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[[Image:Borgnine1.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Borgnine, seen here in [[Shoreside Vale]]]] | [[Image:Borgnine1.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Borgnine, seen here in [[Shoreside Vale]]]] | ||
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The '''Borgnine''' is a taxi that is available in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]], which is only available to the player after a mandatory requirement of 100 completed taxi fares. The Borgnine is a modified [[Cabbie]], with 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''' is a taxi that is available in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]], which is only available to the player after a mandatory requirement of 100 completed taxi fares. The Borgnine is a modified [[Cabbie]], with 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 bumpers are perhaps a nod to Cabbie's hazardous profession in the crime-infested prison. | |||
[[Category:Vehicles]] | [[Category:Vehicles]] | ||
Revision as of 09:21, 12 March 2009
Main article: Cabbie
The Borgnine is a taxi that is available in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto Advance, which is only available to the player after a mandatory requirement of 100 completed taxi fares. The Borgnine is a modified Cabbie, with 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. The Borgnine's bumpers are perhaps a nod to Cabbie's hazardous profession in the crime-infested prison.