Sultan of Brunei: His private automotive empire

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Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, who has been the richest man in the world for many years, certainly has a fine way to spend his money. He owns around 5000 cars: the most expensive, the most beautiful, the most rare, the fastest, the unique...yes, he has them all. He keeps them in five big warehouse-garages. One visitor of the sultan's garage's once said: "It can take an hour and a half just to get a certain car out if it's been parked right at the back."

The cars are driven by the Sultan, his members of the family, and also by the ministers of state, government officials and other members of the royal household.

His auto empire includes 350 Rolls-Royce cars, eight McLaren's F1, six Dauer 962 LMs, the only right-handed Mercedes CLK-GTR in the world, a Lamborghini Diablo Jota, two Jaguar XJR-15, numerous Ferraris, Mercedes, Jaguars, Porsche, Bentleys.

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Exotic hog......

I seriously hope he sells those before a warplane drobs a bomb on them or something...
 
i keep saying it-but i know what i want for christmas! "MOOOOOOOOOOOM! CAN I HAVE THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI'S GARAGE PLEASE?"
 
I doubt it's fully accurate given 2 F1 GTs are in other places and one is supposedly dis-assembled.
He also sold one of his F1s to the US. I'm more interested in pictures of his garage anyways.

There's no F60 because a F60 doesn't exist yet. That garage is VERY dark. Shame he can't build a museum somewhere for people to see them. He'd make even MORE money.
 
Wow! What amazing photography!

No really, I would never have published half of those pictures.
Yeah, it's a shame. He has some absolutely amazing cars in his collection. I hope his spoiled children appreciate it :grumpy:.
 
Classy! :lol: That's hilarious! I thought you were joking... 50 metres long too... :eek: His lifeboats are called Nipple 1 and Nipple 2.... (link)

Don't forget the yacht he was supposed to get, the 160m Platinum. Production ended when the project blew the budget, and was completed by another investor, and now floats as the largest yacht ever.

 
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I can understand that he would want nice cars but why does he need so many of the same one 💡
 
have you seen an old documentary by jeremy clarkson. Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld where he went around the world. in dubai, there is this rainbow sheikh and his car collection is pretty much the same as this sultan. the sheikh has every single mercedes model in all colours available. though, i have no ideal why...
 
I remember reading about his collection back in late 80's or early 90's. He had underground museum featuring F-1 race cars. I think they had a pic of his Nigel Mansell's car on display. I see that he also upgraded the garage. I think it was a aircraft hangar type building back then, just filled bumper-to-bumper with cars.

I don't know if it's still around, but he also built a Disneyland type theme park. Free admission if you are a citizen of Brunei.

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DQuaN, why would an anniversary car be in 2002-2003, 5-4 years before the 60th anniversary?
I think either Ferrari or media were calling Enzo a F60, before the debut.
 
I remember reading about his collection back in late 80's or early 90's. He had underground museum featuring F-1 race cars. I think they had a pic of his Nigel Mansell's car on display. I see that he also upgraded the garage. I think it was a aircraft hangar type building back then, just filled bumper-to-bumper with cars.

I don't know if it's still around, but he also built a Disneyland type theme park. Free admission if you are a citizen of Brunei.

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I think either Ferrari or media were calling Enzo a F60, before the debut.

That would be the media. Ferrari only referred to the "F60" as the FX Prototype, aka the black Ferrari seen with the F50 front design. When the car was unveiled Ferrari officially named it as the Ferrari Enzo Ferrari, and nothing more.

EDIT* The FX Prototype.
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One of the most annoying counter-statements is to check google for Ferrari F60. Yes, you get the Enzo. You also get the Enzo if you put in Ferrari FX Prototype.
 
Every time I read about something like this, I ask, "What did they ever do to deserve this?"

and this...

They were born on a goddamn oil field, that's what thy did.

Speak for me. +rep for both of you,

I have only one parting thought. Is it bad of me to wish all of these cars destroyed somehow?
 
That would be the media. Ferrari only referred to the "F60" as the FX Prototype, aka the black Ferrari seen with the F50 front design. When the car was unveiled Ferrari officially named it as the Ferrari Enzo Ferrari, and nothing more.
Which, ironically, looked approximately 1.5 million times better than the Enzo ended up looking.
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Is it bad of me to wish all of these cars destroyed somehow?
Yes. Yes it is. Now, for something unbecoming to to the dear Sultan...well, that's different.
 
bah.. that man is just as stupid as he's rich. No Group B homologation cars except 2 Renault turbo II's.. though, they could be safrane biturbos.. No Veyron..( what an idiot..) no GT-R's? this man is a criminal! :mad::mad::mad:
 
bah.. that man is just as stupid as he's rich. No Group B homologation cars except 2 Renault turbo II's.. though, they could be safrane biturbos.. No Veyron..( what an idiot..) no GT-R's? this man is a criminal! :mad::mad::mad:
No, the man realizes that the GT-R isn't all that great, just hyped up by pimply teenagers enamored(sp) in the very essence of the fast and the furious.
 
No, the man realizes that the GT-R isn't all that great, just hyped up by pimply teenagers enamored(sp) in the very essence of the fast and the furious.
:ouch:
True, though. I also believe that this article predates the Veyron by a couple years.
 
For all we know, this dude could have 6 Veyrons on the way with every one in some wacky arsed color scheme with an interior to match.
 
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