Sultan of Brunei's Custom Ferrari F50 for Sale

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Jul 30th 2010 at 8:00AM

The other day we told you about the Sultan of Brunei's incredible 7,000-strong, multi-billion dollar car collection, boasting among other things some 450 Ferraris. Apparently the collection has been reduced by at least one – the filthy rich ruler's custom 1996 Ferrari F50 has just been listed for sale via global online luxury marketplace JamesList. The price is undisclosed but we expect the rare auto, one of only two right hand drive factory-built F50's in existence, to be worth at least $1 million. Custom made for the Sultan, one of only 359 F50s ever produced, it has 5,000 miles on it. The F50's V12 engine kicks out 513 hp at 8,500 rpm with a torque of 470 nM. It does 0–60 mph in 3.7 seconds and reaches a top speed of 202 mph. Don't worry too much about the Sultan losing one the prize pieces from his collection, however; according to reports he should still have two more F50s in the garage – not to mention the 600 Rolls-Royces....

Tags: car collection, celebrity cars, Ferrari, Ferrari F50, JamesList, Sultan of Brunei

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Wealth

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Mike Aug 1st 2010 2:22PM

Gives a whole new perspective to the term ragtop

marvel4811 Aug 1st 2010 2:27PM

I see last week about the man who traded up to a porsche. WOnder if the sheik would be interested in my Toyota Rav. Just think I would be giving up mileage and save him loads on insurance.

Huber Hanes Aug 1st 2010 2:27PM

So why the sarcastic editorial, Mr. Jared Stern ? Are you so upset because you can't drive one, let alone afford a Ferrari ?

John Aug 1st 2010 3:21PM

Americns have helped buy him all his expensive cars with the high price of oil. We need to get energy independence from the middle east and start tapping some of the vast oil we have under our Federal lands and other blocked areas. We have move oil under our soil than the middle east has ever had, yet the enviormentalist keep us from getting it. Sure, we need other forms of energy independence like wind, solar, bio fuels, etc. but we also have the adom and can do much with what we know about that form of power as well.

lickitysplitforu Aug 1st 2010 6:48PM

Why blame the U.S. we are not the only country in the world! do you think we buy all the oil out there NO we dont if we bought 0 amount of oil he would still have all of these cars and whatever else he has.

Fjrizzu Aug 1st 2010 7:27PM

John, a couple of things:
- Brunei is not in the Middle East.
- Your claim that there is more oil in the USA than the Middle East is not true.
- It's spelled aTom.

John Aug 1st 2010 3:22PM

Americns have helped buy him all his expensive cars with the high
price of oil. We need to get energy independence from the middle
east and start tapping some of the vast oil we have under our Federal
lands and other blocked areas. We have move oil under our soil than
the middle east has ever had, yet the enviormentalist keep us from
getting it. Sure, we need other forms of energy independence like
wind, solar, bio fuels, etc. but we also have the adom and can do
much with what we know about that form of power as well.

pnut166 Aug 1st 2010 3:23PM

450 ferraris ?!? 600 Rolls Royces ?!? Why ??? Surely he has cars costing more than some of his people earn in several lifetimes, yet he probably hasn`t even sat in them.

Ed Aug 1st 2010 3:34PM

Has the Sultan fallen on hard times?

Joann Aug 1st 2010 4:12PM

A bit excessive. I can't even afford to fix the air conditioning in my truck and this guy has six thousand cars!!!!!! What a waste of money and resources!!!!

Jack Ford Aug 1st 2010 5:04PM

OK - I might be interested but I want it changed back to left hand drive and I
want that door on the left side fixed so it will close!

Bleu Lorax Aug 1st 2010 5:37PM

Mr. Stern - Edit your work. Sloppy journalists are lazy and boring.

xxsuperxbuickxx Aug 1st 2010 5:57PM

Boy, I wish I could be his Mechanic. Got to pay better then Jay Leno.

Frank Aug 1st 2010 6:02PM

What a waste of fine cars.....some worthless potentate riding his ass around in these cars is blasphemy.

daisy Aug 1st 2010 6:07PM

hope his gold towel doesn't blow off his head.........and here I am worrying about how to get enough money to pay my electric bill this month and buy enough of HIS EFFN GAS to go to work

richardhead4u6 Aug 1st 2010 8:13PM

We should have roughed those dudes off for their oil fifty years ago. Back then we should have given them twenty or thirty camels and called it even.

gserlin Aug 1st 2010 8:33PM

Brunei is a small country located on an island near Indonesia. Where in the world can the Sultan drive his cars? No wonder this car has only 5000 milels on it!

Jack Aug 1st 2010 9:03PM

He aslo has a house here in Las Vegas that is listed for 28 million dollars

hd Aug 1st 2010 10:51PM

Having so may cars is another form of big di*k envy so prevelant in the Far East Asain/Indonesian area. ALL of these cars are his phallic symbol, and represent penis size envy.
Its just like the office working dork that drives a lifted custom 4x4 that wil never see any "real truck duty" Methinks the Sultan is compensating for his tiny member.
The car is nice as are all of them but 1-2 cars at a time for 1 person is more than enough but let the guy spend teh money ... it employs people in Europe