Special Vehicles
Through the GTA III and IV eras, there are special vehicles which have unique properties, such as being bulletproof (BP), fireproof (FP), explosion-proof (EP), damage-proof (DP), pop-proof, and/or having unique paintjob.
Types
| Ability | Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bullet-proof | BP | Cars being bulletproof typically means the car is immune to gunshots. To test if a car is bulletproof, the player can shoot it with a firearm many times and if there is no smoke coming from the car, then the car is bulletproof. |
| Fire-proof | FP | This is the least valuable of all special properties available. A car that is bestowed with a fire proofing won't catch on fire from any flames surrounding the car (for example, from a Flame Thrower or Molotovs). However plain fire proofing cars are extremely rare, and isn't very helpful otherwise since it is rare for a vehicle to catch on fire. |
| Explosion-proof | EP | An explosion-proof car is immune to rockets, satchel charges, bombs, etc. However, just because a car is explosion-proof, does not mean the car cannot be destroyed via cheats, or by entering the car whilst on fire. |
| Damage-proof | DP | Damage-proofing is one of the best abilities that a car can have, but is extremely rare. The car can't recieve any exterior damage, which means the player can crash the car many times without being destroyed. This also applies to melee weapons which won't destroy the car either. |
| Pop-proof | PP | This means that the car's tires cannot be popped by spike strips or gunfire. However, none of the pop-proof vehicles can be saved. |
| Heavy | Heavy | Means that the car can push and ram other vehicles out of the way very easily, without the car losing speed or turning in different directions. However, the Heavy property will not shield against damage, and the car will receive double damage when hitting cars and other objects. |
| Unique Paintjob | Color With Bold Print | These are simply cars with a unique paintjob to it, that can't be obtained via Pay N' Spray or mod shop, and can only be found in the specific missions they are created for. Using a Pay N' Spray on any of these vehicles will remove the colour and it won't be obtainable again. |
| Unique Handling | Unique Handling | This means that the handling of the vehicle can cut most corners and turns quickly than any other vehicles. However, none of the vehicles with unique handling can be saved. |
| Rare | Vehicle With Bold Print | Means that the vehicle cannot be found on the streets, but only appears in some missions (like the Phoenix in San Andreas). Rare vehicles can be saveable unlike unobtainable vehicles. |
| Unobtainable | Unobtainable | Means the car for whatever reason (exclusive for cutscenes, immovable, limited, etc...) cannot be saved, without losing the special property that it has acquired. |
Destroying a special vehicle
Not all special vehicles are indestructible. There are many of ways to destroy a BP/FP/EP/DP car, this includes:
- Flipping the car up-side down
- Getting hit by a Rhino
- Sinking the car
- Using the Blow-up all cars cheat
- Getting in the car while on fire
- Taking it to a girlfriends' house and have coffee with her then the car will lose its special property and simply become normal.
Lists
Grand Theft Auto: III
| Vehicle | Unique Color | Unique Handling | Special Abilities | Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barracks OL | No | No | BP | Arms Shortage |
| Bobcat | No | No | BP, FP, EP | Evidence Dash |
| Cheetah | Red | No | Permanent Color | Grand Theft Auto |
| Cheetah | No | No | BP, FP, EP | Turismo |
| Fbi Car | Dull Gray | No | None | |
| Ghost | Black (PC & Xbox) | No | None | Gone Fishing |
| Helicopter | White | No | None | The Exchange |
| Infernus | Metallic Orange | No | Permanent Color | Grand Theft Auto |
| Infernus | No | No | Permanent Color | Rigged to Blow |
| Manana | No | No | Corpse In The Trunk | Dead Skunk In The Trunk |
| Patriot | No | No | BP | Marked Man |
| Rumpo | Black | No | None | Under Surveillance |
| Securicar | No | No | BP, FP | Van Heist |
| Securicar | Black Trim | No | None | Escort Service |
| Securicar | Black Trim | No | None | Decoy |
| Sentinel | No | No | DP | Bait |
| Stinger | Magenta-Red | No | Permanent Color | Grand Theft Auto |
| Stretch | Gloss Black | No | DP, BP, FP, EP, Permanent Color | Salvatore's Called A Meeting |
| Stretch | Gloss Black | No | Permanent Color | Chaperone |
| Trashmaster | No | No | BP, FP | Blow Fish |
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto Advance
| Vehicle | Unique Color | Unique Handling | Special Abilities | Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yakuza | Metallic Blue | Yes | None | Down The River |
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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| Vehicle | Unique Color | Unique Handling | Special Abilities | Mission | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Los Sepulcros | Save a Tow Truck in the Ganton Garage, get in, leave sweet behind, kill one of the ballas to fail, then tow the Locked Admiral to a garage. | |
| Berkley's RC Van | RC Stickers, Rear view lights | Yes | None | Beefy Baron | ||
| BF Injection | Black, Red | No | None | Cut Throat Business | Kill Madd Dogg then take the car to a garage. | |
| BF-400 | No | No | DP, FP, EP | Just Business | Use the Blow Up All Cars Cheat, before Big Smoke gets on, then using a Sawn off Shotgun, shoot it to a Garage. | |
| Blade | No | No | FP | High Stakes, Low Rider | Same with the Savanna Method. | |
| Boxville | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | T-Bone Mendez | Use the blow up all cars Cheat, then push to a garage. | |
| Bravura | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | The Green Sabre | Unobtainable | |
| Buffalo | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Misappropriation/High Noon | ||
| Burrito | Chrome Yellow | No | None | Mike Toreno | Kill T-Bone or Mike after acquiring a Tow Truck, then two it to the nearest garage. | |
| Camper | Khaki Brown | No | None | Jizzy | Kill Jizzy B. ho then take to a garage. | |
| Elegy | No | No | BP, FP, EP | Farewell, My Love... | ||
| FCR-900 | Red Spokes | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | T-Bone Mendez (DP, BP, FP, EP)/Toreno's Last Flight (conventional model) | ||
| Feltzer | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | End of the Line | Sink it to the Glen Park water to fail the mission. (Do not lose the Firetruck otherwise the abilities will lose.) Then drive it to the garage. | |
| Fire Truck | No | Heavy | DP, BP, FP, EP | End of the Line | Unobtainable | |
| Forklift | No | No | BP | Robbing Uncle Sam | Kill Ryder to fail the mission, then store it to the garage. | |
| Fortune | No | No | BP, FP, EP | Wu Zi Mu | ||
| Glendale | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Los Desperados | Kill Cesar or his gang members to fail the mission, then tow the car using Towtruck or Tractor to the garage. | |
| Greenwood | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Drive-Thru (FP)/House Party (BP, FP)/End of the Line (DP, BP, FP, EP) | ||
| Huntley | Black | Heavy | No | Jizzy | Can be acquired with use of a mod garage. (Not Heavy) | |
| HPV-1000 | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Small Town Bank/Quarry Mission 7 | ||
| Infernus | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Beat Down on B-Dup | ||
| Leviathan | No | No | Magnet | Up, Up and Away | Simply fly it to the Verdant Meadows garage (The Large One), then destroy it to fail the mission, then keep it inside the garage. Or drop the Securicar from a great height. | |
| Majestic | No | No | FP | High Stakes, Low Rider | Same with the Savanna method. | |
| Maverick | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Toreno's Last Flight/Misappropriation | ||
| Merit | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | 555 We Tip | ||
| Mesa | Dark Green Roof | No | None | Robbing Uncle Sam | Kill Ryder to fail the mission, then store it to the garage. | |
| Mothership | Hippie Paintjob | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Are You Going to San Fierro? (DP, BP, FP, EP)/Black Project (DP, BP, FP, EP)/Riot | ||
| Mule | No | No | EP | Robbing Uncle Sam | ||
| Newsvan | Vanilla Cream | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Cut Throat Business | ||
| Packer | Light Green | No | None | Cop Wheels | ||
| Patriot | No | No | BP, FP, EP | Big Smoke's Cash | ||
| PCJ-600 | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | OG Loc | ||
| Perennial | Black | No | None | Big Smoke | ||
| Picador | Crates in Back | No | None | Catalyst | ||
| Picador | No | DP | Ryder | |||
| Pizza Boy | Green | No | None | Ice Cold Killa | Destroy Jizzy's Broadway before entering the club. Then he will escape on the pizza boy , then simply do the mission | |
| Pony | Dark Teal | Yes | Off-Road Wheels, Sound System | Life's a Beach | Drive it to the garage, then use explosives to destroy it to fail the mission, then keep it inside the garage. | |
| Pony | Light Blue | No | None | Toreno's Last Flight | ||
| Rancher | No | No | DP, FP, EP | Lure | ||
| Remington | No | No | FP | High Stakes, Low Rider | ||
| Rumpo | No | No | DP, FP | Outrider | ||
| Sabre | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | The Green Sabre/Tanker Commander/Wu Zi Mu (FP) | The vehicles will replenish health once damaged to the point of smoke display. | |
| Sadler | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Tanker Commander/Are You Going to San Fierro? (EP) | ||
| Sanchez | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Wrong Side of the Tracks/Badlands | ||
| Savanna | No | No | BP, FP, EP | High Stakes, Low Rider | Pass or fail the mission, then push it to the nearest garage. | |
| Securicar | Caligula's Paintjob | No | None | Breaking the Bank at Caligula's | Unobtainable | |
| Sentinel | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | The Green Sabre (DP, BP, FP, EP)/Saint Mark's Bistro(DP, BP, FP, EP)/Intensive Care (DP) /Mountain Cloud Boys (mission)(DP, BP, FP, EP) | The vehicles will replenish health once damaged to the point of smoke display. | |
| Stallion | No | No | FP | Wu Zi Mu | ||
| Stretch | White, Black, Black | None | None | Jizzy (white-black), Ice Cold Killa (black) | Drive it to the garage, then suicide to fail the mission. (Ice Cold Killa) | |
| Sultan | No | No | FP | Farewell, My Love... | ||
| SWAT Tank | Blue | No | BP, FP | End of the Line |
Drive it to the garage, then destroy it using explosives to fail the mission. (Do not go to the wall going to the fortress in order not to lose the abilities.) Then keep it to the garage. | |
| Tahoma | No | No | BP, FP | House Party | Simply pass or fail the mission, then push the Locked Tahoma to the garage. | |
| Tampa | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Nines and AKs | Kill Big Smoke or Emmet to fail the mission, then push it to the garage. | |
| Tanker | No | No | BP | Tanker Commander | ||
| Tanker Trailer | No | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Tanker Commander | ||
| Voodoo | No | No | BP, FP | House Party | Simply pass or fail the mission, then push the Locked Voodoo to the garage. | |
| Vortex | Plain White, White and Black | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Cut Throat Business | ||
| Walton | Plain White | No | DP, BP, FP, EP | Don Peyote/Madd Dogg (plain white). | Shoot the drivers through the windshield then store the vehicle in a garage. (Don Peyote) | |
| ZR-350 | No | No | FP | Farewell, My Love... |
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
| Vehicle | Unique Color | Unique Handling | Special Abilities | Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banshee | Black and white | None | None | The Trouble With Triads |
| Barracks OL | None | None | FP | Munitions Dump |
| Bobcat | Black, and a white variant with a brown bumper. | None | None | Love and Bullets (black), and Panlantic Land Grab (white with brown bumper.) |
| Faggio | Yellow, and light blue | None | BP,FP,DP,EP | Stop the Press |
| Kuruma | Black | None | None | Home Sweet Home |
| Leone Sentinel | None | None | FP | The Made Man |
| Manana | Navy blue, and light navy blue | None | None | Salvatore's Salvation |
| Maverick | None | None | FP | The Passion of the Heist |
| Patriot | Dark brown, pink, and yellow | None | BP | A Volatile Situation (dark brown), Contra-Banned (pink), and False Idols (yellow & BP.) |
| PCJ-600 | Black | None | BP,FP,DP,EP | Biker Heat |
| Pony | Completely white, black | None | None | Dead Meat (white), Night of the Livid Dreads/Taking the Peace (black). |
| Rumpo | Chrome red | None | FP | Bringing the House Down (chrome red), Bone Voyeur!/Friggin' the Riggin' (FP). |
| Sanchez | Light blue, white, and red | None | FP | Booby Prize (FP), Red Light Racing (light blue, white, and red). |
| Securicar | None | None | FP | Cash Clash |
| Sentinel | Black | None | FP | No Son of Mine/ A Walk in the Park (black), Making Toni (FP). |
| Sindacco Argento | None | None | FP | Taken For A Ride |
| Speeder | None | None | BP, EP, FP | Shoot the Messenger |
| Stallion | Chrome red/dark red, white, Chrome red/navy blue | None | FP | Chrome red/dark red, white, FP (Grease Sucho) chrome red/navy blue (Love & Bullets). |
| Stinger | Light blue | None | None | The Shoreside Redemption/The Sicilian Gambit |
| Stretch | Permanent white | None | BP, and FP | Search and Rescue (BP, FP), A Date With Death (FP). |
| Thunder-Rodd | Black, and light blue | None | FP | Grease Sucho |
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
| Vehicle | Unique Color | Unique Handling | Special Abilities | Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barracks OL | None | None | BP | Truck Stop |
| Boxville | Black, White | None | None | Domo Arigato Domestoboto |
| Bobcat | None | None | FP | Shakedown/D.I.V.O.R.C.E. |
| Comet | Red, Yellow | None | None | So Long Schlong |
| Cuban Hermes | None | None | FP | Papi Don't Screech |
| Flatbed | Navy Blue | None | None | The Exchange |
| Infernus | None | None | FP, EP | Accidents Will Happen |
| PCJ-600 | None | None | FP, EP | Burning Bridges |
| Perennial | None | None | FP | Truck Stop/Robbing the Cradle |
| Pony | Green | None | BP, FP | Money for Nothing (BP, FP), Havana Good Time (green). |
| Quad | Chrome Red | None | FP | When Funday Comes |
| Sentinel XS | Black | None | BP, EP, FP, DP | So Long Schlong, (BP, EP, FP, DP)/From Zero to Hero (FP)/Light My Pyre (black) |
| Stallion | Black | None | None | Marked Men |
| Stinger | None | None | FP | Caught as an Act |
| Stretch | None | None | BP, FP | Kill Phil |
| Walton | None | None | Cholo Victory/Boomshine Blowout | |
| Yola | None | None | BP, FP, EP, DP | Unfriendly Competition |
Grand Theft Auto IV
Main article: Unique Vehicles in GTA IV
| Vehicle | Unique Color | Unique Handling | Special Abilities | Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavalcade | Black Trims | None | None | Deconstruction for Beginners/Stevie's Car Thefts |
| Feltzer | Purple | None | None | I'll Take Her... |
| Flatbed | Cherry-red | None | Load of Explosives | Rigged to Blow |
| Laundromat | None | None | None | Hung Out to Dry |
| Infernus | Gold | None | None | Stevie's Car Thefts |
| Patriot | Gold | None | None | Stevie's Car Thefts/Playboy X |
| Police Stockade | None | None | None | Three Leaf Clover/Tunnel of Death |
| Romero | None | None | None | Undertaker |
| Ruiner | Gold and Yellow | None | None | Ivan The Not So Terrible |
| Voodoo | White and Pink | None | Bodies in the Trunk | Have a Heart |
The Lost and Damned
| Vehicle | Unique Color | Unique Handling | Special Abilities | Mission/Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hexer | None | Yes | None | Johnny Klebitz |
The Ballad of Gay Tony
| Vehicle | Unique Color | Unique Handling | Special Abilities | Mission/Ownership | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feltzer | Hot Pink | No | None | Gracie Ancelotti | Unique Paintjob |
| Skyhook | Blue | No | None | Yusuf Amir | Rare |
Notes
Grand Theft Auto III
- The Dull Gray FBI Car can be requested from the Emergency Vehicle Import/Export Crane after delivering all emergency vehicles.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- The Love Fist can be only obtained in missions in some of the PS2 versions, that's why it's a special vehicle. It can also be spawned by cheats.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- It is worth noting that the BP,FP,EP and DP vehicles can be obtained with the vehicle of death cheat code. NOTE: Activate this cheat before entering the vehicle and deactivate it when in the vehilce for it to be indestructable without blowing up other vehicles when touching (unless of course it's a Rhino).