5 Rare Ferrari's You Didn’t Know Existed (Brunei Edition)

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5 Rarest Ferrari You Didn’t Know Existed (Brunei Edition)
Here is a list of 5 rare ferrari’s you didn’t know existed! (Located In Brunei, Owned by the House of bolkiah, Brunei Royal Family.
#1. Ferrari 456 GT Venice.
The Ferrari 456 GT Venice is proof that if you have deep enough pockets, you can have almost anything in the automotive world. This is the case since the Sultan of Brunei ordered a station wagon from Ferrari. We know very little about this odd Italian wagon because the royal family is exceedingly secretive about its auto purchases.
The Ferrari 456 GT Venice, as its name suggests, is built on the 456 GT coupe. A 5.5-liter V12 engine with naturally aspirated 436 horsepower and 406 lb-ft of torque. A six-speed manual transmission or a four-speed automatic transmission is used to transfer all of that power to the back wheels.
It's not that simple to convince Ferrari to build you a station wagon, as you might expect. Hagerty claims that Pininfarina created this special wagon, finishing the work in the mid-1990s. The Sultan of Brunei reportedly paid $1.5 million for each of the six prototypes. The basic model, on the other hand, had an initial sticker price of $215,000.
Although no official figures exist, the Ferrari 456 GT Venice differentiated itself mostly from the original car, thanks to its extended wheelbase. The extra development cost and design are likely why Ferrari gave it such a massive price tag. Additionally, this is likely why there was a small batch of them rather than just one example.
#2. Ferrari F90.
After almost 18 years, Ferrari acknowledged that the F90 existed and six were made for the Sultan of Brunei in 1988. A brief passage in the 2005 Ferrari Annual outlined an impressive order of six bespoke supercars which were much more daring than anything Ferrari would have produced themselves.
The project was managed by Enrico Fumia, the head of the Research and Development department at Pininfarina. At the time, the project was top secret, so much so, Ferrari didn’t know of the project. Fumia styled the car and said the F90 name referred to it being a “Ferrari of the ’90s.”
All six F90s used a Ferrari Testarossa chassis which Pininfarina used to sculpt an entirely new body and interior on top of. The engines were stock units, producing 390 bhp to the rear wheels, but the radiators were moved to the front of the car.
After ordering six F90s, the Sultan and his brother Prince Jefri spent the next ten years ordering custom supercars from Aston Martin, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Dauer and more. Just before they stopped the influx of supercars, six Ferrari FXs were made around the 512M and featured William’s F1 electro-hydraulic gearboxes.
So far, none of the Sultan’s special Ferraris have escaped Brunei. Only once was an F90 spotted in Monaco and was captured for a brief note in Cavallino magazine.
When designing the F90 Enrico Fumia also envisioned a front-engine version as well as a four-door sedan. Unfortunately, these could never be presented to Ferrari. It is his hope that one day the F90 might escape the clutches of Brunei to be seen and appreciated by the world.

#3. Ferrari FX.
Back when the Sultan of Brunei stopped spending royal money on custom built supercars, the size and breath of the miniature industry he supported was only slightly revealed. At the time, many cars were still in production and lucky for us, a Ferrari FX, one of the real jewels of the collection, was still being prepared at Williams when its shipping order was canceled.
The FX was like many of the Sultan specials in that it used then current production car underpinnings to support newer and sometimes better bodies, interiors and drive trains. In the case of our feature car, it was modified so extensively, a new name was needed to distinguish it from the 512M it started life as.
Not only is this an interesting vehicle in detail, but it is the fourth in a series of seven nearly identical cars. The Sultan had a habit of buying his cars in bulk, and stretched the design costs of his personal models over several examples. For instance, he bought two Ferrari F90s, six Bentley Grand Prixs and three Aston Martin AM4s.
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