically it is very close to the Bucaneer: the same turbocharged V8, the same custom ZH chassis.
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
If the first " special series» V8 Vantage with retro DB4 Zagato-style notes looked quite reasonable, the faceless second series was clearly an amateur. An attempt to make the appearance of the elderly Vantage more modern, in the style of the then new DB7, turned out to be not very successful. On the technical side, all three built cars of the second series repeated the most powerful Aston Martin V8 Vantage N600 with a 600-horsepower two-compressor engine - it was this model that served as the base.
Rolls-Royce Phantom Majestic
Not much is known about this car: its design was created in the Bertone studio, and the circulation was only two copies. Both cars, dark red and dark blue colors belong to the Sultan's family. Engines installed from model Flying Spur(6.75 liter V8). Information about whether the engines received a pressurization system in the process of "transplantation" differs: a number of sources report that the engines remained atmospheric, and others that they received a Garrett turbine.
Rolls-Royce Black Ruby
Although formally Black Ruby belonged to the Sultan, his eccentric brother rode it (this can explain the "original" license plate - after all, Jeffrey owns a yacht called SS Tits). Through the hands of DC Design, the Nissan 350Z was turned into an exclusive V12-powered coupe that sold for €1 million in 2010.
Ferrari FX
FX from Pininfarina turned out to be very daring and "American" on the outside, as well as high-tech on the inside. This machine, created in 1995, is difficult to call best job Pininfarina, but technically it is interesting: with the 512M engine (and the FX is built on its basis) sequential box gears with paddle shifters manufactured by Williams - yes, yes, a Formula 1 racing team. Six of these cars still live in Brunei, and the famous customer canceled one car. Pininfarina sold a free copy of number 4 to Dick Marconi.
Bentley Dominator
While the whole world calls Bentayga the first Bentley SUV, the Sultan of Brunei is ready to prove that this is not true. Six Dominator SUVs, priced at three million pounds each, were delivered to the Sultan in the mid-1990s. According to the VIN numbers of the cars, there is reason to believe that the luxurious "Dominators" were built on the basis of the Range. Rover second generations - with 4.0- and 4.6-liter engines, which remained unchanged.
Aston Martin Lagonda Vignale
Featured on Geneva Motor Show 1993 Aston Martin Lagonda Vignale by Ghia was built on the basis of ... Lincoln Town Car (then, if you remember, Aston Martin was owned by Ford). Of course, using a Ford V8 was not prestigious, so it was replaced with a 5.9-liter V12 - rumor has it that this is the same engine that later appeared on the Vanquish. Subsequently, Ghia produced several replicas of this car (some had a simplified interior, some had smaller actual dimensions), but the only original prototype belongs to Hassanal Bolkiah, who paid a half million pounds for the car.
Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Gold Limousine
The wedding limousine for his daughter cost Hassanal Bolkiah $14 million. This Rolls-Royce has no super-tech, no exclusive body (well, there is a throne for the newlyweds in the stern), but there is a huge amount of stucco covered with 24 carat gold. Who exactly performed such an exclusive order is unknown. It is possible that all operations were carried out by Rolls-Royce itself.
The cost of Hassanal Bolkiah's cars, which cannot be called beautiful, is estimated at billions of dollars
About car collection Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei is legendary: it is known that thousands of cars are stored in several garages, many of which exist either in single copy, or were released in a limited edition on the special order of the Sultan. The collection is valued in the billions of dollars. But not all of Hassanal Bolkiah's exclusive cars are uniquely beautiful, Motor reports.
Ferrari F50 Bolide
Hassanal Bolkiah rarely shows his car treasures to the public, so the public knows about the existence of many cars thanks to random photographs of not the best quality. It is extremely difficult to find high-quality photos of the exclusive F50 Bolide built for the Sultan on the Internet. In technical terms, this F50 has remained unchanged (the same V12 engine, the same transmission), but the new body looks completely different than the original - there is a huge rear wing, and a strange three-piece rear optics, and a purely "Asian" front.
Jaguar XJ300 (Monaco XJS)
The XJ300, also known as the Monaco XJS, was produced in a limited edition of 10 - not actually released, but turned into a new model from the regular XJS coupe. All of them were sold to wealthy heads of state, but it was the Sultan of Brunei who received the car with the “1 out of 10” sign. All in all, not the most off-putting car, although the original XJS's combination of rounded front end and straight lines is not a work of art.
Ferrari Testarossa F90 Speciale
Despite the fact that six copies of the F90 were delivered to the Sultan back in 1988, the public only learned about their existence at the beginning of the 21st century. The project was supervised by Enrico Fumia, head of the experimental development of the Pininfarina bodywork studio. There were a minimum of differences from the production car, as in the case of the F50 Bolide - a new body with removable roof panels (the so-called T-top), cooling radiators transferred to the front, a new interior. But the design...
Bentley B3
In the late 80s and early 90s, things were not going well for Bentley, and Hassanal Bolkiah played a huge role in preserving the brand - thanks to his special orders, on which the company made good money, the Crewe company was able to survive in troubled times. Bentley B3 is a joint brainchild of the British company and Pininfarina studio. The basis for the rather strange (and there were 12 of them) coupes was the monumental Continental R.
Ferrari Mythos
Another variation on the Testarossa theme is the Ferrari Mythos. The Sultan of Brunei has two such machines, and one more (the very first search prototype) belongs directly to Pininfarina. A roadster capable of a top speed of 290 km/h was first shown at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show. But is it more beautiful than the usual Testarossa?
Bentley Bucaneer
The car of 1996 - as you understand, Bentley did not even think about any Continental GT at that time. However, the similarities between some elements of the Bucaneer and the Continental GT are striking. Exclusive for the Sultan was made by the French studio Heuliez. Under the hood is a 6.75-liter V8. It is known exactly about six such machines that were built for Bolkiah, but how many of them actually are unknown.
Bentley Rapier
In general, the Sultan of Brunei had some kind of all-consuming love for the Bentley brand. Only now he obviously did not like regular cars, and he ordered something unique on their basis. From various wagons to these strange Rapier sedans, which were released in an edition of six pieces. One of them belongs to the Sultan's brother, Geoffrey. It is his exclusive cars (including the Ferrari 456 Venice) that are most often found in London. As for the Rapier, technically it is very close to the Bucaneer: the same turbocharged V8, the same custom ZH chassis.
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
If the first "special series" V8 Vantage with retro notes in the style of DB4 Zagato looked quite reasonable, then the faceless second series was clearly an amateur. An attempt to make the appearance of the elderly Vantage more modern, in the style of the then new DB7, turned out to be not very successful. On the technical side, all three built cars of the second series repeated the most powerful Aston Martin V8 Vantage N600 with a 600-horsepower two-compressor engine - this particular model served as the base.
Rolls-Royce Phantom Majestic
Not much is known about this car: its design was created in the Bertone studio, and the circulation was only two copies. Both cars, dark red and dark blue, belong to the Sultan's family. Engines are installed from the Flying Spur model (6.75-liter V8). Information about whether the engines received a pressurization system in the process of "transplantation" differs: a number of sources report that the engines remained atmospheric, and others that they received a Garrett turbine.
Rolls-Royce Black Ruby
Although formally Black Ruby belonged to the Sultan, his eccentric brother rode it (this can explain the "original" license plate - after all, Jeffrey owns a yacht called SS Tits). Through the hands of DC Design, the Nissan 350Z was turned into an exclusive V12-powered coupe that sold for €1 million in 2010.
Ferrari FX
FX from Pininfarina turned out to be very daring and "American" on the outside, as well as high-tech on the inside. This car, created in 1995, can hardly be called the best work of Pininfarina, but in technical terms it is interesting: with the 512M engine (and the FX is based on it), they married a sequential gearbox with paddle shifters from Williams - yes, yes, a Formula 1 racing team 1. Six of these cars still live in Brunei, and the famous customer canceled one car. Pininfarina sold a free copy of number 4 to Dick Marconi.
Bentley Dominator
While the whole world calls Bentayga the first Bentley SUV, the Sultan of Brunei is ready to prove that this is not true. Six Dominator SUVs, priced at three million pounds each, were delivered to the Sultan in the mid-1990s. According to the VIN numbers of the cars, there is reason to believe that the luxurious Dominators were built on the basis of range rover the second generation - with 4.0- and 4.6-liter engines, which remained unchanged.
Aston Martin Lagonda Vignale
Shown at the 1993 Geneva Motor Show, the Aston Martin Lagonda Vignale by Ghia was built on the basis of… the Lincoln Town Car (then, if you remember, Aston Martin was owned by Ford). Of course, using a Ford V8 was not prestigious, so it was replaced with a 5.9-liter V12 - rumor has it that this is the same engine that later appeared on the Vanquish. Subsequently, Ghia produced several replicas of this car (some had a simplified interior, some had smaller actual dimensions), but the only original prototype belongs to Hassanal Bolkiah, who paid a half million pounds for the car.
Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Gold Limousine
The wedding limousine for his daughter cost Hassanal Bolkiah $14 million. This Rolls-Royce has no super-tech, no exclusive body (well, there is a throne for the newlyweds in the stern), but there is a huge amount of stucco covered with 24 carat gold. Who exactly performed such an exclusive order is unknown. It is possible that all operations were carried out by Rolls-Royce itself.
There are legends about the car collection of the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah: it is known that thousands of cars are stored in several garages, many of which exist either in a single copy or were produced in a limited edition on the special order of the Sultan. The collection is valued in the billions of dollars. But not all exclusive cars of Hassanal Bolkiah are uniquely beautiful.
Ferrari F50 Bolide
Hassanal Bolkiah rarely shows his car treasures to the public, so the public knows about the existence of many cars thanks to random photographs of not the best quality. It is extremely difficult to find high-quality photos of the exclusive F50 Bolide built for the Sultan on the Internet. In technical terms, this F50 has remained unchanged (the same V12 engine, the same transmission), but the new body looks completely different than the original - there is a huge rear wing, and a strange three-piece rear optics, and a purely “Asian” front end.
Jaguar XJ300 (Monaco XJS)
The XJ300, also known as the Monaco XJS, was produced in an edition of 10 copies - or rather, not released, but turned into a new model from the regular XJS coupe. All of them were sold to wealthy heads of state, but it was the Sultan of Brunei who received the car with the “1 out of 10” sign. All in all, not the most off-putting car, although the original XJS's combination of rounded front end and straight lines is not a work of art.
Ferrari Testarossa F90 Speciale
Despite the fact that six copies of the F90 were delivered to the Sultan back in 1988, the public only learned about their existence at the beginning of the 21st century. The project was supervised by Enrico Fumia, head of the experimental development of the Pininfarina bodywork studio. There were a minimum of differences from the production car, as in the case of the F50 Bolide - a new body with removable roof panels (the so-called T-top), cooling radiators transferred to the front, a new interior. But the design...
In the late 80s and early 90s, things were not going well for Bentley, and Hassanal Bolkiah played a huge role in preserving the brand - thanks to his special orders, on which the company made good money, the Crewe company was able to survive in troubled times. Bentley B3 is a joint brainchild of the British company and Pininfarina studio. The basis for the rather strange (and there were 12 of them) coupes was the monumental Continental R.
Another variation on the Testarossa theme is the Ferrari Mythos. The Sultan of Brunei has two such machines, and one more (the very first search prototype) belongs directly to Pininfarina. A roadster capable of a top speed of 290 km/h was first shown at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show. But is it more beautiful than the usual Testarossa?
Bentley Bucaneer
The car of 1996 - as you understand, Bentley did not even think about any Continental GT at that time. However, the similarities between some elements of the Bucaneer and the Continental GT are striking. Exclusive for the Sultan was made by the French studio Heuliez. Under the hood is a 6.75-liter V8. It is known exactly about six such machines that were built for Bolkiah, but how many of them actually are unknown.
In general, the Sultan of Brunei had some kind of all-consuming love for the Bentley brand. Only now he obviously did not like regular cars, and he ordered something unique on their basis. From various wagons to these strange Rapier sedans, which were released in an edition of six pieces. One of them belongs to the Sultan's brother, Geoffrey. It is his exclusive cars (including the Ferrari 456 Venice) that are most often found in London. As for the Rapier, technically it is very close to the Bucaneer: the same turbocharged V8, the same custom ZH chassis.
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
If the first "special series" V8 Vantage with retro notes in the style of DB4 Zagato looked quite reasonable, then the faceless second series was clearly an amateur. An attempt to make the appearance of the elderly Vantage more modern, in the style of the then new DB7, turned out to be not very successful. On the technical side, all three built cars of the second series repeated the most powerful Aston Martin V8 Vantage N600 with a 600-horsepower two-compressor engine - this particular model served as the base.
Rolls-Royce Phantom Majestic
Not much is known about this car: its design was created in the Bertone studio, and the circulation was only two copies. Both cars, dark red and dark blue, belong to the Sultan's family. Engines are installed from the Flying Spur model (6.75-liter V8). Information about whether the engines received a pressurization system in the process of "transplantation" differs: a number of sources report that the engines remained atmospheric, and others that they received a Garrett turbine.
Rolls-Royce Black Ruby
Although formally Black Ruby belonged to the Sultan, his eccentric brother rode it (this can explain the “original” license plate - after all, Jeffrey owns a yacht called SS Tits). Through the hands of DC Design, the Nissan 350Z was turned into an exclusive V12-powered coupe that sold for €1 million in 2010.
FX from Pininfarina turned out to be very daring and "American" on the outside, as well as high-tech on the inside. This car, created in 1995, can hardly be called the best work of Pininfarina, but in technical terms it is interesting: with the 512M engine (and the FX is built on its basis), they married a sequential gearbox with paddle shifters from Williams - yes, yes, a Formula 1 racing team 1. Six of these cars still live in Brunei, and the famous customer canceled one car. Pininfarina sold a free copy of number 4 to Dick Marconi.
Bentley Dominator
While the whole world calls Bentayga the first Bentley SUV, the Sultan of Brunei is ready to prove that this is not true. Six Dominator SUVs, priced at three million pounds each, were delivered to the Sultan in the mid-1990s. According to the VIN numbers of the cars, there is reason to believe that the luxurious Dominators were built on the basis of the second-generation Range Rover - with 4.0- and 4.6-liter engines that remained unchanged.
Aston Martin Lagonda Vignale
Shown at the 1993 Geneva Motor Show, the Aston Martin Lagonda Vignale by Ghia was based on... the Lincoln Town Car (then, if you remember, Aston Martin was owned by Ford). Of course, using a Ford V8 was not prestigious, so it was replaced with a 5.9-liter V12 - rumor has it that this is the same engine that later appeared on the Vanquish. Subsequently, Ghia produced several replicas of this car (some had a simplified interior, some had smaller actual dimensions), but the only original prototype belongs to Hassanal Bolkiah, who paid a half million pounds for the car.
Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Gold Limousine
The wedding limousine for his daughter cost Hassanal Bolkiah $14 million. This Rolls-Royce has no super-tech, no exclusive body (well, there is a throne for the newlyweds in the stern), but there is a huge amount of stucco covered with 24 carat gold. Who exactly performed such an exclusive order is unknown. It is possible that all operations were carried out by Rolls-Royce itself.
