Wild photos show Sultan of Brunei's $5 billion collection of 7,000 cars and there's so much that'll blow you away

The Sultan of Brunei is probably the most famous supercar collector in the world.

Reports vary, but most sources agree that he owns at least 7,000 cars, worth around $5 billion.

It’s one thing to say it, but it’s even more shocking when you get to see it.

Unfortunately, there’s also something people won’t be happy to see.

Leaked images of the 7,000 cars show the reality of the Sultan of Brunei’s collection

A while back, someone leaked images of some of the cars online and what emerged was a picture that did not match people’s expectations.

What we imagined was a museum-like garage – probably the size of a small nation state – packed with glittering one-offs, sort of like the Rainbow Sheikh’s collection or maybe the collection of Ion Țiriac.

But the state of the collection revealed something else.

While many of these vehicles were indeed in good shape, so many cars in the Sultan’s collection looked like they had been forgotten about and neglected, including a Batmobile he apparently also owns.

That’s hardly surprising, to be honest.

The Sultan of Brunei owns some record-breaking showstoppers, but also so many cars he bought as a spur-of-the-moment thing and then totally forgot about.

He clearly hasn’t driven so many of these cars in ages.

Some of these cars are in fairly bad shape

Housed in a facility somewhere in the country, images of the collection have been leaked over the years, and some of the less-special supercars have started to grow their own dust farms.

The folder showcased eight Ferrari F40s, an entire multicolored row of Porsche 959s, four Bugatti EB110s, and eight of the 106 McLaren F1s.

Some cars, such as a one-of-five Ferrari 288 GTO Evoluzione, look even worse.

They’re transitioning from dusty to rusty – pardon the silly figure of speech.

Other models showed a similar level of exhausted exteriors, as the echoes of their pleas to get back on the road ring around the atmosphere.

The silver lining is that while so many cars are clearly being neglected, even more vehicles are clearly being looked after, as you can see from the images here.