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Available to the player only after a mandatory requirement of 100 completed taxi fares, the Borgnine is a modified [[Cabbie]] with a red body and bloody spikes in the front and rear bumpers. The Borgnine's handling is far superior to that of the car it's based on.
Available to the player only after a mandatory requirement of 100 completed taxi fares, the Borgnine is a modified [[Cabbie]] with a red body and bloody spikes in the front and rear bumpers. The Borgnine's handling is far superior to that of the car it's based on.


The Borgnine's name is a homage to [[wp:Ernest Borgnine|Ernest Borgnine]], who stared in the 1981 movie [[wp:Escape from New York|Escape from New York]] as a cab driver named "Cabbie" in a prison-converted Manhattan, who also drives a [[wP:Checker Marathon|Checker Marathon]] from which the Cabbie taxi and Borgnine are based on. The Borgnine's bumpers are perhaps a nod to Cabbie's hazardous profession in the crime-infested prison.
The Borgnine's name is a homage to [[wp:Ernest Borgnine|Ernest Borgnine]], who stared in the 1981 movie [[wp:Escape from New York|Escape from New York]] as a cab driver named "Cabbie" in a prison-converted Manhattan; in the movie, Cabbie also drives a [[wp:Checker Marathon|Checker Marathon]] from which the Cabbie taxi and Borgnine are based on. The Borgnine's bumpers are perhaps a nod to Cabbie's hazardous profession in the crime-infested prison.


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Revision as of 08:01, 13 March 2009

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The Borgnine in GTA III.

The Borgnine is a bonus taxi available in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto Advance.

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Available to the player only after a mandatory requirement of 100 completed taxi fares, the Borgnine is a modified Cabbie with a red body and bloody spikes in the front and rear bumpers. The Borgnine's handling is far superior to that of the car it's based on.

The Borgnine's name is a homage to Ernest Borgnine, who stared in the 1981 movie Escape from New York as a cab driver named "Cabbie" in a prison-converted Manhattan; in the movie, Cabbie also drives a Checker Marathon from which the Cabbie taxi and Borgnine are based on. The Borgnine's bumpers are perhaps a nod to Cabbie's hazardous profession in the crime-infested prison.