Cars you didn't know existed...

[SpeckledJim]

Jesus that's a poor effort.

"OK Tony, the top edge has to be this shape. We're thinking 'bubble' for the rest. Over to you."

[Blown2CV]

SpeckledJim said:

Jesus that's a poor effort.

"OK Tony, the top edge has to be this shape. We're thinking 'bubble' for the rest. Over to you."

to be fair it looks like the bumper has warped over time. It looks like a sad fish with a hair lip

[focusxr5]

Bentley Dominator. I literally just learned of it's existence 10 minutes ago.

[Dapster]

focusxr5 said:

Bentley Dominator. I literally just learned of it's existence 10 minutes ago.

Sultan of Brunei bespoke build - he commissioned endless specials over the years. He kept a few manufacturers alive during the 90's.

[CallMeLegend]

Dapster said:

focusxr5 said:

Bentley Dominator. I literally just learned of it's existence 10 minutes ago.

Sultan of Brunei bespoke build - he commissioned endless specials over the years. He kept a few manufacturers alive during the 90's.

Sadly, rather asking "can I" he clearly never asked "should I"

[focusxr5]

This one looks like the result of a 350Z and a Continental GT finding out they were brother and sister, and then shagging anyway. Truly awful

[Doofus]

focusxr5 said:

This one looks like the result of a 350Z and a Continental GT finding out they were brother and sister, and then shagging anyway. Truly awful

It looks like Leepu made it.

[Dapster]

CallMeLegend said:

Sadly, rather asking "can I" he clearly never asked "should I"

On the plus side, the Sultan is the instigator behind the most incredible car in creation, a RHD black 288 GTO!

[Mannginger]

That looks like the most uncomfortable driving position!

[DoctorX]

Who cares about the driving position

The best looking car ever.

[Motoring12345]

Peugeot Pars aka Iranian facelifted Peugeot 405

[Jimmy Recard]

StuntmanMike said:

That’s not a body kit. That was the car.

The SI was a 1600 and was the cooking model. It replaced the XR2i and the RS Turbo because they were becoming uninsurable.

I wouldn't say it was the cooking model, there were loads of versions beneath it in the range. It was toward the top

[tog]

Dapster said:

There's one of these that lives (or used to) in West London. Saw a few times in the Ladbroke Grove area. Quite the thing for tooling about town in.

[Dapster]

tog said:

Dapster said:

There's one of these that lives (or used to) in West London. Saw a few times in the Ladbroke Grove area. Quite the thing for tooling about town in.

The Ferrari 456 "Venice" was commissioned by the Sultan's brother - Prince Jefri. He ordered 7 but only took delivery of 6 - the 7th was bought by someone in the UK and is most likely the one you saw - "1 XO". Apparenty cost Jefri £1m each




He had 7 Saloons and 2 hideous Spyders built at the same time

Edited by Dapster on Monday 17th August 19:13

[biggbn]

focusxr5 said:

This one looks like the result of a 350Z and a Continental GT finding out they were brother and sister, and then shagging anyway. Truly awful

I quite like it, wheels apart. Got a Zagatoesque vibe

[soxboy]

Dapster said:

The Ferrari 456 "Venice" was commissioned by the Sultan's brother - Prince Jefri. He ordered 7 but only took delivery of 6 - the 7th was bought by someone in the UK and is most likely the one you saw - "1 XO". Apparenty cost Jefri £1m each



He had 7 Saloons and 2 hideous Spyders built at the same time

There looks to be quite a lot of Peugeot 406 in each of those.

[Steamer]

Dapster said:

The Ferrari 456 "Venice" was commissioned by the Sultan's brother - Prince Jefri. He ordered 7 but only took delivery of 6 - the 7th was bought by someone in the UK and is most likely the one you saw - "1 XO". Apparenty cost Jefri £1m each

that is what I had heard too.

I've seen that one close up and it really is a nice car (albeit that was about 16 / 17 years ago)

[Doofus]

soxboy said:

There looks to be quite a lot of Peugeot 406 in each of those.

Pininfarina innit.

[tog]

Dapster said:

The Ferrari 456 "Venice" was commissioned by the Sultan's brother - Prince Jefri. He ordered 7 but only took delivery of 6 - the 7th was bought by someone in the UK and is most likely the one you saw - "1 XO". Apparenty cost Jefri £1m each

Yes, that's the one. Before then I remember it being advertised for sale around 2001/2 with a London dealer. I was working for a regional press agency at the time and enquired about photographing it for the popular press but the dealer wasn't keen. Price was POA but I think far less than build cost.

[ddom]

Most of the ‘Saudi Specials’ are truly awful. But why not, you know as a supplier you just need to say ‘Yes Sir’ and bank some easy money.

Amusing though, Ferrari set out to rid the world of replicas bud have made some bespoke howlers