Koenigsegg's ghost, the Ghost Squadron, which is also the brand's logo, has just been sold for a staggering sum at auction in Belgium.
Koenigsegg's reflection, Ghost Squadron, is a tribute to the Swedish fighter pilots who were at the factory, because the cars were created. Now the logo is made on a huge scale and sold for staggering amounts.
The giant aluminum statue, which weighs 25 kilos, was created by Briton Toby Southan, but has just been sold at an auction in Belgium.
If you ask the Brit, there is no cooler logo in the world. Which is also why Southan, who is trained as a sheet metal worker, took the plunge.
The story goes that the division of fighter pilots took the logo with them when they moved from Malmo into Ängelholm. The logo was retained by the pilots until their workplace was shut down at the beginning of the new millennium.
At the time, Koenigsegg was just a few years old company. But founder Christian von Koenigsegg understood the value in paying tribute to the Swedish compatriots. That is why he asked for permission to use the mirror.
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The Ghost Squadron has been and is on all Koenigsegg cars today. But you have to look carefully to spot it all around the cars.
Toby Southan is left without any 25 kilo heavy logo. He has sold it on the auction site Bring A Trailer for a whopping 76,500 dollars, corresponding to 538,000 Danish kroner.
The buyer is anonymous under the name Daniel C. But in his last comment to the bidding round he writes: Can anyone help explain it to the wife?
It also cannot be ruled out that Koenigsegg itself has bid and perhaps even lobbied with the highest bid. Who knows who Daniel C. is?
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