Sentinel
The Sentinel, a luxury four-door car in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, and Grand Theft Auto IV. It is commonly found throughout the business districts of all the cities. However, some can be seen driving in the general suburbs, and sometimes in the wealthy parts of town. In GTA IV, after collecting all thirty cars for Stevie he agrees to purchase cars from Niko Bellic, with the Sentinel fetching $2,500.
Performance
The Sentinel handles well, with its rear-drive layout sometimes leading to over steer. The Sentinel resembles a 1996-2003 BMW 5 Series sedan (specifically the 528i) in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories. Whilst, in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories it resembles a 1977-1986 BMW 7-series (specifically the 750), as well as a 1987-1994 7-series (also a 750) in GTA San Andreas. During GTA Vice City Stories, the Sentinel XS was used as a gang car for the Mendez Cartel.
The Sentinel in GTA IV is manufactured by Ubermacht and modeled after the BMW 3 series coupe, most likely the 2001-2006 M3, due to the bumper design and rear tail lights.
The Sentinel has a V6 engine in all of the GTA games
Sentinel XS
Since the Sentinel's appearance in GTA3, there has always been a sportier variant. In GTA3, this was only driven by the mafia, and was therefore known as the Mafia Sentinel. This car had the power increase, spoilers and rear window grills, common to all sports Sentinels. Vice City was the first game to feature the name 'XS' to denote the faster Sentinel, however the game system files referred to the car as the 'Mafia.' We therefore know that the Mafia Sentinel in GTA3 was infact a Sentinel XS also.
GTA IV features an updated Sentinel XS. The car remains faithful to previous XS's with its spoilers, window grills and performance upgrades. It also has a large rear spoiler sporting an 'STD' badge; an obvious parody of Subaru's STi marque. STD supposedly stands for "Sentinel Tuning Division". This is a play on BMW's in-house tuning division, M. It is possible the spoiler is just an aftermarket upgrade from an unrelated company, and STD is its logo or name. If you manage to get the hood off and keep the engine bay in good condition, you can clearly see a turbocharger, on the left side of the engine bay. This makes the latest Sentinel XS the fastest iteration yet. It is possible that this is based on the BMW M3 GTR or M3 CSL, both even higher performance versions of the M3.
Despite its rear-drive layout, and powerful engine, the XS is suprisingly steady in corners. The car does not oversteer dramatically in sharp turns, and can weave through traffic at high speed with ease.The Sentinel XS also has a slightly raspier exhaust note than the stock Sentinel due to the dual exhaust with sport silencer.
Locations
GTA III
- Parked outside Marco's Bistro.
- In the Staunton Island LCPD HQ parking lot.
- Parked outside Kenji's Casino.
- In the Francis International Airport parking lot.
GTA Vice City
- The Sentinel and the Sentinel XS are fairly common throughout Eastern Vice City.
- A Sentinel XS can be found in the first parking lot that you pass before arriving at Escobar International Airport.
GTA Vice City Stories
- Can be mostly found near the Vice Point Mall or Escobar International Airport areas.
- Two Sentinel XS's can be found parked at The Mendez mansion on Prawn Island.
- The XS can be also found parked in an alley near the Vice Point Mall car park.
- Several Sentinels can be found at the Washington Beach car park.
GTA San Andreas
- Can be found behind Roboi's Food Mart store.
GTA Liberty City Stories
- The Sentinel spawns inside the the Capital Autos showroom after completing three levels of Car Salesman.
GTA IV
- Can be found almost anywhere, as it's a common car in Liberty City.
- The STD version can be mostly found in Westdyke, Alderney. Sometimes it can be found in Little Italy, Algonquin.
Modifications (GTA San Andreas)
- Color (exterior)
- Exhaust (four varieties)
- Spoilers (four varieties)
- Wheels (ten varieties)
- Nitro (all)
- Bass Boost
- Hydraulics
Gallery
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The Sentinel in GTA Vice City
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The Sentinel XS in GTA Vice City
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The Sentinel in GTA San Andreas
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The Sentinel in GTA Liberty City Stories
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The Sentinel in GTA Vice City Stories
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The Sentinel XS in GTA Vice City Stories
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The Sentinel in GTA IV
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Front view of the Sentinel in Grand Theft Auto IV
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Rear view of the Sentinel
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Front view of the Sentinel XS in Grand Theft Auto IV
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Rear view of the Sentinel XS
See Also
- Mafia Sentinel: A variation of the Sentinel from GTA III and known as the Leone Sentinel in GTA Liberty City Stories.