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Before Bentayga, Bentley Built 6 Special Dominator SUVs For Sultan Of Brunei, Each Costing $3.7 Million
Before Bentayga, Bentley built 6 special Dominator SUVs for Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III.
Each of SUVs built in 1995 cost $3.7 Million, which was enough to keep Bentley out of bankruptcy at that time.
The Bentley Dominator, a 4-wheel drive luxury Sport Utility built on a Range Rover chassis, debuted as a concept in 1994.
Dominator came at a time when the super rich wanted a luxurious SUV and the only option available then was Range Rover.
It has been described as the long lost ancestor of the Bentayga and Cullinan, since Bentley was once owned by Rolls-Royce.
The over ₦300 million ultra-luxury Bentayga might be the first ever mass-produced in-house Bentley, but the high-riding land yacht isn’t the first luxury SUV to wear the Flying B Badge.
The Bentley Dominator, a 4-wheel drive luxury Sport Utility built on a Range Rover chassis, debuted as a concept in 1994. The concept was brought to life through funds provided by Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III.
In all, just 6 Dominators with different colors were specially built for him in 1995 at a cost £3 million per car, which was enough to keep Bentley out of bankruptcy at that time.
No one knew the Bentley Dominator luxury offroaders existed until photos of 2 being loaded into a private jet on its way Brunei were snapped.
The Bentley Dominator came at a time when the super rich like Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah wanted a luxurious off-roader and the only option available then was the Range Rover.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, a former world’s richest man, still boasts of over 8,000 luxury cars, including 600 Rolls-Royces, over 400 Ferraris and 150+ Koenigsegg. He was credited during the 90’s with supplying roughly half of Rolls-Royce’s sales income.
The Bentley Dominator SUV has been described by many as the long lost ancestor of the Bentley Bentayga and Rolls-Royce Cullinan, since Bentley was once owned by Rolls-Royce.
