Coach
The Coach is a recurring bus featured as a drivable vehicle in all of the GTA III era games.
Overview
Like its cousin, the Bus, it is one of the heaviest vehicles in the games and is probably also the longest, thus it has very big turning radius. It is reasonably fast for it's size, and has decent brakes. It's also highly durable and has a distinctive ability to carry a large number of passengers. The vehicle is intended to be the Bus' more modern or fancier counterpart, with sleeker bodywork.
The Grand Theft Auto III and Liberty City Stories renditions of the Coach assume a modern design, with a curved front and partially rounded body. Due to its size, the Coach is capable of seating a lot of passengers (up to 8 passengers, as seen in the GTA III mission, "The Fuzz Ball"). The vehicle runs on six wheels, has tinted windows (which do not allow the player to see inside) and has two passenger access doors on both sides. The bus' bodywork permits two paint colors. In GTA III, the Coach is commonly seen throughout Liberty City, with two parked in a shed in Portland Island, south of Joey Leone's workshop.
The Vice City, San Andreas and Vice City Stories renditions of the Coach are essentially older versions of the GTA III Coach. These buses have a more boxy design, with colored stripes running along the sides. However, other design aspects of the vehicle are unchanged from its "future" version. The bus can still hold a large number of passengers (seven in San Andreas), and may be seen stopping at designated bus stops in GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas. In Vice City, there's a semi-secret bus driver 'mini-game'. If you steal the bus and stop at the bus stops, people will get on and you're awarded $10 for each passenger.
In San Andreas, the Coach can be obtained from a car park at the summit of Missionary Hill in San Fierro. They also appear on the main road in Tierra Robada, The Strip in Las Venturas and the road just outside the Los Santos airport at certain specific times of the day.
Locations
Grand Theft Auto III
- Bus depot, Portland View, Portland
- Can be found throughout the city on main roads
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Car park adjacent to TV station building, Missionary Hill, San Fierro
- Can be found on the main road, Tierra Robada
- Can be found outside the Los Santos airport
- Can be found driving on The Strip, Las Venturas
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- Though there are bus stops everywhere in Vice City, they no longer serve any more to stop buses. The only way to obtain this vehicle is to go to Intergloblar films. Once Vic gets on the bus, mission crash is activated.
See also
Gallery
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The Coach, as seen in Grand Theft Auto
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The Coach, as seen in GTA Vice City.
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The Coach, as seen in GTA San Andreas.
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The Coach, as seen in GTA Liberty City Stories
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The Coach, as seen in GTA Vice City Stories
