Cabbie

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You may be looking for Cabby, a minivan taxi in GTA IV.
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A Cabbie in GTA III (Rear quarter view).

The Cabbie is a recurring, Checker Marathon-based four-door taxicab that has appeared in the following games:

Overview

Design

The Cabbie is consistently based on a 1956-82 Checker Marathon taxi, with some possible influence from later '70s and '80s models. Its single-headlight design echoes the 1956 Marathon. There are minor cosmetic differences between Cabbies in each game:

  • In Grand Theft Auto III, the Cabbie sports a checker pattern running in a line from the front to the rear of the car.
  • In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the Cabbie looks slightly different. The front of the car is slightly more rounded, and the wheels are closer together and set noticeably deeper inside the wheel wells. Its stripe also consists of forward arrows in place of the checker pattern seen in GTA III. The Cabbie is the most common taxi in Vice City. Vice City also features an operational taxi service, taking formerly Wasted or Busted players to their last mission trigger.
  • In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Cabbie's body is smoother, and lacks checker patterns.
  • In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, the Cabbie retains the design featured in GTA III.
  • In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the Cabbie retains the design featured in GTA Vice City.
  • In Grand Theft Auto IV, the Cabbie does not appear, but has been replaced by a simillar named cab, the minivan-style Cabby.
  • In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the Cabbie returns, while the other taxis and Cabby vanish.

Performance

The Cabbie is generally slower and heavier than its more modern cousin, the Taxi. Its handling is also inferior, and the vehicle is somewhat unstable under heavy cornering. The car's wobbly suspension can also make it prone to rolling over, especially when driving at high speeds. These factors make the Cabbie a poor choice for the taxi sub-mission, where speed is critical. Some players, however, favor its rear-wheel drive, which is more capable of powersliding in corners.

Taxi side mission

Main article: Taxi Driver

TransFender modifications (GTA San Andreas)

  • Color
  • Wheels (ten types)
  • Nitro (All)
  • Bass Boost
  • Hydraulics

Variants

Trivia

  • Completing the Kaufman Cabs asset in GTA Vice City unlocks the special Zebra Cab, a souped-up Cabbie.
  • After completing GTA Vice City Stories, hydraulics are unlocked for the Cabbie and the Taxi; this disables the vehicles' horns.
  • The Cabbie plays the following radio stations by default when entered:

Locations

In many cases, Cabbies are only available as part of city traffic, and are not frequently parked is specific locations. However, at least two of the games do spawn Cabbies in set locations:

GTA III

GTA Liberty City Stories

See also


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