Stinger

The Stinger is a 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:

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A Speeder in GTA 1.		A Stinger in GTA III (Rear quarter view, top down).

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 handle great, respond well, and stick to the road.

GTA 1.

GTA 1.
GTA 2 (In-game with lights).

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 and is all-wheel-drive, as opposed to the stock cars, which are rear-drive. The Stinger in both games resembles a Porsche Boxster or a Toyota MR2 Spyder.

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 Vice City's references to Miami Vice.

A working name given to the Stinger in Grand Theft Auto III is "Shark", as evidenced in the "official" website for Capital Autos [1].

The "Shark", an earlier iteration of the Stinger in GTA III prior to the game's release.

The "Shark", an earlier iteration of the Stinger in GTA III prior to the game's release.
GTA Vice City (Rear quarter view).
GTA Liberty City Stories (Rear quarter view, top up).
GTA Vice City Stories (Rear quarter view).

Trivia

The yellow Stinger in a pre-release screenshot for GTA Liberty City Stories.

In the beta version of GTA Liberty City Stories, there was a yellow Stinger supposedly reserved for use by the Sicilian Mafia.
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 in GTA 1, San Andreas and Vice City.

GTA 2

Only appears in traffic in the Residential 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 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.
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.