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For the taxi company, see Borgnine Taxis.

The Borgnine in GTA III (Rear quarter view).

The Borgnine is a bonus taxi available in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto Advance.

Description

Available to the player only after a mandatory requirement of 100 completed taxi fares (50 in GTA Advance), the Borgnine in GTA III is a modified Cabbie with a red body and bloody spikes on the front and rear bumpers, while the GTA Advance rendition retains some of the qualities of the GTA III rendition, lacking the spike bumpers and serving as the only other taxi other than the game's Taxi. The Borgnine's handling is far superior to that of the car it's based on.

The Borgnine's name is a homage to Ernest Borgnine, who starred in the 1981 movie Escape from New York as a cab driver named "Cabbie" in a prison-converted Manhattan; in the movie, Cabbie also drives a Checker Marathon from which the Cabbie taxi and Borgnine are based on. The Borgnine's bumpers are perhaps a nod to Cabbie's hazardous profession in the crime-infested prison.

GTA III (Rear quarter view).

GTA III (Rear quarter view).
GTA Advance.

Locations

Grand Theft Auto III

Harwood, Portland - At the Borgnine Taxis company, upon completing 100 taxi fares.

Grand Theft Auto Advance

Red Light District, Portland - At the Hideout, upon completing 50 taxi fares.

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 == Locations ==
 '''Grand Theft Auto III'''
-* [[Harwood]], [[Portland Island]] - At the [[Borgnine Taxis]] company, upon completing 100 taxi fares.
+* [[Harwood]], [[Portland]] - At the [[Borgnine Taxis]] company, upon completing 100 taxi fares.
 '''Grand Theft Auto Advance'''
-* [[Red Light District]], [[Portland Island]] - At the [[Hideout]], upon completing 50 taxi fares.
+* [[Red Light District]], [[Portland]] - At the [[Hideout]], upon completing 50 taxi fares.
 == See also ==