Christian von Koenigsegg would possibly make hypercars that push the boundaries of automotive engineering, however he has a commute to work like the remainder of us. You’d assume he would drive one among his personal creations, however a current Instagram put up reveals his commuter automotive is one thing a lot easier—a Toyota GR Yaris.

Toyota doesn’t supply the Yaris or the warmer GR variant in the USA, so we are going to reside vicariously by way of Koenigsegg, watching him pilot the hatch to work. The little runabout has a 1.6-liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine making a punchy 280 horsepower and 288 pound-feet of torque within the newest iteration, which seems to be what Koenigsegg is driving.

The video opens with Koenigsegg quipping, “Three-cylinder insanity within the morning,” which is an efficient strategy to begin the day when it’s turbocharged and linked to the six-speed handbook transmission. The video reveals off his commute, a crisp shift from first to second, and the gates to his firm as he pulls into work earlier than ending.

It’s wild to assume that the mastermind behind a number of the world’s quickest and strongest automobiles would drive a Toyota to work. However this is not the primary time we have seen Koenigsegg behind the wheel of exemplary Japanese equipment. He famously drove a Mazda MX-5 all through his school years, which he purchased again in 2019 after a few years away from possession.

The GR Yaris just isn’t your typical automotive from the mainstream Japanese firm, nevertheless it have to be enjoyable if it will get Koenigsegg up each morning.