Inside Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah’s $5 Billion Car Collection

The private garage of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei is not merely a collection of cars; it is an automotive anomaly. With an estimated 7,000 vehicles and a total value hovering around US$5 billion, it represents the largest, most expensive, and most mysterious private car collection in human history. To understand this collection is to understand the extreme, unparalleled wealth of the oil-rich 1980s and 1990s, when the limits of automotive acquisition were essentially redefined by one man and his family.