Whilst a lot are moldy, they aren't nearly as bad as they've been rumoured to be. The family (more specifically HRH Abdul Hakeem and HRH Mateen) are restoring each and every car one by one.
It's really sad to see so many of them molding and rotting away. After a certain point, a collection becomes a hoard, too big to manage, and this is it. So many amazing cars that'll never leave their storage spots, only to rot away to history.
That point is a moving target depending on how many people you staff to keep them in good shape. For a single person, they might be able to keep 20 cars running and in good shape at all times. For a crew of 500, a collection of 7000 vehicles could be maintained without issue. Do it’s not a problem of too large of a collection, it’s a problem of poorly managing the collection.
learned? well, we learned that ANY car collection of THIS size.. really REALLY needs CURATION!!! [mold... moisture damage..] hell, just rotating them to start up!! it would take a crew to keep that collection in running shape! the Sultan Loves Cars... but doesn't seem to understand maintaining his collection.
@@3rdzodiacIt is 100% to do with your karma... What you do will follow you.. Either you'll be born to a good rich family or you'll be born to a poor helpless family... It is no coincidence.. Simple as that..
The Ferrari FX and Mythos (along with several others like the Bentley Dominator) were custom made just for him. Also most of his cars are stored in non climate controlled garages which caused them to deteriorate and grow mold. A lot of rare cars just rotting away.
So many low/no production pieces of art just rotting away in this guys storage. More power to him for having the money to do it, but as an enthusiast it’s very sad to see
You gotta remember, my friend, Mr Sultan commissioned each one of this manufacturers to design a car to HIS LIKING! So all the “weird looking” cars you are seeing are all one offs from the likes of Bentley, Bugatti, Ferrari, the list goes on and on and on….have you seen the Ferrari and the Bentley Estates? Crazy
Wasteful and corrupt. The sultan of a country should use this money to help his people instead. The cars should be sold to people who actually want them.
You would be in prison for this comment if you lived there. That's a major part of the problem and it's why your comment would never happen lol. Be thankful that you were "born in the USA" 🎶.
I just don't understand why you'd want this many cars. What the fuck is the point in buying multiple of the same car in different colours, or commissioning one offs that you'll never drive?
My neighbor is very rich. I have a friend who helps him maintain his cars there. My friend said that he has many mechanics there and some very special drivers who take turns driving all his cars every day.
I absolutely despise people like these. They just buy such amazing cars just to say that, "yes I own it. And I only did it just to flex my wealth." They will never drive these cars because they see them as nothing more than mere art pieces to look at than something that could bring them joy and fun if they ever drove it once. And they don't even invest on them to make even more money. I hope this collection is one day put on auction sale so that these rare exotics can see the light of day eventually. It's just sad to see these cars rot away.
I don't really think it's that a big of a deal really. Likely, if all these cars were sold to various people, I'd say a good chunk of that number would've been totaled or completely destroyed. In the end, there are plenty other great cars out there.
The collection pictures are from 2001. Some of "regular cars" have been sold off since the pictures were taken. The special cars are still there and have been kept in pretty good condition. The reason you saw eb110 with the turbo in it was probably because it was being fixed at the time. Btw it was his brother Jeffrey who brought the cars not the sultan. One of Jeff's yachts were called tits too!!
Some of the cars you showed have some nutso stuff as well which is so obvious once you see it. That F40 with the red accent line is not only an F40, but it's a LM with leather interior. If you notice a lot of the F40s have leather. And power windows. The yellow Diablo you showed with the matching wheels is a Koenig special that's right hand drive. He has estate and wagon versions of cars that were never built for anyone else. My favorite is the Ferrari 456 wagons. Not to mention the wacky Bentley SUVs and the Fisher Price Bugatti EB110 interior you showed. It's just weird. Sucks that some or many may be rotting, but without this guy commissioning all these cars who knows if some of these brands would still be making cars today.
Looks like an old version of his collection; even still it looks like he's missing a lot of pre-war stuff (no Type 57 Bugatti's? No Auto Union?). I did see what looks to be a VP HSV GTS there though next to the white RAV4 at 2:35
Long story short, Prince Jeffri Bolkiah was the minister of finance back in the day and he basically used the government's money to spend everything and I mean literally everything, including those crazy cars. Then the Sultan gets mad at him for spending an absurd amount of money (estimated about 15 billion USD) to fuel his lavish lifestyle. Guess what, legal action has been taken by his own brother (the sultan himself). Then he flees the country and resides in the UK and in the US for a couple of years. All of the cars now belong to the Brunei government and most of it has been sold to the public and even the royal family of Johor (a Malaysian state) bought a couple like the Mercedes S73 T AMG, Mclaren F1 LM4 and many more. Rumors have it that some of the ultra-rare ones like the one-of Ferarris, F40s, F50s, Mclaren F1s, Bugattis, etc are still there and some even say those cars are currently in Prince Jeffri's current royal palace (ohh yeah, the Sultan forgives him and he's back in Brunei)
Alot of his cars are 100% custom made for just him. And most of these cars are stored in horrible warehouses & in disrepair. Thats why some have moldy interiors
Going through the drive there's actually a whole lot of customs we know about that aren't present. No Bentley Dominator, and no Nazca M12 (not made specifically for him but I took note of it)
You can tell that the owner was getting old... all the supercars are from 80s and 90s when he was younger and then the later stuff was Rolls Royce, Bentley, Mercedes, basically comfy cruisers and a lot of them are custom one offs
This guy alone saved many brands from bankruptcy with his orders. About 20+ ago I read in a magazine that he had 700 AMG cars,with 3 engineers working full time just to maintain them. He had about 3500 cars then. The road version of the CLK GTR was built because he wanted it,Mercedes hadn't planed on doing it.
As car people you should know the story all ready he asked his brother to buy some cars for him then when he realized he had bought 7000 cars he had him arrested and doesn't want to spend more money on them some of cars that have been sold are car he had in other countries but I think he believes he will lose face if he unloads the collection.
To start, very cool that after decades of speculation on the collection, this much detail has been leaked. I would be digging trying a 935. As a car enthusiast, I would hope at some point, likely after his passing, the family pivots and builds a museum the public can visit for his most representative stuff and then over time brings some lots to auction. A one time flood of these cars would likely disrupt the market for some key cars like the F1. Then again, cars like the F1 have market prices that kind of reflect the Sultan's cars being out of the market permanently.
Lived and worked there in the 90s when the collection was at it's peak the 'garage' was next to our site office ... was crazy to be driving along and have an xj220, F40 or Maclaren F1 blast by. His excellency is a legend ok, he has that collection, but would visit people on his Harley...just drop in.
He has many one off cars from Ferrari and Bentley that were made just for him. His 1000 plus room palace is amazing, the only thing here in this parts of the world it's so humid so cars mold deteriorate quickly.
10:27 It’s not a rally car, but rather a Mercedes 190E Evo II used for DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft). That livery seems to be the same one Ellen Lohr or Keke Rosberg drove, but I’m pretty sure it’s just a livery or a replica or even just straight up bought for the Sultan of Brunei. Who knows? Also that really hit my soul when he said it’s a rally car (god I need to calm down 😢)
Should’ve invested more money into storing them. If he had an enclosed parking garage then he could actually pick a car and just take an elevator with all the spaces numbered and organized, but let’s face it, if a car has sat for that long without being driven, there’s going to be more problems than just finding it and cleaning it. Tires will have flat spots, fluids will have water in them, batteries will be dead… I mean you could have a pit crew prep the car with good tires and fluids in a few minutes, but no matter how you cut it, most of those cars will never be used.
I learned that once you get to a certain amount of money, you can just basically have anything you want, and based on the condition of most of it, do not care about any of it. Just have it. I want that kind of money
The car equivalent of not wearing the same dress twice. Rich people = hm, what car should I drive today? This guy = hm, which color of testarossa should I pick for today?
Thing about this collection, is that he had Manufacturers CUSTOM make cars for him. Thats why some of those ferraris and bently's you've never seen before and its because he had them custom make them for him
I'd say about 95-99% of his collection are essentially paperweights at this point. And most of his one-off's are extremely dated, like the Ferrari F90. But, when you've got unlimited money Ferrari will build you anything.
For the geographically challenged, Brunei is a tiny city state on the Island of Borneo. An island who's jungle is so dense it still contains several uncontacted tribes, Thousands of undocumented species, and is one of the only places on earth that isn't completely mapped. Owning a collection like this in a place like that is real silly.
from what i understand a lot of these pictures are decades old. and most of these cars just sit and rot. like theyre legit in bad shape with no miles, its really sad.
that black f40 will be mine one day i strangely like the black with the red stripe. only difference id do is that id have red seats. f1 gt is a must aswell.
It's such a massive collection I bet it'll genuinely drop the classic market if they ever go for sale lmfaooooooo, but also on another note kinda sad I didn't see a jaguar XKR:')
you know, better in his hands that the people at currated who would ask an absolute fortune for a car that needs a complete rebuild for sitting for 40 years, and then oversell it for what it is, just an old car
old soarers, supras, a CELICA GT4? at least there doesn't seem to be an LFA. all those awesome platforms are gonna rot in that garage. I'm gonna go cry in my room.
The whole collection is moldy, in disrepair, and rotting. These poor cars will never see the light of day. Sucks.
They've apparently gotten better since at least the mid to late 2000s.
Just like homes and other properties they buy never use or even sit in
Go and offer the King of Brunei billions and buy the collection and SAVE ALL THE CARS !
Whilst a lot are moldy, they aren't nearly as bad as they've been rumoured to be. The family (more specifically HRH Abdul Hakeem and HRH Mateen) are restoring each and every car one by one.
he have his own mechanic to take care of his cars
If this collection ever goes to sale, it will single handedly keep the enthusiast car market alive.
Many will have been improperly stored.
@fixyourautomobile so fix it
The King of Brunei doesn't sell to peasants
Don't think he will ever sell it... He doesn't need money 🤑
It’s a hot humid environment there’s a lot about it to look up horrible condition no miles most having to be a ground up resto
This dude over there collecting IRL cars like they are Hot Wheels...
I can't even afford 7000 Hot Wheels.
Foreal! I hate buying a hot wheel and realizing I have 2 already in the same color lol
4:58 the mold....
5:29 every 80s and 90s ford
6:52 golfer of PGA and masters tournament
The whole collection is a moldy biohazard. 😂😂😂
The Holden VN Group A SS Commodore right in the middle of the thumbnail, pretty rare car. Seems to have a decent number of Australian cars.
was looking at that too, pretty sure they made less than 500 of those total
I saw that too!
@@Gengargamer2_ i thought I was a VN as soon as I saw it
ikr unbelievable, was not expecting an aussie car at all
Lots of people dont know this, but the Sultan of Brunei stores his cars so poorly, most have mould, trees or bugs runining the cars
It's really sad to see so many of them molding and rotting away. After a certain point, a collection becomes a hoard, too big to manage, and this is it. So many amazing cars that'll never leave their storage spots, only to rot away to history.
That point is a moving target depending on how many people you staff to keep them in good shape. For a single person, they might be able to keep 20 cars running and in good shape at all times. For a crew of 500, a collection of 7000 vehicles could be maintained without issue. Do it’s not a problem of too large of a collection, it’s a problem of poorly managing the collection.
learned? well, we learned that ANY car collection of THIS size.. really REALLY needs CURATION!!! [mold... moisture damage..] hell, just rotating them to start up!! it would take a crew to keep that collection in running shape! the Sultan Loves Cars... but doesn't seem to understand maintaining his collection.
The most questionable car collection… mine is smaller by 6985 but I would dare say it’s more questionable…
You have 2,015 cars?!?
2k cars is crazy
@@laserbeam1620so, I first read the collection was 5,000 cars….. so I need to adjust the math there!
@@TheoTheCrasher25no, the first reports I read said 5,000.. so I corrected the math there! But I do still say they are pretty questionable
Luck is one hell of a thing. Wake up one day all of a sudden ur a 6 yr old prince soon to be king with unlimited power and money 😂
There's nothing called luck it's the previous life's good karma turned into a blessing on this life... Simple logic believing it or not is up to you.
Has nothing to do with karma either. It's just their life. Simple logic
@@3rdzodiacIt is 100% to do with your karma... What you do will follow you.. Either you'll be born to a good rich family or you'll be born to a poor helpless family... It is no coincidence.. Simple as that..
@@VerangaF430simple delusion more like lmao whacko
RHD F40??!? I didn’t even think they existed
They only made 7. Ill give you a shot in the dark of who ordered them all like that... lol
And also full leather interior, that's a rare thing on an F40.
7,000 cars and almost all of them are decrepit. Very sad for us car guys
7:26 Looks like a Dauer 962C, I can't tell from the angle but it sure does look like it
962LM
There is *NO* questioning this car collection.
Except for the way they've fallen into disrepair. Very sad
The Ferrari FX and Mythos (along with several others like the Bentley Dominator) were custom made just for him. Also most of his cars are stored in non climate controlled garages which caused them to deteriorate and grow mold. A lot of rare cars just rotting away.
So many low/no production pieces of art just rotting away in this guys storage. More power to him for having the money to do it, but as an enthusiast it’s very sad to see
Bro has a Lister Storm.
You gotta remember, my friend, Mr Sultan commissioned each one of this manufacturers to design a car to HIS LIKING! So all the “weird looking” cars you are seeing are all one offs from the likes of Bentley, Bugatti, Ferrari, the list goes on and on and on….have you seen the Ferrari and the Bentley Estates? Crazy
Wasteful and corrupt. The sultan of a country should use this money to help his people instead. The cars should be sold to people who actually want them.
Hoarding, I would say
You would be in prison for this comment if you lived there. That's a major part of the problem and it's why your comment would never happen lol. Be thankful that you were "born in the USA" 🎶.
Wah wah
That's not how money and power works comrad.
I just don't understand why you'd want this many cars. What the fuck is the point in buying multiple of the same car in different colours, or commissioning one offs that you'll never drive?
My neighbor is very rich. I have a friend who helps him maintain his cars there. My friend said that he has many mechanics there and some very special drivers who take turns driving all his cars every day.
Bro there are so many ppl that have huge car collections that noone knows about
I absolutely despise people like these. They just buy such amazing cars just to say that, "yes I own it. And I only did it just to flex my wealth."
They will never drive these cars because they see them as nothing more than mere art pieces to look at than something that could bring them joy and fun if they ever drove it once. And they don't even invest on them to make even more money.
I hope this collection is one day put on auction sale so that these rare exotics can see the light of day eventually.
It's just sad to see these cars rot away.
I don't really think it's that a big of a deal really. Likely, if all these cars were sold to various people, I'd say a good chunk of that number would've been totaled or completely destroyed. In the end, there are plenty other great cars out there.
and then right next to the rav4 he's got a Holden Commodore! Awesome!
The collection pictures are from 2001. Some of "regular cars" have been sold off since the pictures were taken. The special cars are still there and have been kept in pretty good condition. The reason you saw eb110 with the turbo in it was probably because it was being fixed at the time. Btw it was his brother Jeffrey who brought the cars not the sultan. One of Jeff's yachts were called tits too!!
You mean Jefri. 😅
Lol. I prefer believing he was named Jeffrey.
The Bugatti interior is nuts 😂😂
Did my guy have a fascination for Mcdonalds or what?
Yes, the King of Brunei owns McDonald's corporation!!!
Some of the cars you showed have some nutso stuff as well which is so obvious once you see it. That F40 with the red accent line is not only an F40, but it's a LM with leather interior. If you notice a lot of the F40s have leather. And power windows. The yellow Diablo you showed with the matching wheels is a Koenig special that's right hand drive. He has estate and wagon versions of cars that were never built for anyone else. My favorite is the Ferrari 456 wagons. Not to mention the wacky Bentley SUVs and the Fisher Price Bugatti EB110 interior you showed. It's just weird. Sucks that some or many may be rotting, but without this guy commissioning all these cars who knows if some of these brands would still be making cars today.
Looks like an old version of his collection; even still it looks like he's missing a lot of pre-war stuff (no Type 57 Bugatti's? No Auto Union?).
I did see what looks to be a VP HSV GTS there though next to the white RAV4 at 2:35
7:26 I think a Porsche 962 Le Mans car
It's a Dauer 962 LM
Long story short, Prince Jeffri Bolkiah was the minister of finance back in the day and he basically used the government's money to spend everything and I mean literally everything, including those crazy cars. Then the Sultan gets mad at him for spending an absurd amount of money (estimated about 15 billion USD) to fuel his lavish lifestyle. Guess what, legal action has been taken by his own brother (the sultan himself). Then he flees the country and resides in the UK and in the US for a couple of years. All of the cars now belong to the Brunei government and most of it has been sold to the public and even the royal family of Johor (a Malaysian state) bought a couple like the Mercedes S73 T AMG, Mclaren F1 LM4 and many more. Rumors have it that some of the ultra-rare ones like the one-of Ferarris, F40s, F50s, Mclaren F1s, Bugattis, etc are still there and some even say those cars are currently in Prince Jeffri's current royal palace (ohh yeah, the Sultan forgives him and he's back in Brunei)
Dauer 962 for the unfamiliar car
he probably would salivate over Ed's colour matched Bugatti
From what I've read there's alot of cars like the Suburban where they're just completely trashed.
Alot of his cars are 100% custom made for just him. And most of these cars are stored in horrible warehouses & in disrepair. Thats why some have moldy interiors
Going through the drive there's actually a whole lot of customs we know about that aren't present. No Bentley Dominator, and no Nazca M12 (not made specifically for him but I took note of it)
The sultan has alot of one off built cars
He has a Holden VN group A SS!! How cool
It’s about time the internet got its hands on this
These pictures are from the 90s those cars are ruined by now
You can tell that the owner was getting old... all the supercars are from 80s and 90s when he was younger and then the later stuff was Rolls Royce, Bentley, Mercedes, basically comfy cruisers and a lot of them are custom one offs
This guy alone saved many brands from bankruptcy with his orders.
About 20+ ago I read in a magazine that he had 700 AMG cars,with 3 engineers working full time just to maintain them.
He had about 3500 cars then.
The road version of the CLK GTR was built because he wanted it,Mercedes hadn't planed on doing it.
That silver car at 7 22 is a Lotec C1000 a Mercedes one off that's apparently for sale. It is said to have reached a top speed of 268 mph.
As car people you should know the story all ready he asked his brother to buy some cars for him then when he realized he had bought 7000 cars he had him arrested and doesn't want to spend more money on them some of cars that have been sold are car he had in other countries but I think he believes he will lose face if he unloads the collection.
He got a bunch of Mercedes hammers very expensive and rare
To start, very cool that after decades of speculation on the collection, this much detail has been leaked.
I would be digging trying a 935. As a car enthusiast, I would hope at some point, likely after his passing, the family pivots and builds a museum the public can visit for his most representative stuff and then over time brings some lots to auction. A one time flood of these cars would likely disrupt the market for some key cars like the F1. Then again, cars like the F1 have market prices that kind of reflect the Sultan's cars being out of the market permanently.
Lived and worked there in the 90s when the collection was at it's peak the 'garage' was next to our site office ... was crazy to be driving along and have an xj220, F40 or Maclaren F1 blast by. His excellency is a legend ok, he has that collection, but would visit people on his Harley...just drop in.
dude a few of them are moldy... what a shame....
He has many one off cars from Ferrari and Bentley that were made just for him. His 1000 plus room palace is amazing, the only thing here in this parts of the world it's so humid so cars mold deteriorate quickly.
10:27 It’s not a rally car, but rather a Mercedes 190E Evo II used for DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft). That livery seems to be the same one Ellen Lohr or Keke Rosberg drove, but I’m pretty sure it’s just a livery or a replica or even just straight up bought for the Sultan of Brunei. Who knows?
Also that really hit my soul when he said it’s a rally car (god I need to calm down 😢)
VW did not own Bugatti when the EB110 was made.
Oh man! Any Foxbody Mustangs or DSM cars?
koenigseggs?
He definitely went overboard xD.
Whoever leaked this is probably dead now 😳
The Dauer 962 Le Mans is a sports car based on the Porsche 962 Group C racing car, which won the 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans with Porsche support.
Should’ve invested more money into storing them. If he had an enclosed parking garage then he could actually pick a car and just take an elevator with all the spaces numbered and organized, but let’s face it, if a car has sat for that long without being driven, there’s going to be more problems than just finding it and cleaning it. Tires will have flat spots, fluids will have water in them, batteries will be dead… I mean you could have a pit crew prep the car with good tires and fluids in a few minutes, but no matter how you cut it, most of those cars will never be used.
I used to have a 99 rav4 l awd 4 door. I miss that thing so much! I'm glad david is having a great time seeing those rav4s
The fact that he has an 2001 A8 and not an S8. Shows what type of man he is❤❤❤
I guess he collected in the 80s and 90s….
I learned that once you get to a certain amount of money, you can just basically have anything you want, and based on the condition of most of it, do not care about any of it. Just have it. I want that kind of money
That one at 7:34 is Dauer 962 LM - a road legal version of Group C racing Porche 962
Bro called the the 190e dtm car a rally car 💀💀
Rally as in road rally - not like WRC
The car equivalent of not wearing the same dress twice.
Rich people = hm, what car should I drive today?
This guy = hm, which color of testarossa should I pick for today?
The families of the people he murdered. 6:51
10:29 not a rally car. A real 190E EVO II DTM race car
Was that Shooter McGavin in that Bentley?? Almost like a Happy Gilmore motif 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@7:27 = Dauer 962 street car.. Either 962C sometimes called LM- maybe different but doubtful
this is like looking back at my gran turismo 3 collection if it actually rotted in a garage on my memory card.
Imagine how many of them have never been driven 😂😂
8:54 theres 8 of them...
Thing about this collection, is that he had Manufacturers CUSTOM make cars for him. Thats why some of those ferraris and bently's you've never seen before and its because he had them custom make them for him
another example, 7:50 - that isnt a standard F40 interior
I'd say about 95-99% of his collection are essentially paperweights at this point. And most of his one-off's are extremely dated, like the Ferrari F90. But, when you've got unlimited money Ferrari will build you anything.
Always been a huge fan of XJ220, the moment I first saw a pic I was addicted. Naturally I also like the XJS....
This feels like looking at photos taken from the army that were illegal back then but fine now
That South Park episode is one of the best ones 😂🤣 I always go back….
It’s crazy to think that the leak is from the 2000s. Can’t imagine what he has nowadays.
The pictures are from 2001
The side of cars that gets me is the camper conversion companies. I was hoping you would click on the one that said suburban conversion lol
For the geographically challenged, Brunei is a tiny city state on the Island of Borneo. An island who's jungle is so dense it still contains several uncontacted tribes, Thousands of undocumented species, and is one of the only places on earth that isn't completely mapped. Owning a collection like this in a place like that is real silly.
My man.
That XJR was sick
I bet he has the Avanti II Imsa GTO
from what i understand a lot of these pictures are decades old. and most of these cars just sit and rot. like theyre legit in bad shape with no miles, its really sad.
4:54 forgot the mention the McLaren F1 GTR in the back
Theres definitely more than 1
the 5 door ferari wagoon is gooood
do a full review fo the collections please!!!!
7:26 The Dauer 962 Le Mans, it was based on the Porsche 962 race car
The EB110 is the most iconic Bugatti. My favorite.
Silver car at 7:31 is a Porsche 962, he has multiple as you could imagine
7:13 Thats Mr Incredible car 😂💯
that black f40 will be mine one day i strangely like the black with the red stripe. only difference id do is that id have red seats. f1 gt is a must aswell.
As soon as I saw the Batman car. I was conceived this guy did a gta money glitch 😂
It's such a massive collection I bet it'll genuinely drop the classic market if they ever go for sale lmfaooooooo, but also on another note kinda sad I didn't see a jaguar XKR:')
the silver car in the video is a Dauer 962 LM, I believe they found he had 7 of them in the collection
5:49 Completely missing the Ferrari 456 GT Venice in the background.
Bruh, that first Jag you pulled up was the XJ15
you know, better in his hands that the people at currated who would ask an absolute fortune for a car that needs a complete rebuild for sitting for 40 years, and then oversell it for what it is, just an old car
I got that same one! From the Facebook group. It’s so sickkkkkkkkk
I thought he had the only factory yellow f40 that Ferrari “never made”
old soarers, supras, a CELICA GT4? at least there doesn't seem to be an LFA. all those awesome platforms are gonna rot in that garage. I'm gonna go cry in my room.
"VW Harley Quinn" ?...WHAT LOL.......