Stinger
The Stinger is a two-door sports car which originally debuted in the original Grand Theft Auto, and recurred in the form of different designs. To date, the Stinger has appeared in the following games:
- Grand Theft Auto 1
- Grand Theft Auto 2
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
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[[Appearance::GTA III GTA Vice City GTA Advance GTA Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City Stories]] |
| Vehicle type | Civilian car |
| Body style | 2-door sports car |
| Capacity | 2 (driver and passenger) |
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Description
GTA 1 — GTA 2
In GTA 1, the Stinger based on the 1968-1972 Chevrolet Corvette (the name is a reference to the Corvette Stingray). In GTA 2 it's based on the 1963 Corvette Split-Window. It can only be found in the Industrial District of Anywhere City, and gives the ElectroFingers power-up when crushed. Both iterations of the Stinger handle well, respond suitably, and stick to the road. The car is therefore almost always a decent choice should you be able to find one.
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GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories
In GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, the Stinger appears in hard-top and convertible form. Its performance is better than most vehicles, but is the least powerful of all the 2-door sports cars, with little tendency to drift. Its Yakuza variant, the Yakuza Stinger, handles better and is all-wheel-drive, as opposed to the stock cars, which are rear-drive. The Stinger bears a passing resemblance to several different cars, including the Porsche Boxster,Toyota MR2 Spyder, TVR Chimaera and Lexus SC. A working name given to the Stinger in GTA III is "Shark", as evidenced in the "official" website for Capital Autos [1].
In GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories, it resembles a 1968-1973 Ferrari Daytona Spyder, an apparent homage to Sonny Crockett's Ferrari Daytona Spyder replica, yet another one of GTA Vice City's references to Miami Vice.
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Trivia
- In the beta version of GTA Liberty City Stories, there was a yellow Stinger supposedly reserved for use by the Sicilian Mafia. White Stingers, which are also available in normal traffic, are used instead in the finished version of the game.
- The GTA Vice City rendition of the Stinger made an appearance in Manhunt 2.
Locations
- GTA 1
- Appears in traffic in all three cities: Liberty City, San Andreas and Vice City.
- GTA 2
- Only appears in traffic in the Industrial District.
- GTA III
- Driven around Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale.
- Parked in a backlot car park on the southwestern most block in Bedford Point, Staunton Island.
- Parked by a mansion garage in Cedar Grove, Shoreside Vale.
- GTA Vice City
- The house behind a gate just north of the Vercetti Estate, Starfish Island. (It's the building just east of the house with the Rockstar logo pool)
- GTA Liberty City Stories
- Driven around Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale.
- Parked at a driveway of the second easternmost house (next to the future Cartel mansion), Cedar Grove, Shoreside Vale.
- GTA Vice City Stories
- Spawns at a parking space in Downtown near the police station.
- Parked in the InterGlobal Films studio in Prawn Island (sometimes appears in place of the Deluxo).
- Spawns in Ocean Drive, along a row of parked cars in Ocean Beach.
- Parked by a mansion in Starfish Island.
- Behind the Malibu Club on the beach island.
See also
- Stinger Z29, a sports car in GTA 1.
- Yakuza Stinger, the Yakuza version of the Stinger.
- Police Stinger, a police car in The Ballad of Gay Tony bearing no similarities with any earlier Stinger.