Coquette

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A Coquette in GTA IV (Rear quarter view, engine).

The Invetero Coquette is a two-door/two-seat, high-power sports car featured in Grand Theft Auto IV.

Description

Design

The Coquette closely resembles the Chevrolet Corvette C5 (1997-2004), albeit with revealed projector-style headlamps and altered fascias. The front fascia is closely reminiscent of the face-lifted Honda/Acura NSX (2002-2005) which shares the headlamp cluster design (the NSX sports a clear headlamp surround; the Coquette features a black surround), the radiator inlets, and the angular hood lines. The taillamps bear some resemblance to the Corvette and also to the 2007-present Nissan GT-R, but overlap; the exhaust exits also overlap and mimic the taillight design (similar to early 2003 Gemballa Porsche models which used overlapping exhaust exits). The car also features a rod antenna mounted on the roof. The interior design is closely related to that of a Corvette with a luxury package: the seats feature two-tone leather upholstery with "Coquette" embroidery, and the car features a large, fully-carpeted boot beneath the hatch with ample space for luggage.

Performance

The Coquette is a front/mid engine, rear wheel drive sportscar with a very powerful V8 power plant under the hood. Like the real Corvette, it is also fairly lightweight at 3527lbs(1600kgs) which gives the car its nimble and quick nature. The Coquette also has an amazing top speed of 214mph(344km/h), good enough to be the second-fastest car in the game behind the Pfister Comet. In all other performance categories, the Coquette performs better than the Comet. It accelerates from 0-60mph in 4.2 seconds is also second place, but to the Sultan RS- 0-60 in 4.1. It has excellent braking and handling, even at high speeds. Combined with the strong engine, these points mean the Coquette is an excellent drifting car. Its glaring, and possibly only, disadvantage is low durability; the front engine configuration makes the car particularly vulnerable to damage compared to its fellow high-speed vehicles, the mid-engined Turismo and Infernus, and rear-engined Comet; a few high-impact frontal collisions are sufficient for the car's engine to seize or catch fire.

Variants

The Coquette has a unique white-and-red paint job available, similar to that of the 1984-1996 C4 Corvette featured in the television series The A-Team [1]. This paint job, unlike most other unique paint jobs, can be sprayed onto any Coquette.

A Coquette is also requested as part of Stevie's Car Thefts, featuring a gray body color. As a new Coquette will spawn at the same spot until the player delivers one to S&M Auto Sales, the player can save one at their safehouse before delivering another. Stevie's photograph of the car is shown to have no badge or marque on its rear, implying it was not originally added earlier in game development.

Trivia

  • "Coquette" is a term meaning a chatty flirtatious woman.
  • In Grand Theft Auto IV, the default radio station in the Coquette is Liberty Rock Radio 97.8.
  • In rare occations the cops call it Declasse making a reference that Declasse is based on Chevrolet.

Locations

See also

  • The Stinger and Stinger Z29, similar Corvette-based cars in GTA 1 and GTA 2.
  • The Banshee, a sports car based on a C4 Corvette in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories.