They could have said ‘We sold the car to that absolute piece of shit, and in light of its undervalued starting price we will buy it back and direct proceeds to the people of his nation.’

Agreed. They are protecting the portfolios of their clients. All 5 of them.

We at Koenigsegg are not willing to stand by on the sidelines and observe this wrongful and harming behavior without reacting

“We at Koenigsegg are not willing to stand by on the sidelines and observe this wrongful and harming behavior without reacting”

To say nothing of the fact a bespoke, highly controlled, extremely limited release vehicle ended up in the hands of a criminal dictator...someone so bad Geneva actually stepped in...perhaps they’re a little misguided in what the actual problem is here.

They say they aren’t worried about it going for market price, but somehow that certain bidders would stop short based on the listed value.

I have long maintained the biggest threats to national security are:

America: Billions and billions spent on weapons but god forbid anyone suggests spending more tax dollars on public education or healthcare because that would be socialism.