Hotknife

A Hotknife in GTA San Andreas (Rear quarter view, with covered engine, PS2 rendition, with covered engine).

The Hotknife is a custom car appearing in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Description

Design

The Hotknife is a late 1920's or early 1930's Hot Rod resembling a a Ford Model A with modifications and a custom paint job. The car comes only in one paint scheme purple with white accents and a black roof; visits at Pay 'n' Spray garages have no effect on the car; neither can the car be modified at any modification garages), but features two variants; one with a covering on the V8 engine and one without a covering. It has capacity for only two people.

Performance

The Hotknife handles well on-road and off-road. There's great acceleration to be had from the V8 up front, but its top speed is ultimately lower than the more aerodynamic cars found in the game. One noteable thing about this car is its poor endurance in crashes, probably because of the exposed front suspension and radiator.

Locations

Like the Phoenix, the Hotknife is an extremely rare car to find in GTA San Andreas, with only one certain spawn point in the game:

• Spawns in front of the Driving School in Doherty, San Fierro after getting all gold medals in driving school (its license plate reads "GOLD").
• The only way it can regularly spawn in the streets is to activate either the "Clown Theme" cheat or the "Sports Car Traffic" cheat.
• Can be obtained through Vigilante missions, which in rare occasions are driven by criminals, but only at levels 1 and 2, otherwise only 4-door cars are used (This can be done even from the beginning of the game).
• A wrecked version of the Hotknife can be found inside of Loco Low Co..

Trivia

• The default radio station of the Hotknife is Playback FM.
• It is one of the vehicles that can't be modded at any mod shops.
• The car's passenger door is bugged in PC version. It has gone a bit inside and door's frame is purple although it should be black.