GreenBkk Auto | Mysterious Collection of Exotic Cars Is for Sale

Mysterious Collection of Exotic Cars Is for Sale

By JONATHAN SCHULTZ

Whenever a fantasy garage is liquidated, questions invariably arise that bear little concern for the cars’ mileage or service histories.

A private sale under way “outside New Zealand,” according to the sale’s official Web site (and which we first read about on Jalopnik) has the enthusiast community scratching its collective head and postulating intrigues that would befit a Robert Ludlum thriller.

Over 20 Ferraris are offered, ranging in vintage from a Daytona 365 GTB to a 599 GTB Fiorano, with Enzos, F40s and Testarossas sprinkled between. A Dino 246 GT and another Daytona 365 GTB have already sold for undisclosed sums. Other rare supercars, including a Jaguar XJ220, a Porsche 964 Turbo S Leichtbau and a Cizeta V16, are also for sale.

Aside from the breadth of exotica available, the sale is notable for the cars’ low mileage: in most cases, odometer readings reflect destination driving and nothing more. The collection was rarely, if ever, driven, and all vehicles are unregistered.

Those factoids have led some to accredit the trove to the sultan of Brunei, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah — by any measure the world’s most avid private collector of automobiles, with an estimated 7,000 vehicles in his care. The sultan’s wealth would preclude a sale to raise personal funds, however, as posited by Jalopnik, the manifold legal woes of Mr. Bolkiah’s brother, Jefri, could have prompted the sell-off — if the sultan is indeed the collection’s owner.

All prices are quoted in New Zealand dollars. International shoppers will be required to pay freight, entry duties and registration on their purchases.

Credit: The New York Times