Whoa.. ever seen a Ferrari Station Wagon?

[dieselstation]

A Ferrari 456 GT Estate of which only 7 were made. 6 were for the Sultan of Brunei, and the 7th is for sale! Man this thing is beautiful.

http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/find/4100.asp?lCarID=1679176

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[dolph]

LOL...
damn, that's the best station wagon i've ever seen by far!

 

[Antoneo]

Interesting... btw, last time I went to your site, it was down... Shameless request: Do you have any high resolution pictures of an Audi A4/S4/TT? Those would be nice.

 

[RGN]

that is not right.

 

[z0mb13]

wow it must be nice to be the sultan of brunei

 

[nyeturo989]

Originally posted by: RGN
that is not right.

 

[brunswickite]

i have a 1988 tan oldsmobile cutless cruiser station wagon, now thats what i call a hot ride

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

It really is a handsome design - I remember seeing it years ago in a C&D article about the Sultan.

He has dozens of totally unique Ferraris, including some that are basically stock Formula 1 drivetrains in a roadgoing body. It amazes me that Pininfarina et al go to the effort of designing such pretty cars for a single buyer. Apparently Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and co. create elaborate multimedia sales presentations for him, and each pays a full-time mechanic to live in Brunei and maintain their cars in the Sultan's fleet, which fills several airplane hangars.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
It really is a handsome design - I remember seeing it years ago in a C&D article about the Sultan.

He has dozens of totally unique Ferraris, including some that are basically stock Formula 1 drivetrains in a roadgoing body. It amazes me that Pininfarina et al go to the effort of designing such pretty cars for a single buyer. Apparently Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and co. create elaborate multimedia sales presentations for him, and each pays a full-time mechanic to live in Brunei and maintain their cars in the Sultan's fleet, which fills several airplane hangars.

How do I get mentioned in his will?

 

[dieselstation]

Originally posted by: MistaEng
Interesting... btw, last time I went to your site, it was down... Shameless request: Do you have any high resolution pictures of an Audi A4/S4/TT? Those would be nice.

it's down cuz Cyberwings screwed me. it'll be up again when i have time/money for real hosting. as for Audi, i wish. Audi, Porsche, BMW are some of the high res sources that i'm looking for. not much out there for those 3.

 

[pac1085]

My dad wants a family car and I want a sports car....hmm!

 

[smp]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
It really is a handsome design - I remember seeing it years ago in a C&D article about the Sultan. He has dozens of totally unique Ferraris, including some that are basically stock Formula 1 drivetrains in a roadgoing body. It amazes me that Pininfarina et al go to the effort of designing such pretty cars for a single buyer. Apparently Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and co. create elaborate multimedia sales presentations for him, and each pays a full-time mechanic to live in Brunei and maintain their cars in the Sultan's fleet, which fills several airplane hangars.

Wow, what a glutton pig :|

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: smp

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
It really is a handsome design - I remember seeing it years ago in a C&D article about the Sultan. He has dozens of totally unique Ferraris, including some that are basically stock Formula 1 drivetrains in a roadgoing body. It amazes me that Pininfarina et al go to the effort of designing such pretty cars for a single buyer. Apparently Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and co. create elaborate multimedia sales presentations for him, and each pays a full-time mechanic to live in Brunei and maintain their cars in the Sultan's fleet, which fills several airplane hangars.

Wow, what a glutton pig :|

Ya, I wish I was him too.

 

[PsychoAndy]

Originally posted by: smp

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
It really is a handsome design - I remember seeing it years ago in a C&D article about the Sultan. He has dozens of totally unique Ferraris, including some that are basically stock Formula 1 drivetrains in a roadgoing body. It amazes me that Pininfarina et al go to the effort of designing such pretty cars for a single buyer. Apparently Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and co. create elaborate multimedia sales presentations for him, and each pays a full-time mechanic to live in Brunei and maintain their cars in the Sultan's fleet, which fills several airplane hangars.

Wow, what a glutton pig :|

I'd save that line for americans who can't finish what's on their plate.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Wow, what a glutton pig :|

It gets worse. Apparently at one point he had a huge surplus of spare Bentley parts, and they were becoming unwieldy to store, so he took something like ten tons of them (no doubt worth tens of thousands and probably more) and dumped them off a freighter into the Persian Gulf.

 

[yakko]

I wish I could afford it.

 

[boyRacer]

ferrari never really released this car... good thing... can you imagine the horror if they did?... sorta like Porsche making that SUV... eghk... this was a special request for pininfarina... i don't know why the hell you'd want a ferrari wagon though.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito

Wow, what a glutton pig :|

It gets worse. Apparently at one point he had a huge surplus of spare Bentley parts, and they were becoming unwieldy to store, so he took something like ten tons of them (no doubt worth tens of thousands and probably more) and dumped them off a freighter into the Persian Gulf.

Why would he dump tons of car parts half a world away from his home?

 

[Lucky]

his "home" cost 350 million dollars and features not only nearly 1800 rooms, but 250 toilets and a dining room that seats 4,000.

 

[Siva]

wow, the benefits of being rich without a social conscience. Sign me up

 

[Whitecloak]

Originally posted by: AmusedOne

Originally posted by: Don_Vito

Wow, what a glutton pig :|

It gets worse. Apparently at one point he had a huge surplus of spare Bentley parts, and they were becoming unwieldy to store, so he took something like ten tons of them (no doubt worth tens of thousands and probably more) and dumped them off a freighter into the Persian Gulf.

Why would he dump tons of car parts half a world away from his home?

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
It really is a handsome design - I remember seeing it years ago in a C&D article about the Sultan.

He has dozens of totally unique Ferraris, including some that are basically stock Formula 1 drivetrains in a roadgoing body. It amazes me that Pininfarina et al go to the effort of designing such pretty cars for a single buyer. Apparently Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and co. create elaborate multimedia sales presentations for him, and each pays a full-time mechanic to live in Brunei and maintain their cars in the Sultan's fleet, which fills several airplane hangars.

How do I get mentioned in his will?

hmmm my mom once told me about her female friend marrying one of sultan's family (well not to be a wife, but sort of like a concubine), a 2-3 karat diamond was attached to the friggin invitations!!! Also, as a wedding gift, the guy bought her a hotel in Indonesia, and she gets to pick which one!!!

so maybe you can marry someone in the family.... LOL

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: AmusedOne

Originally posted by: Don_Vito

Wow, what a glutton pig :|

It gets worse. Apparently at one point he had a huge surplus of spare Bentley parts, and they were becoming unwieldy to store, so he took something like ten tons of them (no doubt worth tens of thousands and probably more) and dumped them off a freighter into the Persian Gulf.

Why would he dump tons of car parts half a world away from his home?

I misspoke - it was the South China Sea.

 

[geno]

What a beauty, The 456 and the 550's of that era are F'n beautiful I remember seeing the sultan's yellow (and a red one too I believe) wagon on a few occasions, but the green looks even better


side note, WTF? we can't say f@p anymore? I was f@pping to the beauty of the Ferrari and it's now a forbidden word

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

somebody has toooo much money.