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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, | 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. | ||
[[Category:Vehicles]] | [[Category:Vehicles]] | ||