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At my employer (a car sharing company) we do have this API (for internal use only) and it is extremely fun to use.

When you realise that you can just send commands to a car and get it to do things, the possibilities you can think up are incredible

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Scary thinking about the fact that if there is a billing dispute or anything to that nature, for connected cars in the near future, someone could just turn a car off at whim for a driver. I would hope there is a high regulatory wall formed in the years to come if you want to disable a person's car remotely.

There's something like this already for used car dealerships who lease to high risk customers. A device is installed with a keypad in the compartment. The dealer programs it with a payment schedule and a time. Each time you make your payment, you get a new code and punch it in. If you fail to make a payment on time, car won't start. Some of them even have GPS to assist with reposession.. scary little devices.

http://www.passtimeusa.com/products/products

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