---
title: "Christian Von Koenigsegg Drives a Toyota GR Yaris and We Love Him for That"
date: "2025-04-05"
modified: "2025-04-05"
authors:
  - name: "Beverly Braga"
    job_title: "Weekend Editor"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/christian-von-koenigsegg-drives-a-toyota-gr-yaris-and-we-love-him-for-that"
categories:
  - "Koenigsegg News"
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---

# Christian Von Koenigsegg Drives a Toyota GR Yaris and We Love Him for That

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2024-gryaris-manual-preciousmetal-dpl-dynamic-005.jpg>)
*\<em\>Jayson Fong\</em\>*

Hypercar builders—they're just like us. At least Christian von Koenigsegg might be, because he apparently drives a [Toyota Yaris](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/34342/dead-in-the-us-toyota-yaris>). That's right! Despite having access to some of the wildest automobiles in the world, he appears to love his three-cylinder hot hatch.

Okay, Koenigsegg is not at all like us, and vice versa. For one, he is the founder and CEO of the record-breaking hypercar company that bears his name. I've got IDs and bills that have my name, but that's kind of it. The Swedish car builder also isn't the only ultra-fast-car boss to daily something basic compared to what they actually build. [Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/mate-rimac-drives-an-e39-bmw-m5-to-his-day-job-as-a-hypercar-ceo>) takes an E39 [BMW](<https://www.thedrive.com/category/bmw-news>) M5 to work. Koenigsegg, though, commutes in a tiny [Toyota](<https://www.thedrive.com/category/toyota-news>).

In a [video](<https://www.instagram.com/p/DH-yLg-Ce3-/>) shared through his [unverified Instagram account](<https://www.instagram.com/heycvk/>), Koenigsegg utters, "Three-cylinder madness in the morning," before hopping into a [GR Yaris](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/is-this-mid-engine-toyota-gr-yaris-actually-a-test-bed-for-a-new-mr2>) for his drive. The Plain Jane Yaris we got in the States was discontinued after the 2020 model year. Of course, the [2021 GR Yaris](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/41784/2021-toyota-gr-yaris-first-drive-review-rally-bred-fun-lives-up-to-the-hype>) shows up abroad a year later as the ultimate sporty subcompact forbidden fruit. Sigh.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DH-yLg-Ce3-/

Koenigsegg's commuter hot hatch looks like the updated GR Yaris. With the 2024 model year, the GR Yaris power increased from an already punchy 268 horsepower to 280, and its torque jumped from 273 pound-feet to 288. All from a 1.6-liter turbo-three mated to a six-speed manual.

If this is Koenigsegg's current daily, it wouldn't be his first suped-up subcompact Toyota. He previously owned a 2021 GR Yaris Circuit Pack that [sold for 36,000 Euros](<https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2021-toyota-gr-yaris-circuit-pack-14>) in 2022.

The hypercar head honcho's affinity for fun small cars shouldn't be a surprise. Koenigsegg is a fan of the [MX-5 Miata](<https://www.thedrive.com/category/mazda-miata>) and famously claimed that [if he had one tank of gas left](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/christian-von-koenigsegg-still-drives-the-1992-mazda-miata-he-bought-at-19>), he'd put it in the [Mazda](<https://www.thedrive.com/category/mazda-news>) roadster. Miata is always the answer, after all. Well, except when you're driving a GR Yaris, perhaps.

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## Author
Born and raised in Hawaii, Beverly has been a prolific and published creative writer since her teens. As a contributor to The Drive, Beverly covers the weekend shift, blogging about all things automotive, mobility, transportation, and topics in-between. Currently a digital nomad, Beverly's only constant is her car, a second-generation Mazdaspeed3. Even though she's never in one place for too long, her hot hatch always feels like home.

### Author social links  
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