When cash isn’t any object and what’s on the market does not fit your style, you order a coach-built automobile that matches your necessities. That is precisely what the Sultan of Brunei did within the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties when he and his household spent a number of billions of {dollars} to purchase greater than 7,000 vehicles. This Bentley Turbo R Wagon conversion was certainly one of them.
The household ordered 11 items directly, and this blue instance is the final one constructed. The conversion was finished by Robert Jankel Design, and except for getting an extended roof, the Turbo R additionally acquired an all-wheel-drive system. Assembled in 1992, the luxury wagon goes by the moniker Val-d’Isère, named after a commune in southeastern France identified for its top-class ski resorts.
Legend has it that the wagon value roughly 12 occasions greater than an ordinary Turbo R, which sounds loopy contemplating the common mannequin wasn’t precisely low cost. Beneath the hood is similar turbocharged 6.75-liter V-8 with 296 hp and 487 lb-ft, however that energy is shipped to each axles as an alternative of simply the rear wheels.
This Bentley Turbo R wagon was lately pampered by an expert detailer, therefore why it seems immaculate inside and outside. It is believed the hanging two-tone inside takes after the colour scheme of the Empire Resort constructed as a palace by Prince Jefri, brother of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah. Nevertheless, the opposite 10 vehicles had completely different cabins, together with one with a wild orange and purple combo with stripes.
All of those Turbo R wagons have been bathed in leather-based and wooden. This closing construct is just not as spacious behind the rear seats because it may’ve been, as a {custom} audio system eats into the cargo room. Nevertheless, the roof rails borrowed from a Mercedes W123 wagon present additional practicality.
One other neat truth about this explicit Val-d’Isère is that it is the just one now not a part of the Brunei Royal household’s huge assortment, having been imported to the UK. The Wagon R wagon wasn’t the one custom-made Bentley. Some will bear in mind the Dominator, an SUV launched many years earlier than the Bentayga. The Sultan and his household reportedly commissioned 380 Bentleys, together with elusive fashions such because the Buccaneer, Camelot, Java, Phoenix, Imperial, Rapier, Pegasus, Silverstone, and Spectre.
A yellow Dominator and Java seem within the video under, exhibiting a number of the vehicles which are a part of an unimaginable assortment.