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| vehicle_type = Civilian car
| vehicle_type = Civilian car
| body_style = 4-door hatchback
| body_style = 4-door hatchback
| capacity = 4
| capacity = 4 (driver and passengers)
| game_1 = Grand Theft Auto IV
| game_1 = Grand Theft Auto IV
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=== Design ===
=== Design ===
The Dilettante is depicted as a compact four-door hatchback based on a [[wp:Toyota Prius#2004–2009 (model NHW20)|2004-2009 Toyota Prius]], with headlights from a [[wp:Citroën C4|Citroën C4]]. According to a radio advertisement in the game, the Dilettante is worth $39,999 brand new; which is more expensive then the Prius in real life; which is about $22,000.
The Dilettante is depicted as a compact four-door hatchback based on a [[wp:Toyota Prius#2004–2009 (model NHW20)|2004-2009 Toyota Prius]], with headlights from a [[wp:Citroën C4|Citroën C4]]. According to a radio advertisement in the game, the Dilettante is worth $39,999 brand new; which is more expensive then the Prius in real life; which is about $22,000.
<gallery width="auto" perrow="2" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left;" widths="160">
File:Dilettante-GTAIV-front.jpg|A Dilettante in GTA IV (<small>[[:File:Dilettante-GTAIV-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).
File:Dilettante-GTAIV-advertising.png|An extracted texture of a Dilettante billboard advertising in GTA IV.
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=== Performance ===
=== Performance ===
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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
[[File:Dilettante-GTAIV-advertising.png|250px|thumb|left|An extracted texture of a Dilettante billboard advertising in GTA IV.]]
* The word ''dilettante'' means a dabbler in fine arts, or a connoisseur. It can also mean amateurish or superficial, the latter meaning playing into the stereotype of hybrid owners as caring more about being perceived as eco-friendly than actually trying to help the environment (as is suggested in the advertisement for the car).
* The word ''dilettante'' means a dabbler in fine arts, or a connoisseur. It can also mean amateurish or superficial, the latter meaning playing into the stereotype of hybrid owners as caring more about being perceived as eco-friendly than actually trying to help the environment (as is suggested in the advertisement for the car).
* Unlike [[Monstrosity|other]] [[Thunder|vehicles]] [[Womb|advertised]] [[Insurrection|on the radio]], the Dilettante is the first to exist as a drivable vehicle within the game.
* Unlike [[Monstrosity|other]] [[Thunder|vehicles]] [[Womb|advertised]] [[Insurrection|on the radio]], the Dilettante is the first to exist as a drivable vehicle within the game.
* The two default radio stations in the Dilettante are [[IF99 - International Funk]] and [[K109 The Studio]].
* The two default radio stations in the Dilettante are [[IF99 - International Funk]] and [[K109 The Studio]].
* At the end of the Dilettante advertisement on the Rockstar website, the car is caved in at the front, despite it being "new."
* At the end of the Dilettante advertisement on the Rockstar website, the car is caved in at the front, despite it being "new."
* In perfect condition this car can be sold in the [[S&M Auto Sales]] for $2,000
* In perfect condition this car can be sold in the [[S&M Auto Sales]] for $2,000 in GTA IV after completing [[Stevie's Car thefts]].


== Locations ==
== Locations ==
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