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The buyer of an ultra-limited hypercar typically enjoys a closer relationship with its maker than when he or she purchases a more run-of-the-mill car, and, indeed, Swedish builder Koenigsegg likes to keep close ties with its customers. How close? Well, company founder Christian von Koenigsegg can track all the GPS-equipped cars the automaker has built with an app on his phone. It’s a lot less weird or nefarious than it may come across, though.
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Koenigsegg showed a reporter with Car Buzz the app at the Geneva auto show, confirming its existence. The app allows the company boss to have direct communication with his customers in developing hardware and software upgrades, troubleshooting problems, and creating a better ownership experience in general.
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“It’s technically possible to place a camera inside the vehicles, and I could see the drivers, but that’d be creepy,” Koenigsegg told Car Buzz. Creepy indeed.
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One has to wonder, though, if it’s theoretically possible for Koenigsegg to be subpoenaed by a court to release this GPS data. A highly unlikely scenario, but as an abundance of caution, maybe don’t use your Koenigsegg as a getaway car.
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A version of this story originally appeared on Road & Track.
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