Cognoscenti
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 generally resembles a Maybach 62 S sedan, with the headlights and grille reminiscent of a Bentley Continental GT or Flying Spur. The front is also slightly reminiscent of a pre-facelift Rover 75. Because of its size, the police describe the Cognoscenti as a "limo" over the police radio.
All versions 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.
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GTA IV (Rear quarter view).
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GTA: Chinatown Wars.
Performance
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.
Variant
A pearl white-painted Cognoscenti can be stolen outside Gracie Ancelotti's home in Alderney City a few days after the player completes the mission 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.
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.
Locations
- Two at Jimmy Pegorino's house in Westdyke, Alderney, one outside and one inside the garage.
- Parked in Alderney City, Alderney for Stevie's Car Thefts.
- 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.