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 collecting cars, then most likely you have heard of Royal family from Brunei 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 with a red (velor?) interior altered in one 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 problem.
Hassanal Bolkiah - the leader of the small Sultanate of Brunei - is a truly legendary figure. And legends about him appeared at the end of the twentieth century, when the Sultan of Brunei was recognized as the richest man in the world. Having ascended the throne back in 1967, Hassanal Bolkiah became the 29th ruler of Brunei. By the way, he is not only the sultan, but also the prime minister, the minister of defense and finance, as well as the head of the local religious community. Moreover, the government of Brunei consists entirely of close relatives of the Sultan.
As the heir to the wealth of the Bolhiac dynasty, spanning more than six centuries, this man is accustomed to luxury. To his credit, it is worth saying that the Sultan of Brunei not only lives himself, but also lets his subjects live. The share of GDP per capita of the Sultanate makes this state one of the richest in the world. But Brunei gained independence from Great Britain not so long ago: only in 1984. This is what judicious and far-sighted leadership of a country means. This year, the ruler of Brunei is celebrating his 70th birthday.
Hassanal Bolkiah is known in the world not only for his wealth and successful political longevity. In addition, he is an avid car lover and collector. The Sultan of Brunei is the owner of a huge collection of supercars, and many of these cars were custom-made for him.
The Sultan's car collection is rich in every sense of the word: both in terms of the number of exhibits and their value. It consists of cars of the most expensive and prestigious brands: Bentley, Jaguar, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Mercedes, Porsche and many others. The most honorable place in the garages of the Sultan is given exclusive models Ferrari and Formula 1 cars. It is known that all Formula championship cars since 1980 are collected here. The Sultan bought the cars directly from the owners. Apparently, Hassanal Bolkiah has a gift for making irresistible offers.
Since the ruler of Brunei is a graduate of the British Air Force Academy, he himself is a first-class pilot in both air and ground vehicles. The exact dimensions of the Sultan's collection are unknown. In any case, the account is maintained for thousands of cars. Only Mercedes has more than 700 copies.
It remains only to regret that most of the time the cars from this collection gather dust and miss the speed. No matter how often the Sultan changes cars, until the turn comes to each ...
They say that last years the Sultan has already ceased to replenish his collection of cars and even sells something. Not so long ago, a unique Lamborghini LM002 Estate was put up for an online auction. This car was manufactured in 1986 in single copy commissioned by Hassanal Bolkiah. Appeared at the auction and other cars from his collection. The Sultan, of course, does not report to anyone about the reasons.
Here you can see some more exhibits from the luxurious collection of the ruler of Brunei.
The Sultan of Brunei is known throughout the world not only for its untold wealth, but also for its huge collection of expensive supercars, which were manufactured according to custom order. There are not hundreds, but thousands of cars in Hassanal Bolkiah's garages. They stand in secret hangars and are cared for by a specially selected staff of specialists. And yet, not all cars of the Sultan Bolkiah are good-looking. In this review, we will focus on not the prettiest cars from this exclusive collection.
Ferrari F50 Bolide
This car F50 Bolide was created specifically for the Sultan of Brunei. And although the “stuffing” of the car remained intact, outwardly it differs from the original version. It is hard not to notice the front end made in the Asian style, a huge rear wing and 3-piece optics.
Jaguar XJ300 (Monaco XJS)
In my Jaguar time XJ300 was released limited edition– only 10 cars. A car with a tabular "1 out of 10" was driven into the Sultan's garage. In fairness, it’s worth saying that this is not the most ridiculous car, although it’s quite difficult to call it a flight of design thought.
Ferrari Testarossa F90 Speciale
In 1988, the Sultan became the owner of six Testarossa F90 Speciale cars at once, and the public became aware of this only a few years ago. This car from serial version distinguishes only a body with a removable roof and new salon.
Bentley B3
In the 1980s and 90s, when the company was in crisis, it was the Sultan of Brunei who helped save the brand. On his special orders, the company made excellent money and, thanks to them, managed to survive in troubled times. This car is the brainchild of Bentley and Pininfarina.
Ferrari Mythos
Sultan has two Ferrari Mythos cars. This roadster is capable of accelerating up to 290 km/h. That's just the design is clearly an amateur.
Bentley Bucaneer
This exclusive Bentley in 1996 for the Sultan was made by the masters of the Heuliez studio (France). According to rumors, there are only six such machines, and how many of them actually can only be guessed at.
Bentley Rapier
It looks like the Sultan is not indifferent to Bentley. Is it true, serial cars he was little impressed. The Sultan was interested in cars that were produced in quantities of no more than six pieces. Bentley Rapier echoes Bucaneer with custom ZH chassis and V8 turbo engine.
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Special Series II
Looking at this car, we can say that the designers' attempt to make a stylish car failed. As for the filling, it was copied from the model Aston Martin V8 Vantage N600 - under the hood is a 600-horsepower 2-compressor engine.
Rolls-Royce Phantom Majestic
This one was released in only two copies, and therefore very little is known about it. Both cars are in the Sultan's family. It is only known that under the hood of the car is a 6.75-liter V8 engine. The rest of the details can only be guessed at.
Rolls-Royce Black Ruby
The Sultan owns the car, and his brother rides this Black Ruby. Customizers turned the car into an exclusive coupe, which was put up for auction in 2010 for a million dollars.
Ferrari FX
Ferrari FX - truly aggressive american car with high tech filling. Perhaps in terms of design, it was a blunder for Pininfarina, but this shortcoming was compensated by the filling. The 512M engine works amazingly with the sequential gearbox. There are six such cars in Brunei today.
Bentley Dominator
The whole world undeservedly believes that the first Bentley SUV is the Bentayga. And only the Sultan of Brunei knows that this is not so. In the mid-1990s, he received six Dominator SUVs at once. The price of each car was 3 million dollars.
Aston Martin Lagonda Vignale
This car was shown in 1993 at the Geneva Motor Show. Of course, for the Sultan, a car with a Ford V8 was of no interest, and therefore it was replaced with a V12 with a volume of almost 6 liters. After that, several replicas of this engine appeared, but still the only original one belongs to the Sultan, who, by the way, laid out $ 1.5 million for this car.
Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Gold Limousine
What father would not give his last for his daughter. But the Sultan of Brunei still has 14 million dollars, which he laid out for wedding limousine for his daughter, they were clearly not the last. The peculiarity of a limousine is not at all in advanced technologies, and not even in exclusive salon(although a throne was installed on the stern for the newlyweds). The car stands out among other limousines with a huge amount of stucco, which is also covered with 24 carat gold. The author of the design is not known. But it is possible that this is a project of the Rolls-Royce company itself.
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 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 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 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, although the combination of the rounded front end and the straight lines of the original XJS 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, a new interior. 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 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. 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
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 was his exclusive cars(including the Ferrari 456 Venice) are most commonly seen 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 - 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 colors 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 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 The 1993 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
Wedding 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, the collection is estimated at billions of dollars.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, whose fortune was estimated by Forbes magazine at $37.9 billion, is one of the the richest people in the world. He is not used to saving money and does everything on an oriental scale: if a car park, then for 6,000 cars (many of them are made specifically for a high person in a single copy), if a residence, then with an area of over 200,000 sq.m, if a son’s wedding, then this to all Hollywood stars bit their lips in envy. In general, the hereditary ruler of Brunei knows a lot about luxury.
Rating Top 5 best cars of the Sultan of Brunei
5th Aston Martin V8 Vantage
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 already 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.
4th place Ferrari FX
FX by 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.
3rd place Rolls-Royce Phantom Majestik
Not much is known about this car: its design was created in the Bertone studio, and the circulation was only two copies. 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.
2nd place 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.
1st place Ferrari F50
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 specifically for the Sultan on the Internet, but we can see similar machines. 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.
