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Imagine waiting six years for your hypercar, priced at around $3 million, to finally arrive, only for someone to strike it with blunt force within days of you getting to drive it. It is very much a champagne problem, no doubt, but still a problem. And that is reportedly what the owner of the world’s first customer-delivered Koenigsegg Gemera is dealing with right now.

As per reports that first circulated on social media and were later highlighted more widely, the Johan Röd Koenigsegg Gemera in question was recently parked outside the luxury Hotel d'Angleterre in Copenhagen, Denmark. At some point during the night, an unidentified person allegedly used rocks to smash the windows, doors and mirrors of the four-seat hypercar. Danish police are said to be investigating the matter and reviewing surveillance footage from the surrounding area, while the motive remains unclear.

Koenigsegg first revealed the Gemera in March 2020, but it took years before the first customer car entered production. This specific example was publicly unveiled earlier this summer, after which its owner began driving it across Europe in August. Parts of that trip were shared on the Instagram account of the dealership from which the car was collected.

Naturally, a hypercar worth several million dollars is bound to draw attention wherever it appears. However, this particular example seems to have attracted some negative attention even before the reported vandalism. On a few Danish subreddits, the car had already become a topic of discussion after being spotted several times. While many people admired the Koenigsegg, there were also multiple comments pointing out that the car was not displaying the required front number plate.

What upset some observers even more was that the car was seen wearing Swedish temporary plates. Reddit users objected to the fact that it was being driven around Denmark without being registered there, which they claimed meant the owner had not yet paid the 150-percent tax applied to a car this expensive. Some commenters said they considered that deeply unfair.

Thankfully, the damage to the Gemera appears to be repairable, even if the repair bill will almost certainly be substantial. Hopefully, the car’s next chapter involves more time out on the road and far fewer rocks.