Stinger
| Stinger | |
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GTA 1 GTA 2 GTA III GTA Vice City 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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"What a great car. Always wanted one of these."
- Official Vice City Bureau of Investigation file description.
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
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 1.
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GTA 2 (In-game with lights).
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 but has slower acceleration because it is much heavier than the normal Stinger. Both GTA III renditions of this car are four wheel drive. The Stinger bears a passing resemblance to several different cars, including the Porsche Boxster, Toyota MR2 Spyder, TVR Chimaera and Lexus SC. The Yakuza Stinger is used by the Japanese mafia and customized in the import tuner style, both of which might imply that the Stinger is made in Japan. 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. However, the Stinger in GTA Vice City is very unusual in that it is front wheel drive, something which was and still is very rarely seen on cars with this kind of performance.
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The "Shark", an earlier iteration of the Stinger in GTA III prior to the game's release.
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GTA III (Rear quarter view; top down).
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GTA Vice City (Rear quarter view).
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GTA Liberty City Stories (Rear quarter view; top up).
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GTA Vice City Stories (Rear quarter view).
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.
- Despite being a commonly found car in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories, only 122 genuine Ferrari Daytona Spiders were ever produced.[1] Replicas are often built from Daytona Coupes (which are ten times as common) or Chevrolet Corvettes. It was one of these Corvette-based replica that was featured on the hit TV show Miami Vice.[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.
References