Virgo
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The Virgo is a two-door car featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and Grand Theft Auto IV. It can usually be found all over Vice City and San Andreas; it can be found in the Los Santos area.
In GTA IV, Little Jacob drives a maroon Virgo which he uses to deal firearms from the boot; a Virgo may also be sold at Stevie's garage for $1,800 after completing all 30 of Stevie's Car Thefts.
Design
GTA Vice City — GTA Vice City Stories
Between GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories, the Virgo is depicted as a luxury two-door American coupe, resembling a 1977–1979 Mercury Cougar, combined with a 1977-1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V. The side windows, front end and bulge on the trunk resemble the Cougar; the taillights resemble those of the Continental Mark V, albeit with some lights missing.
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GTA Vice City (Rear quarter view).
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GTA San Andreas (Rear quarter view).
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GTA Vice City Stories (Rear quarter view).
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GTA IV
In GTA IV, the Virgo (with a Dundreary brand) is still based on a 1977-1979 Cougar, with the Mark V's rear fenders and rear side windows (minus the opera windows). The taillights and license plate derive from neither car; they resemble the rear of the Remington (and to some extent the Esperanto from GTA San Andreas).
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A Virgo in GTA IV (Rear quarter view).
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Performance
GTA Vice City — GTA Vice City Stories
In the GTA III era, the Virgo possesses generally average performance credentials, with moderate acceleration, responsive steering, and a mediocre top speed. Its weight and crash endurance are unremarkable.
GTA IV
The Virgo in GTA IV is most likely powered by a high-output V6, coupled to a 5 speed gearbox in RWD configuration. Acceleration is very poor, due to its weight and underpowered engine. Top speed is adequate, though not exceptional. Handling is above average, with the Virgo cornering at full speed quite well; the suspension, however, is far too soft, often leading to heavy body roll and massive oversteer. Braking is slightly below average, and ABS is available, but not very common. Crash deformation is below average, as is engine build quality; it cannot survive many direct hits before failing. Overall, this vehicle is better suited to city cruising than high-speed applications.
Locations
- GTA Vice City
- Downtown
- Prawn Island
- near North Point Mall
- Vice Point
It is advisable to drive around in a lower-end car to increase the chances of the car spawning.
- GTA Vice City Stories
- On a driveway in a housing complex just south from the Washington Mall construction site, Ocean Beach.
- GTA IV
- Little Jacob's Virgo is available to the player in the beginning of the mission Concrete Jungle. Niko is able to take it to his parking lot and do the mission in another car. Niko can also steal the car outside the church in the mission Mr and Mrs Bellic.
- Spawn around Northwood, North Holland and East Holland, Algonquin
- Spawn all around Broker, but mostly in Hove Beach
- Spawn around Acter, Alderney
- Spawn around Alderney City, Alderney
- Spawn around Chinatown, Algonquin
Trivia
- The Virgo cameos in a picture from Starkweather's mansion in Manhunt. Several safehouses in GTA San Andreas have the same picture hanging on the wall (the picture was originally a beta screenshot for GTA Vice City).
- The abovementioned beta model for GTA Vice City was called the "Cougar", further indicating that the vehicle is based on a Mercury Cougar. The only difference between the "Cougar" beta vehicle and the regular Virgo is that the former retains the full set of taillights from the Lincoln Continental Mark V.
- The Virgo plays the following radio stations by default when entered:
- Bounce FM in GTA San Andreas.
- Paradise FM in GTA Vice City Stories.
- Massive B Soundsystem 96.9 or Tuff Gong Radio in GTA IV.