Ex-Lamborghini engineer sold a V16 supercar to Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah – now you can buy this super-rare Cizeta for a cool US$729,000

Nov 28 , 2020

The Sultan of Brunei and his 1993 Cizeta V16T supercar, now on sale for more than US$700,000. Photos: @HassanalBolkia4/Twitter, Curated

Former Lamborghini and Ferrari engineers built the cars at Cizeta, which was co-founded by Claudio Zampolli and famed record producer Giorgio Moroder, with Marcello Gandini, the man who designed the Countach and Miura, at the 1993 Cizeta V16T’s design helm

Low mileage, high performance and rarity are all great, but an interesting backstory is what separates the ordinary from the highly coveted when it comes to classic cars. Now there’s a supercar up for sale in Miami that has all that and more.

An extremely rare 1993 Cizeta V16T, formerly belonging to the Sultan of Brunei, is up for grabs through Curated, a dealership specialising in vintage supercars.

Cizeta, a short-lived supercar company founded by ex-Lamborghini engineer and exotic-car dealer Claudio Zampolli, and famed record producer Giorgio Moroder, built just 17 cars during its main production run from 1988 to 1994 – and this is one of them.

Given its history and rarity, Curated is asking a lot for the car – US$729,000 to be exact. And lest you think that the pandemic might have destroyed the market for ultra-high-end vehicles, car auctions have actually seen a boom over the last several months. Auction companies like Hemmings and Bring a Trailer have noted a spike in demand, despite overall uncertainty in the economy.

Check out the Cizeta and its story below – you probably won’t see another one on the market for a while.

The 1993 Cizeta V16T up for sale is one of only around a dozen of this model ever built, and it’s the only example finished in blue on blue. The Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, bought it new in 1993, adding it to a collection that’s reported to run to several thousand cars.