Sultan of Brunei's Car Collection

I do not have any details on the owner of the pair or why the cars are kept there. The pics I saw of the F1 came to me via email from a generous source who asked that I not share them which is a request I regularly respect though I always wish I didn't have to. The car appeared to be in an outside parking area under a cover that had been pulled off to allow some quick pictures. They were taken with a cellphone camera and the quality is somewhat poor unfortunately. I was told they were taken at MM, but there is nothing in the pics that allows me to confirm that.

I have only been told an XJ220 is there, and while I believe the source and other reports, I have not seen or requested to see the evidence of that myself. I can say that the car next to the F1 under a cover has a roofline similar to what you'd find on an XJ220 so it seems likely.

If you are local, why not pay them a visit?

>8^)
ER

 

not as easy as you say my friend....i went to the lambo showroom before.....they do not let me enter the workshop....it is only for owners.....as for auto kultur....i gave them a call and they do not allow me to come cos there are so many people who go there and take pics.....without buying the cars....as for hong seh....they are very strict....i mean very.....they would not sell ferraris to people who have won the lottery and wanted to buy them....about the brunei cars in there.....they would not let us to enter the "secret vault"....and as for malayan motors....i would try to approach them one day....and try my luck...

PS: bro....if you are very very very kind enough.....would you mind to send me those pics via e-mail...well i am asking for your permission first....if you allow...then i will PM you my hotmail.....to me the pic is for car enthusiats to appreciate it....not to tell rumours to people

 

That's a shame - sounds like other people have ruined it for everyone else. It's not like taking a picture steals a car's soul or something...

I am certainly kind enough to share, but that's not really the issue. I was asked very kindly when the pics were sent to me not to share them with anyone else and always respect those requests. While I personally believe in the free exchange of info whenever possible, I am limited by my sources sometimes and don't want to jeopardize anyone's access by sharing something when I've been asked not to.

As I told basman last night via PM, I would almost rather have the chassis number than a set of photos, as it is easy for me to imagine what a red F1 looks like, but often hard to imagine what chassis number it is when staring at a photo. There are still several cars that are completely unknown as far as their current status is concerned and narrowing that list is my primary goal.

>8^)
ER

 

Pininfarina's Roof Scene

I noticed that a number of Pininfarina's creations are first displayed to the client on their rooftop. Even the P4/5 Pininfarina was shown there. This happening reminds me alot of the balcony scenes by royal families, hence the name I've given to it.

Pininfarina has done alot of projects for the Brunei royal family since the early nineties. Especially in the last years the amount of Brunei specials was mindblowing. I'm not sure if Pininfarina has unveiled all their work on that rooftop. But we know it has been used on a couple occasions: 456 Venice SW, F50 and the XJ220. Perhaps it wasn't a real inveilling everytime, but just an oppertunity to take some pictures (for the client) in daylight and privacy. Some cars were presented at other locations, like the F50 Bolide that we've seen pictures of in Brunei.

Today I'll show you two sets of pictures of these roof scenes.

The first set is probably taken in 1996 and shows the Mercedes-Benz Argento Vivo on the rooftop. This is one of the two cars that were completely finised by Pininfarina and send to Brunei.
I've written an extensive update about the Argento Vivo in an earlier update here: http://www.*************/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=2&fID=0&tID=104217&bottom=450#post453

The second set shows a famous one-off cat on the roof We've all seen the picture of the front of this car, but now I can finally present you the rest of the set. Pininfarina did amazing work redesigning this car all over again. And with "all over" I really mean that they redsigned every aspect of the XJ220. The wheels were kept stock on the request of the royal family (personally I like these wheels too and they identify the car as an XJ220). Besides a completely redisnged body, the 1st thing you'll notice is that it is shortened by 20 cm. And the 2nd thing will probably be the greatly improved interior - all to the wishes of the Prince. The actual production of this car was done by Italtecnica. It has a group C engine and upgraded brakes and suspension. It also had one of the first electronic sequential gearboxes, made by Williams (reputedly at a cost of one million dollars). Italtecnica developed a new cooling system, new electric components and a new power-assisted steering installation. All of this resulted in a faster 0-100 km/h time of 3,5 seconds and an increased topspeed of over 325 km/h.

The post on SCN with all the images attached: http://www.*************/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=2&fID=0&tID=104217&bottom=480#post483

Enjoy

 

Is that a green F50?

 

The image is of a painting done by Maurizio Corbi of what I would assume is a black F50.

>8^)
ER

 

wonderful update as usual basman........just love the interior on both of the cars....btw....check your PM

 

any1 know of any of the sultans ex ferrari's for sale ...any links ...........thanks

 

Mercedes-Benz 600 Landaulet by HWA/AMG - 18 pictures (some of them with the ex-Brunei CLK GTR )


The Brunei car collection houses quite a number of Mercedes-Benz W100 600's, at least 10:
AMG 600 BP9922 WDB 10001222000143 SWB
AMG 600 KF8808 WDB 10001222000162 SWB
AMG 600 1LBS WDB 10001222000298 SWB
AMG 600 BP1819 WDB 10001622000406 6d Pullmann
AMG 600 BQ7528 WDB 10001522000601 Landaulet
AMG 600 BN3300 WDB 10001622001357 6d Pullmann
AMG 600 KF8880 WDB 10001522001743 Landaulet
AMG 600 BN808 WDB 10001222002036 SWB
AMG 600 BN1829 WDB 10001622002219 6d Pullmann
AMG 600 13/06 WDB 10001422002536 4d Pullmann


A number of these 600's were send to HWA/AMG for a modernification proces. I've heard a number of 3 cars and of 5 cars, I don't know if these numbers are correct, it could be more or less. The most radical thing done by HWA was to change the engine to a V12 from the 600SEL, delivering about 320 HP. A story that I've heard is that after the W140 V12 was fitted into the 600, they were no longer able to be driven on the transport truck anymore - unlike with the M100 engine which had no problem. Turns out that the low-rev torque of the V12 just wasn't enough. I can't confirm if this story is true.
The other changes made to the cars can be seen in the pictures. The HWA 600's were brought up to the standard of the 1998 W140 limo's.


One of the AMG 600 Landaulet's has been for sale in Hong Kong at Car City, just like an ex-Brunei S73T AMG. I believe that these two cars were bought by Auto Manufactur in Singapore, an exotic car dealer who seems to have a great interest in Brunei specials. I don't think these are two different 600's (one in SG and one in HK), because the 600 and S73T both showed up in Singapore and were not seen in Hong Kong anymore after that. I'm not sure when they went to Singapore, but that has to be somewhere in 2005. I've got pictures of this Landaulet from 2005, 2006 and 2007 showing that it has been at the dealership since it arrived, sometimes in sight, sometimes out of sight. According to automanufactur this car was re-built ground-up at HWA/AMG in 1998 at a cost of over 750k euros. I'm not sure if the S73T AMG was ever displayed at AM (a source has seen two S73T's at AM one time in 2006); in july 2007 it was spotted (by forum member Amran) in the Malaysian state Johor (wich is close to SG) in the hands of the Crown Prince (TMJ).


The Royal Family of Brunei and Johor are pretty close, so it's also possible the Brunei family gave one of their black on black S73T's away. In this case it's a little bit more difficult to say that the 600 Landaulet in HK and SG are the same...




1995 Mercedes-Benz S600 Guard #7 - 25 pictures


This is one of the American housed cars owned by Prince Jefri of Brunei. The Prince owns and has owned a number of properties in the Los Angeles area and that's where this 1995 Mercedes-Benz S600 Guard #7 comes from. The seller of this car acquired 5 identical bulletproof S-class' from Prince Jefri and sold 4 of them for use in Iraq. This fifth car could very well be the car that is in The Petersen Museum in Los Angeles (a picture of an ex-Royal S600 Guard there has been in the gallery for a long time allready).


These are the highlights from when it was offered for sale for $100k:
1995 Merceds Benz S600 (4 Door) guard #7 Bullet Proof / Armored Battery / Armored Floor (against hand gernades) / done by Mercedes Benz in Bremen Germany / Loaded inside and out / To many security extras to list / Run Flat tires / very well maintained. This car was originally built for the Sultan of Brunei at a cost of over $500,000.00. This is a rare opportunity to obtain a vehicle with this level of protection for yourself and your family! The car is very heavy, but still perfoms well, about equal to that of a V8 W140.


Here is the description from the Petersen Museum:
The Sultan of Brunei, whose personal wealth is estimated at an astounding $50 billion, purchased the Mercedes-Benz S600 when new to add to his fleet of highly individual, custom-builtcars. Built by Trasco at their top-secret facility in Bremen, Germany, the V-12 powered sedan is equipped to withstand attacks from handguns, assault rifles, and armor-piercing military hardware. The total weight of the vehicle is now 7,600 pounds compared to a stock Mercedes-Benz S600, which weighs a comparatively low 4,200 pounds. To handle the added weight of the armor plating, the car's chassis and suspension were strengthened and the car was fitted with flat-run tires. The fake inoperable "moon roof" gives the car the appearance of a standard, unmodified car. Such add-ons enable the vehicle to blend into the motoring landscape and reduce the likelihood that would-be attackers will identify it as transportation of a wealthy, high-profile international figure.


>>> Mercedes-Benz (part 1) gallery page:
http://www.*************/gallery/129612/976/10.html

original post on SCN: http://www.*************/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=2&fID=0&tID=104217&bottom=480#post495

 

HRH Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei once was one of the wealthiest men in the world. Now he's worried he may soon be homeless and forced into bankruptcy.
"They want me to give it all back," he says, flanked by giant Dutch landscape paintings and billowing gold drapery in the cavernous living room of his London villa, where he resides with one of his three wives and two of his 18 children. "We don't know where we are going to live."

Prince Jefri Bolkiah, the younger brother of the Sultan of Brunei and once one of the wealthiest men in the world, is worried he may soon be homeless and be forced into bankruptcy. WSJ's Mark Maremont reports. The 53-year-old younger brother of the Sultan of Brunei, Prince Jefri is on the losing end of one of the world's most colorful family feuds. It started a decade ago, when the prince was stripped of his government roles and later accused by Brunei authorities of misappropriating $14.8 billion of the royal treasury's money.

He denies that, but there's no doubt much had been expended on Prince Jefri's famously sybaritic lifestyle. The jet-setting prince bought mansions around the world, amassed a fleet of 1,700 luxury cars and acquired a 180-foot yacht that he named using a slang word for female breasts.

The Sultan since then has waged a legal siege on three continents to reclaim Prince Jefri's considerable riches. The Sultan scored a decisive victory late last year, when Britain's Privy Council -- which hears final legal appeals from Brunei, a former British protectorate -- ruled that the prince needed to abide by a 2000 agreement to return nearly all his remaining holdings.

On Tuesday, Prince Jefri effectively lost control of his most valuable remaining asset, the New York Palace Hotel, an opulent 55-story property formerly known as the Helmsley Palace. The Brunei government took ownership of the hotel following a New York court order. But the judge has restricted it from selling the property pending the outcome of further proceedings and the prince is disputing the change in control.

"Brothers should get along with each other," the New York judge, Justice Helen Freedman, admonished the lawyers for the warring royals at a recent hearing. Justice Freedman jokingly threatened to refer the case to a domestic-violence court.

Wealthy families often have squabbled over money. The Koch brothers of Kansas spent years in court in the 1980s and '90s, battling over their family's giant oil pipeline concern. In 2001, Chicago's Pritzker family decided to divvy up its $20 billion fortune after a bitter dispute among siblings and cousins. But Prince Jefri's experience represents one of the largest fortunes ever lost.

In the New York hearing, one of Prince Jefri's lawyers, Philip Le B. Douglas, likened the idea of Prince Jefri working for a living to Russian aristocrats who "froze to death" after being forced to sweep the streets without winter clothes following the 1917 revolution. The prince, Mr. Douglas said, "has had unimaginable wealth all of his life. Now he's going to go and bus tables?"

The Sultan's advisers have started legal proceedings to evict Prince Jefri from his London mansion, and the sides continue to wrangle over the fate of the Hotel Bel-Air, an upscale property in the Los Angeles hills still controlled by the prince.

"I spend too much time with lawyers," sighs Prince Jefri, a trim, soft-spoken man with a dapper moustache. He says he's "more or less agreed" to turn over the various assets, but is still hoping his brother the Sultan will let him keep enough money to maintain a more modest version of his prior lifestyle.

The government of Brunei doesn't seem inclined to go along. "Prince Jefri signed an agreement and he should stick to it," says Lindsay Marr, a London-based attorney for the Brunei Investment Agency, a government-owned fund. "Why should he be allowed to keep a large amount of money that wasn't his in the first place?"

Prince Jefri already has turned over billions of dollars worth of property, including the Plaza Athénée hotel in Paris, the giant yacht, the car collection, and more than 100 paintings by Picasso, Renoir, Modigliani and others. Late last year, he surrendered five rare diamonds, secured in a London vault, valued at roughly $200 million.

Situated in southeast Asia, Brunei is a small, oil-rich nation of 374,000 people on the northern coast of the island of Borneo, surrounded by part of Malaysia. The Sultan, Hassanal Bolkiah, is an absolute monarch who has ruled the Islamic enclave since 1967. Forbes ranks him as the world's wealthiest ruler, with an estimated fortune of $22 billion.

Prince Jefri -- whose full name is Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Pengiran Digadong Sahibul Mal Pengiran Muda Haji Jefri Bolkiah -- is the youngest of the Sultan's three brothers. For many years, he was finance minister and chairman of the Brunei Investment Agency, which is charged with investing much of the country's wealth. Under Prince Jefri, some of the BIA's money went to improving infrastructure, he says.

But much of the BIA's money went to Prince Jefri. According to court documents, the prince spent $475 million on Rolls Royce cars, $78 million at Italian sports-car company Pininfarina SpA, and $900 million at British jeweler Asprey. He liked Asprey so much that in 1995 he bought the company, for $385 million. A firm owned by Prince Jefri paid $202 million for the Helmsley Palace hotel in 1993, using BIA funds.

The Bruneian royal aircraft fleet -- split between the Sultan and Prince Jefri -- contained 10 jets, including a Boeing 747 and an Airbus A-340, according to 1996 insurance documents. A 45-page list of individual recipients shows that scores of people benefited from Prince Jefri's generosity, from ministers to royal relatives to servants. One of Prince Jefri's fathers-in-law received $23 million in BIA funds; his badminton coach and acupuncturist each were paid $1.8 million.

Prince Jefri also amassed a world-class art collection. Under his tenure, the BIA paid $24 million for a Manet and $20.5 million for a Renoir, according to records filed in British court. The prince's favorite, though, was Edgar Degas: "I like the brilliant color and heavy stroke," he says. He bought at least 21 paintings by the French Impressionist artist, according to court documents.

Prince Jefri seems bewildered by the accusation that he misspent $14.8 billion. "It's not that easy to hide," he says. "I keep asking the lawyers, 'Where did it go?'"

Some of the Rolls Royce cars, he says, were used as a kind of "transport pool" for the 20-odd royal guest houses in Brunei. "We'd provide our guests with a car and a backup car, so they didn't have to rent from anybody."

The prince says his brother the Sultan was aware of much of the spending. For example, Prince Jefri says he spent several years building himself a sprawling beachfront palace in Brunei, with a sports complex. "He knew it was built," the prince says. "My civil list [government allowance] is only $20,000 U.S. per month. You can't build a house for that."

Prince Jefri says the Sultan would sometimes come over to his palace after one of their frequent badminton matches, and admire a newly-bought Picasso or Degas on the wall. "He'd say, 'Nice painting. Could you transfer this today?" to the Sultan's own palace -- a 1,788 room edifice that covers 49 acres.

Messages sent to officials in Brunei and its embassy in Washington seeking comment weren't returned.

In 1997, depressed oil prices triggered a financial crisis in Brunei. The Sultan's people brought in Arthur Andersen accountants to comb through the investment agency's books, leading to Prince Jefri's ouster.

Prince Jefri doesn't deny spending some of the BIA's money, but claims in court documents that the Sultan also received billions of dollars in "Special Transfers" from the government agency to his personal bank accounts. Britain's Privy Council, in its ruling last year, put the total at $8 billion.

At one point, Prince Jefri said in an affidavit, the Sultan asked him to set up a bank account under a pseudonym, "so that the monies would not be traced to His Majesty or [appear] to have originated from the BIA." The prince said that $700 million was transferred to the Sultan this way in a single transaction.

Responding to Prince Jefri's allegations about the Sultan's finances, a lawyer acting for the Brunei government said in a 2005 affidavit that they were "irrelevant" and didn't constitute a defense against claims that the prince had purchased assets for his own benefit with state funds.

In May 2000, Prince Jefri agreed to settle the misappropriation charges that Brunei brought against him, avoiding any possibility of criminal prosecution. In return for the prince's agreement to hand over nearly all of his wealth, the government pledged to let Prince Jefri keep an official and a private residence in Brunei, and agreed to set up a $200 million trust fund to cover certain of his liabilities, but not his living expenses.

Both sides accuse the other of breaching the pact. The Brunei government says Prince Jefri has refused to return the most valuable overseas possessions, including the London villa, a sumptuous residence in Paris's Place Vendôme, a Cayman Islands trust fund with more than $100 million in cash, and the two U.S. hotels. In total, the assets likely are worth more than $1.5 billion.

Prince Jefri says he shouldn't have to surrender those assets until he's sure the Brunei government will live up to its end of the bargain. The government currently controls his homes in Brunei, and there is a dispute over which ones it is obliged to return to the prince. He maintains that his official residence is the beachfront palace he built, known as Assana. The Brunei government disagrees, saying a smaller residence is the prince's official one.

In any case, Prince Jefri says regaining the Brunei palaces won't do him much good. In exile since 2004, he says he can't return to his native land and "it's hard to sell that kind of house in Brunei." He'd rather have their value in cash.

Prince Jefri also worries about whether the Brunei government will live up to its promise to pay a big capital-gains tax due from the transfer of the New York Palace Hotel. "I will probably have to go bankrupt" if it doesn't, he says.

Mr. Marr, the London lawyer, says the Brunei government is obliged under the settlement to cover those taxes "and intends to do so." He also says he knows of no reason why Prince Jefri can't return to Brunei.

Prince Jefri's living expenses are considerable. He's married to three women and divorced from two others. His fifth wife, the former Claire Kelly, is a New Zealand native. They have two young boys, who live with their mother in St. John's Lodge, the London villa.

Prince Jefri says he worries about paying for the studies of his many children, some of whom are studying abroad. "Some of the mothers will be able to afford the children, some not." Court records say that his first four wives received a total of $158 million of BIA funds over the years, although the Brunei government may have reclaimed some of that.

Asked how many mothers there are, the prince starts ticking them off: "There's one in Singapore, one in the Philippines, one in England, one in Las Vegas...." He counts seven in all. "I just want some income to move on and look after the children," he says.

On a recent day, Prince Jefri gives a tour of St. John's Lodge, an imposing white villa dating to the early 19th century, situated inside Regent's Park. The prince's polo boots and mallets are laid out on the table in the formal dining room, which could easily seat 40 people. A child's train set has taken over a sitting room, and strollers are pushed to a corner in the magnificent front hall, where a bodyguard hovers. Portraits of the Sultan and the Sultan's wife sit on a side table.

"It's just a matter of time" before the family has to leave, the prince says.

While in Brunei, Prince Jefri says his favorite car to drive was a Ferrari 550, a sleek sports coupe that he would take for a spin late at night when the roads were quiet. Now, he says, "I like the Mini." He drives a black one around London.

 

Very very interesting. The greed, even among the super rich is amazing, how the Sultan could bankrupt his younger brother is just beyond me.
Plus, 1700 cars is a bit extravagant wouldn't you say. I'm a big fan of cars but "If you can't name them all, you shouldn't own them all."

 

A Ferrari 550 is his favorite car to drive? AH!!!! That's like me saying "well, I have a pantry and frige full of delicious food but I think I'll just eat wonder bread and drink water." Not to say theres anything wrong with a Ferrari 550 but relative to what he owns it is kind of like wonder bread and water. I have a feeling there will be a multitude of phenominal cars in a severe state of disrepair coming to market in the next few years. They should do a big public auction along the lines of the one Ferrari had in 2007.

 

The Lister Storm

Are there any Lister Storm afficionado's out there?

According to all the sources (I was surprised with how few there is out there) I've read a totall of only four Lister Storm's were ordered at the factory, one of them by the Brunei Royal Family. We know the chassisnumber of this car, "LIS STORM BM9009 SAASTRWIVP053000Z", but that doesn't really get us far; I haven't come across any source that lists the chassisnumbers of these cars or even shows the (4) different cars that were made.
I really digg this supercar and, allthough a different car, enjoyed seeing the racer in real life. Over the time that I've been posting on forums I've saved pictures of different Storm's. I even think I might have pics of all the four (or more ) cars. One of these could (must?) be the Brunei Storm.

I've uploaded all my Lister Storm pictures in this new gallery: http://www.*************/gallery/129612/1735/1.html

Here's my first attempt - and probably the internets too - at trying to identify the different cars:

I think there were 3 official photoshoots done:
A RHD, blue/cream Storm with license plate "1 IMB";
A RHD, blue/cream Storm with license plate "LI8ter", taken at what looks like Brooklands to me;
A (looks like LHD?) silver/black Storm with license plate "K806 WPB".

"1 IMB" and "LI8ter" look the same. It could be the same car, with a new (more fitting) license plate. Let's say for arguments sake and to approach the production number of 4 that it is the same car.
"LI8ter", still in the same configuration as during the photoshoot, was offered for sale at Coys Auction "The Racing Car Show" last januari (2008). Coys released the chassis number of this car: SA9STRM1BPP053001

As the silver Storm is in one of the official(?) pics, just like the blue "LI8STER" wich bears #1, it could be car #2. Maybe someone in Brunei read the number wrong and put "Z" in the database instead of "2". But the LHD part doesn't make alot of sense... that is if it really is LHD.

Another plate on a Lister Storm is "M1 LCL". I've got 1 pic of a blue car with cream, RHD interior (just like "LI8ter"). In the other pictures I've got of this car it is black with partly black wheels and still a cream interior. So, at one point this Lister got resprayed.

Another blue/black Lister Storm was for sale in 2006/2007 in Brazil. It was part of the collection of former São Paulo mayor, Paulo Maluf. When it was in his hands it received a modified body (and new wheels?). From the two most recent pictures I've seen of this car it looks like it's still in Brazil (white license plates, but they're blurred out).

That makes 4 cars so far: silver, blue ("1 IMB"/"LI8ter"), black, blue (the modificated from Brazil). Seeing as the silver car is only pictured in one old (official?) pic, that would be my pick for the Brunei car. But wait, there's more And seeing as the silver car looks to be LHD it could also have gone to Brazil and repainted blue there...

Lister Storm number 5 then. It's a RHD, black car with partly black wheels and with what looks like a light/brown interior. It has a more modern body (less angular). A special edition of an über rare car.. nothing says more Bolkiah Family than that ! And the chassis number from the RBPC 5 database doesn't end with a number 1-4, but with the letter "Z", maybe the "Z" is for this special edition. Any feedback would be welcome

If I understand it right, here's car #6 Maybe I'm not reading this description right, so let me quote it:
"Originally a road car this Storm was converted to a race car in 1998 and began its race history in the 1999 FIA GT and British GT championships racing that year at Brands, Snetterton, Silverstone, Monza, Hockenheim, Donnington and Zolder.
2000 saw the car continue competing in both the British and the Spanish GT Championships were it took 2 victories.
The car was sold off in 2002 to a private collector who raced the car twice at Mille Miglia Interlagos in 2003 and 2004. From 2004 the car has only seen use on the owners private race track."
BTW: This 1995 car has a pricetag of £200k!
Again, I have to say that it is possible that this is the (LHD?) silver car.

So in the end that makes a production of at least 5!!

If anyone has any additional information or can tell me where the pictures of all the different cars were taken, please post The last three pictures in the Lister Storm gallery are probably of "LI8ter", but since they don't have a plate I'm not sure, can anyone help with that?

See the Coys catalogue for more info on Lister and the Storm: http://www.coys.co.uk/auctions/lot.php?auction=73&id=54345

Enjoy


Same post on SCN: http://www.*************/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=2&fID=0&tID=104217&bottom=480#post500

 

1700? It's rumoured to be over 5000.






Sebastian, I find it hard to believe that so few Storms were made... this was after all quite a famous car.

 

is there any pics of the lister in brunei....that will be much more interesting

 

There really were only a handfull made in the first half of the nineties. There are alot more of the racing version..

Yes, it would...

 

one photo i have taken
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Thanks, this was geneva in 1994?
Do you remember the license plate on that car? Was it LI8TER?

 

That lister was sold in january at Autosport 2008 for a stupidly cheap £33,000

http://www.coys.co.uk/auctions/lot.php?auction=73&id=54345

 

I never understood how it is possible that there are modelcar variants of the Brunei specials seeing as they are supposed to be secret. I understand that some people who like the special cars and want to convert a standard Ferrari 550 or 456 modelcar to a Brunei special. But how can a big company like Revell or BBR produce these models without being sued by Ferrari or Pininfarina? The only thing I can make of this is that Ferrari/PF provided these companies with pictures/drawings/plans for these cars.. Does somebody know someone who can get hold of these pics/plans? Still strange though, if you keep the secrecy agreements in mind..

What is also strange is what I found in the BBR archive here: http://www.bbrmodels.it/cataloghi/cat/shopping/product_details2.php?product_id=38129
Yes, that is Mini Magic's picture... :|


I wonder if the colours on these models match with the real cars.


The F90's are handmade by Ad Hoc Models. Enrico Fumia, the original designer of the F90, has endorsed the model and it has been made by ABC. Each model comes with an authentification certificate explaining the history of the vehicles and bearing the signatures of Fumia, Andrea Brianza (ABC) and Stefano Strapparava (Ad Hoc).


Link to pictures: http://www.*************/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=2&fID=0&tID=104217&bottom=480#post504



We know pretty well how the FX, 550 and 456 look, but we don't have many pictures of the Bolide and the F90. Unfortunately I don't have any more of the F90, but here are some more pics of the Bolide modelcar. I don't know how well this represents the real deal, but anyway
http://www.*************/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=2&fID=0&tID=104217&bottom=480#post505

 

Read up a bit. It's the younger brother that had the spending problems. He wasted billions of his country's money and now is crying that he'll be cut off and have to get a job.

 

tough life huh..

they shld have make him work ages ago!!!

 

It's great this thread is still going. How many 'specials' don't we know about now. We must have most of the one-off vehicles covered I'd hope. The rear of the Pinin XJ220 looks great, thanks for those pictures especially.

 

any info for the Merc 1200SEL?

sorry if its discussed before

 

- Porsche gallery update -


We don't hear/see that much about the Porsche's in Brunei, while there were at least 160 of them + 5 Dauer's at the main garage complex at the time the big list was compiled. So, here we go



Porsche 964 911 Turbo - 1 picture
1994 964 Horizon Blue metallic 3.6 S. Currently in the UK.



Porsche 996 911 Turbo - 4 pictures
Two pics of a 996 Turbo during an official meeting a couple years ago. One pic of the Crown Prince's silver 996 Turbo (one with green interior). And a picture of the Crown prince getting out of a dark 996.



Porsche 997 911 - 1 picture



Porsche 959 - 1 picture
Bruce Canepa from Canepa design had this 959 in his shop in 2005. He declared that it's ex-Brunei and has a 1000 km on the odometer. This could be the same car that's allready in the gallery and was photographed in Brunei, but since there are so many Brunei 959's that's only a guess. The current whereabouts of this car are unknown to me.



Porsche Cayenne Turbo - 2 pictures
Taken at official events



Porsche 993 911 Turbo Cabriolet - 7 pictures
A special projects group at Porsche made 14 or 16 of these special 993 Turbo's. They were originally made for the largest Porsche dealer in Germany and all badged as oct. 1995 cars. Supposedly the new president of Porsche, Dr. Wendelin was kept in the dark about this project. Most of them used the 964 Turbo 3.6 engine, though there were also other specifications possible, like the GT2 runninggear. I'm not sure what this car exactly has.
The Brunei Royal Family ordered at least one of these cars in RHD. I believe that this was a UK kept car, but the history/details of this car are a bit sketchy.

Here is some info from the ad from when it was for sale: "We are delighted to be able to offer for sale this very rare and factory turbo charged example, which produces approxiamtely 360 BHP. Equipped with 17" Cup Alloy Wheels - Painted in Exterior Colour with Coloured Wheel Badges, Electrically Adjustable Comfort Front Seating, Electric Hood, Driver & Passenger Airbags, On Board Computer, Power Assisted Steering, Rear Seating, Wind Deflector, Air Conditioning Climate Control, Remote Alarm System with Central Locking, Headlight Powerwash System, Tinted Band to Windscreen, Pair of Twin Exhaust Finishers, Carbon Trim to Dashboard, Door Panels and Carbon/Leather Steering Wheel, Exclusive Rear Spoiler."



And now for some Porsche tuners :c



Dauer 962 LeMans - 5 pictures
Let's start with a couple more Dauer pictures. I've added a picture of the engine bay of chassis #175 (red/black); a pretty good quality (though not high-res) of Jochen Dauer standing in between the red (#175) and the black (#172) Dauers; then a small picture of #172 (black/black) with the doors open; and finally two pics of #133 (when it was yellow/yellow): one taken at the 1993 Frankfurt IAA and one pic of the engine bay.



Porsche Slantnose - 1 picture
Besides that this car is extremely hot and that this picture is taken back in the good old days in Bandar Seri Begawan, I can't really tell you anything about this car. It doesn't look like the 930's and 935's I've seen: the wheels are obviously special, the front blinkers are in a different position and the airscoop at the rear wheels seems to be gone or different. The wheels make the member Porsche Addict think that it has something to do with the tuner DP, but he isn't sure.



Porsche Strosek 996 911 Mega - 1 picture
Proving the interest for cars isn't nearly over is this Strosek tuned 996 from the new millenium, leaving the biggest private home in the world.



Gemballa Avalanche - 8 pictures
I was so excited when I found out about this car. It's such an awesome car and really crazy eighties :]. The Gemballa Avalanche is based on the Porsche 930 Turbo. The engine delivers 480 HP wich catapults the car from 0 to 100 km/h in 4,5 seconds and gives a topspeed of 300 km/h. The starting price of this car was 350.000 DM, but that could go up pretty fast to account for the endless optionlist (like cameras instead of rear view mirrors). And it's a rare car too with only 13 units built.

Thanks alot to Karl from carpassion.com and Bram Corts from http://groups.msn.com/1980extremetuning/ for the pictures of this car!



The Dauer pictures can be found here: http://www.*************/gallery/129612/976/5.html

The Porsche pictures can be found here: http://www.*************/gallery/129612/976/11.html

Enjoy! :nut


PS
Holy crap, there are currently 1122 pictures in the Brunei gallery! I never would have thought we'd discover so much :]:nut


Link to the same post on SCN: http://www.*************/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=2&fID=0&tID=104217&bottom=510#post514