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I think this car was called 456(M) Venice or something...

One of those 456GT wagons was for sale in the UK some time ago. Sacrilegious it may be but I still would have loved owning it.

The funny thing is that if you pulled up somewhere with it no one would beleive that is it actually made by Ferrari.

The Sultan's car collection of thousands of cars reminded me of a documentary i saw a while ago about guys who are addicted to buying sport shoes. Those guys wear a pair of new shoes a day, and after that they are locked up in a massive storage room. So in a way the Sultan is similar to those crazy freaks.

Does anyone know what the Bentley models are? For instance the Bentley Camelot - what is it?

he should sell them all and buy a couple new ones because this make no sense

indeed it does makes sence!
In 100 years time, we will all say (if we still live), wow what cars! It will be like a museum of car history and the cars will now have a value 100 times more than what he paid at first!

edit: i remember reading that he has enough money to keep them away from the public for like 500 years!!!

More like 5000 Giannis, lol

Click the link at THIS thread by Phaeton.

There are some incredible things to see there.

The first time i write something here and already critisising somebody
Nobody is starving in Brunei. The country has THE best health system in the world and none of its citizens has to pay taxes EVER!
Doesn't sound like its that bad after all...

@ his cars: Its an amazing collection, but I agree that his money could be spend better...by the way, I think he's got a castle which cost him US $ 500 Million to build. Crazy dude!

That is correct bln123.


BMW_Dude, there are plenty of African dictators you could accuse of extraordinary corruption and greed while their people starve to death.

You could of saved yourself a lot of time if you listed the 5 car's he doesn't have!

HOLY S***!

First of all, that many cars and no M5! LOOOOOOSER!

But, come on! If i had that many cars, i would just drive 2-3 of them anyway, since i would find my favourite pretty easy.. Thats just silly! Give the money to people who starve ffs.

It is a 100% old list. Where are his bullet-proofed Rolls Royce Phantoms or his $2 Maybach 62s, Ferrari 599 GTB, Ferrari FXX and a one-off Ferrari 575 Covertible? Perhaps his Lamborghini Murcielago LP640s (white, baby blue and yellow) or his new 2007 S-Class (all in black, more than a dozen for the country's ministers)?

Indeed. He even gives away $20 each to whoever visits him in the palace, plus free all-you-can-eat buffets. About a dozen of those Ferrari are in United Kingdom and a few are in UAE.

Yeah, I'd love to see a more up to date list here on our forum.

Nevertheless, welcome to the forum Anonymous

I have some pics of Sultan's cars but i would like to see something new!

All I have to say is, DAMN OIL!!!

He has a 959... in black!

/me drools everywhere

PININFARINA ARGENTO VIVO (QUICK SILVER)

Pininfarina the famous Italian design house have been involved with the design of all shorts of vehicles since its’ humble beginnings over seventy years ago. Locomotives, boats, aircraft among others, but famously, cars. Today the company has two manufacturing plants and research and development facility with its own wind tunnel.

The Company most closely associated with Pininfarina is Ferrari. Since 1952 a total of 163 different types of Ferrari are Pininfarina designs, including the 250 GT Coupe, Dino 246 GT, Daytona, Testarossa, F40, F50, 360 Modena and the fantastic Ferrari P4/P5.

The Aregento Vivo was initially a formal and technological research prototype built in conjunction with Honda. This car was presented to the International press at the Tokyo motor show in 1995 by Sergio Pininfarina and Nabuhiko Kawamoto, President of Honda. The car won the “Golden Market Trophy” awarded by the Japanese magazine “Car Styling” and the “Best in Show” from the American magazine “Auto Week”.

According to Pininfarina the “Argento Vivo represents a refined exercise in style, an image car that projects its personality into the world of automobiles. With innovative solutions, like that developed for the convertible hard top, which can slide back automatically and then be housed in a space behind the two seats leaving the luggage compartment unencumbered. Argento Vivo is an automobile that marries hot Latin passion; a love for sporty aggressive cars, so typical of the Italian tradition, with the rationality of a sophisticated brand… Argento Vivo evokes the concept of a sporty and technological elegance. There are few outstanding points of interest, including the return to the two-tone colour scheme, undertaken with a skilful blend of cutting edge fine materials. Aluminium, which with the basic structure constitutes the heart and spine of the new Spider Pininfarina, becomes a fundamental component in the two-tone interplay and in the enlivening of the cars surfaces. The engine and luggage compartments, the roof structure, the air intakes and the exhaust vents are all made of this material, which calls to mind sporty and competition vehicles of extreme class and, at the same time offers a sense of solidity, protection and functional refinement. The rest of the bodywork, on the other hand, is made of resin painted dark blue, a sort of support into which the aluminium parts are inset.”

The Argento Vivo evolved from the Honda based car into further cars based on brand new Mercedes SL600 chassis. Brakes, suspension and gearbox are all AMG as is the 7.3 litre V12 engine. Developing 655 hp, the performance of the Argento Vivo is devastating, 0-60 in less than 4 seconds and a top speed of over 175 mph.

The enterior is custom built by Pininfarina especially for the Argento Vivo and consists of carbon fibre door panels, dashboard, centre console and special leather and carbon fibre seats.

Four of these cars were built for the Royal Family of Brunei. The original cost was over $2,500,000 for each car. Two remain in the Royal Garages in Brunei; the other two are at secret locations in England. The intense secrecy surrounding the special automotive projects that the Royal Family commissioned means that the very existence of these cars is unknown to anyone except those closely involved in the projects, indeed no pictures or details of these cars have been made available. With the Royal Family cutting back on their lavish spending, the specialist workshop facility that Pininfarina used for the construction of the special “Brunei” cars has now been closed, meaning that Argento Vivo will probably be the last Pininfarina Mercedes designed and coach built car.

Thanks for all these informations...but I have to say...I don't like all these special cars he drives.
There was also an article in the AMS five or seven years ago! They said that the Sultan also uses new cars as a spare parts depot, and when they cannibalised these vehicles, they are going to add the car body to the sea.

He was the richest man before Bill Gates, right?
Anyway, he has more money than brain. If I had all that money I would buy 20 cars and drive one every day, or buy 7 911s in different colors.

I used to audit Gulfstream Aerospace (HQ in Savannah, GA.)

I was working at their Long Beach, CA facility and was going through invoices and saw repair bills to some G500's that belonged to the Sultan - I was then told the Gulfstream's are like the VW's of his airplane fleet. He puts his extended family on the G500's and he sticks with his Boeing plane(s).

A 50 million dollar plane looked at like a VW (and I loved my Passat!).

I never knew how much money you had to have to own a plane, and after working on Gulfstream I saw that you have to have a LOT OF MONEY to own a Gulfstream (they are the best private jets in the world).

Some new pics of his garages have been leaked








anyone knows what Ferrari is this?


Seems like he's also a bit of BMW fan, particularly an 850i Fan!






as well as Mercs..






and what is this?