Cognoscenti

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A Cognoscenti in GTA IV (Rear quarter view).

The Enus Cognoscenti (prounounced as Con-Yo-Senti) is a luxury sedan or limousine appearing in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

Description

Design

The Cognoscenti is mostly based on the Maybach 62 (or 57 variant) sedan, in nature as well as its general appearance. To distinguish the car, very slight cues are taken from cars like the Bentley Spur, Rover 75 or Rolls Phantom. Because of its size, the police describe the Cognoscenti as a "limo" over the police radio; the car may also appear with one-tone or two-tone colors.

All versions in GTA IV come with alarms, but the ones at Pegorino's house do not trigger when the doors are opened. Like the Turismo at Mikhail Faustin's house in Beachgate, Broker, it will trigger when a window is smashed in a full speed collision.

For the GTA Chinatown Wars rendition, the design of the car has been reduced in size to that of a standard four-door sedan, but retains many of its GTA IV design cues, such as the two-tone body color and fascia design.

GTA IV (Rear quarter view). GTA IV (Rear quarter view). GTA Chinatown Wars.

Performance

In GTA IV, the Cognoscenti is one of the larger cars in the game, with an exceptionally long body for a sedan. The weight and length of the car make it more of a vanity vehicle than one useful for missions; its speed and handling are inferior to other sedans found throughout the city. However, it boasts a powerful engine and rear wheel drive, so slides and oversteer can be achieved. The suspension has a good balance of soft/firm, meaning that the car doesn't float over the bumps, whilst not jarring over them either.

The GTA Chinatown Wars rendition is more maneuverable, given its shorter wheelbase and size, allowing the car to accelerate faster, steer around corners more easily and brake responsively.

Variants

• A unique baby blue Cognoscenti is requested in Stevie's Car Thefts. The car will be constantly spawn in Alderney City, Alderney until it is delivered to Stevie, allowing the player to store one at their safehouse before delivering another copy to Stevie.
• A pearl white-painted Cognoscenti can be stolen outside Gracie Ancelotti's home in Alderney City approximately two weeks after the player completes "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", when she appears as a random character. The car will be parked in the driveway to the house, and will keep respawning until the mission is completed, so the player can take it without doing the mission. Sometimes when the player activates the cheat to spawn a Cognoscenti, a pearl white one will appear.
• In the mission "Mr and Mrs Bellic", when you are told to drive to the church, when you arrive, there is a Cognoscenti parked up with a wedding ribbon, over the front of the car's bonnet. However you cannot steal it, as when you get close to it, it trigger's a cutscene. This is the same Cognoscenti that Niko uses in the last mission. However the ribbon is gone.
• In GTA Chinatown Wars, a gang variant of the Cognoscenti exists, being used by the "Mob" in Algonquin, and is distinguished by its larger size, an all-dark gray body color, and a sunroof.

The Cognoscenti requested in Stevie's Car Thefts, GTA IV. The Cognoscenti requested in Stevie's Car Thefts, GTA IV. The Cognoscenti obtainable during the player's random encounter with Gracie Ancelotti in GTA IV. The Cognoscenti obtainable during the player's random encounter with Gracie Ancelotti in GTA IV. "Mob" variant of the Cognoscenti in GTA Chinatown Wars.

Trivia

• Cognoscente means a connoisseur or an expert in a certain field, usually the fine arts.
• In GTA IV, the default radio station in the Cognoscenti is The Journey.
• The Cognoscenti has hard-to-see front turning lights. They are located above the external headlights as small, white lights.
• Cognoscenti has an interior copied from the Schafter: the limo's steering wheel bears the Benefactor logo.
• The Cognoscenti comes with a "door ajar" chime which can be heard when door is open in quiet areas with volume turned up.

Notable owners

• Jimmy Pegorino owned two Cognoscenti's at his Westdyke home.
• Gracie Ancelotti is implied to own one during a random encounter at her Alderney City home.

Locations

GTA IV

• Two at Jimmy Pegorino's house in Westdyke, Alderney, one outside and one inside the garage.
• Rare pearl white variant outside Gracie Ancelotti's house when she is a random character.
• Sometimes found around The Exchange, Algonquin.
• Sometimes, can be found driving around the terminal at The Francis International Airport
• Can be spawned by cheat-code, 227-555-0142 (will not block any trophies/achievements).
• The car in which Jacob waits in A Revenger's Tragedy is a Cognoscenti with dark-tinted windows.

GTA Chinatown Wars

• Spawns commonly in more affluence areas of the city, such as Willis and Meadow Hills in Dukes, and the southern half of Algonquin.
• Parked at the driveway of the northwesternmost house in Meadow Hills, Dukes.
• The "Mob" variant commonly spawns in and around Little Italy, Algonquin.
• The "Mob" variant can be purchased at the Auto Merchant in BOABO, Broker.