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'''Sunshine Autos''', also known as the '''Sun Yard''' and the '''Car Showroom''', is a car showroom in [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]]. The car showroom is featured in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] and its prequel, [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]. In both games, Sunshine Autos is located just south of [[Little Havana]] on a patch of relatively underdeveloped prime development land.

In GTA Vice City, set in [[1986]], the business is based in a solitary modern two-storey showroom which more or less serves as a front for a vehicle theft ring for [[BJ Smith]]'s "BJ's Used Autos" (where stolen vehicles are passed off as used cars for sale); during the player's purchase of the showroom, BJ points out Sunshine Autos was his first investment after he "turned gold" in his football career.

The showroom [[Assets#GTA Vice City|becomes available for purchase]] for $50,000 after "[[Shakedown (GTA VC)|Shakedown]]", when the player unlocks the ability to purchase various businesses in the city. Once purchased, the player will not only have access to the [[Sunshine Autos Import Garage|vehicle theft sidequest]] at [[A+B Auto]], but will also be allowed to participate in [[Vice Street Racer|a set of street races]], as well as utilize the showroom's four garages that are capable of storing up eight full-size road vehicles altogether (ie. the garages hold two vehicles each. The garages also have high ceilings, meaning high roofed vehicles like the [[Mule]], [[Spand Express (truck)|Spand Express]] and [[Benson]] can be stored inside. However, they cannot store large or extra long vehicles like the [[Yankee]], [[Packer]], [[Coach]] or [[Bus]].

The showroom also comes equipped with a [[Spray'n'go]] [[Spray Shop|spray shop]], the only garage of its kind, that can be accessed at any point of time in the game.

Sunshine Autos circa [[1984]] in GTA Vice City Stories is originally a two-building, open-air used car dealership based further north (in front of the Little Havana-Escobar International Airport shortcut, which desn't exist in 1986); during events in GTA Vice City Stories, the old showroom exists in tandem to the construction site of the "new" Sunshine Autos a short walk south, which is surrounded by a trailer park where the [[Trailer Park Mafia]] reside. It is implied that the old dealership was completely cleared away after the completion of the new showroom between the events of GTA Vice City Stories and GTA Vice City.