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[[Image:Cheetah-GTAVC-police-front.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A VCPD Cheetah in GTA Vice City. Note the red strobe light and brown interior and mirror placement.]]
[[Image:Cheetah-GTAVC-police-front.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A VCPD Cheetah in GTA Vice City. Note the red strobe light and brown interior and mirror placement.]]


The '''VCPD Cheetah''' is an undercover police version of the [[Cheetah]] used by the Vice City Police Department ([[VCPD]]) in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]. It is also known as the '''Vice Cheetah''' in GTA Vice City based solely on its model name in the game's files.
The '''police variant of the Cheetah''' is an undercover police version of the [[Cheetah]] used by the Vice City Police Department ([[VCPD]]) in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]. It known simply as the '''Cheetah''' in GTA Vice City with '''Vice Cheetah''' as its internal internal model name, and the '''VCPD Cheetah''' in GTA Vice City Stories.


==Overview==
==Description==
The Police Cheetah is driven by two undercover agents equipped with Uzi Sub-Machine Guns who chase you upon attaining a 3 star wanted level. Like most law enforcement vehicles, entry into the car allows the player to activate the [[Vigilante]] side mission.
The police Cheetah is exactly the same as a regular Cheetah, albeit with the addition of a flashing red strobe light and siren. Like most law enforcement vehicles, entry into the car allows the player to activate the [[Vigilante]] side mission. Incidentally, the police Cheetah is one of the two [[Pay n Spray|respray-able]] police vehicles in the whole GTA series (the other being GTA III's FBI car), making it a great choice for the Vigilante side mission; in GTA Vice City Stories, however, the VCPD Cheetah cannot be resprayed.


The Police Cheetah is exactly the same as a regular Cheetah, albeit with the addition of a flashing red strobe light and siren. Incidentally, the Police Cheetah is one of the two [[Pay n Spray|respray-able]] police vehicles in the whole GTA series (the other being GTA III's FBI car), making it a great choice for the Vigilante side mission, however in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] the VCPD Cheetah acts as a different vehicle compared to the Vice City rendition and cannot be resprayed. Evading the Cheetah is nearly impossible, and once you get stopped, undercover police men in polos hop out with sub-machine guns.
The police Cheetah is normally driven by two [[Vice Squad|undercover agents]] equipped with Uzi sub-machine guns who chase you upon attaining a 3 star wanted level; evading the police Cheetah is nearly impossible in this case.
 
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==Locations==
==Locations==
'''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'''
;GTA Vice City
* [[Little Havana]], [[Vice City Mainland]] - Behind the police station (not available in the original PS2 version)
* [[Little Havana]], [[Vice City Mainland]] - Behind the police station (not available in the original PS2 version)


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The two undercover officers that pursue you in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories strongly resemble Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, the primary characters from the landmark 1980s TV series ''[[wikipedia:Miami Vice|Miami Vice]]''.
* The two undercover officers that pursue you in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories strongly resemble Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, the primary characters from the landmark 1980s TV series ''[[wp:Miami Vice|Miami Vice]]''. Furthermore, the Cheetah itself is styled after the 1986 Ferrari Testarossa, Crockett and Tubbs' vehicle of choice in the latter three series of the show.
*Furthermore, the Cheetah itself is styled after the 1986 Ferrari Testarossa, Crockett and Tubbs' vehicle of choice in the latter three series of the show.


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Revision as of 18:11, 17 March 2010

A VCPD Cheetah in GTA Vice City. Note the red strobe light and brown interior and mirror placement.

The police variant of the Cheetah is an undercover police version of the Cheetah used by the Vice City Police Department (VCPD) in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. It known simply as the Cheetah in GTA Vice City with Vice Cheetah as its internal internal model name, and the VCPD Cheetah in GTA Vice City Stories.

Description

The police Cheetah is exactly the same as a regular Cheetah, albeit with the addition of a flashing red strobe light and siren. Like most law enforcement vehicles, entry into the car allows the player to activate the Vigilante side mission. Incidentally, the police Cheetah is one of the two respray-able police vehicles in the whole GTA series (the other being GTA III's FBI car), making it a great choice for the Vigilante side mission; in GTA Vice City Stories, however, the VCPD Cheetah cannot be resprayed.

The police Cheetah is normally driven by two undercover agents equipped with Uzi sub-machine guns who chase you upon attaining a 3 star wanted level; evading the police Cheetah is nearly impossible in this case.

Locations

GTA Vice City

Trivia

  • The two undercover officers that pursue you in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories strongly resemble Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, the primary characters from the landmark 1980s TV series Miami Vice. Furthermore, the Cheetah itself is styled after the 1986 Ferrari Testarossa, Crockett and Tubbs' vehicle of choice in the latter three series of the show.
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