{"id":769096,"date":"2026-07-17T22:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T22:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/769096\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T22:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T22:23:12","slug":"man-with-staggering-20-billion-net-worth-put-a-car-order-in-so-big-that-mercedes-had-to-shut-down-its-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/769096\/","title":{"rendered":"Man with staggering $20 billion net worth put a car order in so big that Mercedes had to shut down its factory"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Man<\/p>\n

A man with a staggering $20 billion net worth once placed a car order so enormous that it reportedly forced Mercedes to temporarily shut down part of one of its factories.<\/p>\n

The extraordinary request came from Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, better known as the Rainbow Sheikh.<\/p>\n

Instead of buying a single luxury car, he commissioned an entire fleet of custom-built Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans.<\/p>\n

The colorful collection remains one of the most famous bespoke car orders ever created.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Sheikh shut down a Mercedes factory<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Sheikh has built a reputation as one of the world\u2019s most eccentric car collectors, with thousands of vehicles spread across several museums in the UAE.<\/p>\n

But one of the most legendary stories from his collection dates back to the early 1990s, when he ordered a fleet of Mercedes-Benz W126 S-Class models unlike anything the automaker had produced before.<\/p>\n

Rather than requesting multiple cars in the same specification, the Sheikh wanted seven separate S-Class sedans, each finished in a different color of the rainbow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/a>Emirates National Auto Museum<\/p>\n

Every detail matched the exterior paintwork, including the carpets, seats, dashboard, steering wheel, and even the air conditioning vents.<\/p>\n

He also requested an eighth car painted in every color of the rainbow at once, completing the unique collection that would later earn him the nickname \u2018Rainbow Sheikh\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/a>Emirates National Auto Museum<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/a>Emirates National Auto Museum<\/p>\n

According to longstanding reports, the order was so large and so time-sensitive that Mercedes temporarily halted production in part of one of its factories so workers could focus on completing the bespoke fleet.<\/p>\n

Today, the entire collection is displayed inside the Emirates National Auto Museum, where visitors can still see the rainbow-colored Mercedes lineup exactly as it was commissioned decades ago.<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/a>@shahzaman_th0ttan<\/p>\n

His $20 billion net worth has bought some beauties<\/p>\n

The rainbow Mercedes cars are only a small part of the Sheikh\u2019s remarkable collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He also owns the world\u2019s largest drivable Hummer H1, a gigantic creation complete with two floors of living space and its own kitchen.<\/p>\n

Other highlights include the enormous Dodge Power Wagon, oversized custom trucks, rare American classics, and even one of the earliest automobiles ever built<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/a>Supercar Blondie<\/p>\n

His collection is estimated to contain thousands of vehicles worth around $160 million, making it one of the largest and most unusual private automotive collections anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

While most wealthy collectors chase limited-edition Ferraris or Lamborghinis, the Rainbow Sheikh has always preferred something much more unusual.<\/p>\n

\"Man<\/a>Emirates National Auto Museum<\/p>\n

And few purchases demonstrate that better than the legendary Mercedes order that was reportedly so ambitious it brought part of the German automaker\u2019s production line to a standstill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man with a staggering $20 billion net worth once placed a car order so enormous that it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-769096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}