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Watch Floyd Mayweather Leading a Bugatti Convoy in His New Koenigsegg Trevita – Video

n a regular basis, videos shot by car enthusiasts who do that for a living wouldn’t make for a great deal. But when the actor of the clip is the five-division boxing champion, things tend to get interesting. It’s not because he’s a funny guy, but there’s not one car Floyd Mayweather owns that will not provoke instant excitement once seen on the road.
Floyd Mayweather Leading a Bugatti Convoy in His New Koenigsegg Trevita 1 photo
Photo: FightHype.com on Youtube
You may have heard that Floyd Mayweather has recently added one of the rarest vehicles on the planet (on one of the most expensive for that matter) to his collection. We’re talking about one of only three ever produce by a new carmaker based in Sweden that goes by the name Koenigsegg. They create their vehicles in small numbers and regularly use patented technologies that make every unit unique. The CCXR Trevita Mayweather now owns is a hell of a supercar that could compete with the likes of the Bugatti Veyron with ease.

This work of art is not just using the lightweight material only the aviation industry used to have, but they found a way to create a white carbon fiber body work. When the sun lights bright on this beauty, the exclusive material shines like millions of diamonds. Then, there’s a 4.8-liter V8 engine producing an impressive 1,032 horsepower and 796 lb-ft (1098 Nm) of torque. You may have heard of these figures and other unique features before, but have you noticed the ghost sign on the glass engine cover?

The ghost

At first we thought it’s not a stock feature, but we found there's a hell of a unique story behind it. According to Alving1tang, this sign relates to the former Swedish army airplane hangar where the Koenigsegg cars are being built. Apparently, the squad that used to occupy this hangar was actually the oldest fighter plane squadron from the country, dating back to the 1930s. Since the aviation industry was still young, back then pilots would have to fly using just their senses, no GPS included.

Because of that, they would always take off before dawn and come back after dusk, so people only heard these planes but never saw them. Therefore, everybody called them ghosts, which was cool enough for the squadron to adopt the symbol. “The Show Must Go On” was another of their symbols, a slogan they would paint on each aircraft. However, with the transformation of the hangar into a car factory, the show stopped.

Some of the employees that used to work on the airplanes couldn’t just watch how the curtain drops. Instead, they asked Koenigsegg if he could at least keep the ghost sign on their cars, and he said yes.

Here we are now, wondering whether or not Floyd Mayweather has any clue about this detail or if he even cares about such things. What do you guys think?

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