Through the GTA III and IV eras, there are special vehicles which one had an abilities of being bulletproof (BP), fireproof (FP), explosion-proof (EP), damage-proof (DP), pop-proof , and unique paintjob . Otherwise, all abilities or one of them that car posesses is a special vehicle.
Types
Ability
Code
Description
Bullet-proof
BP
Bulletproof cars typically means the car is immune to gunshots. To try if a car is bulletproof, the player can shoot it many times and if there is no smoke coming from the car, then the car is bulletproof.
Fire-proof
FP
This is the least valuable of all special properties available, a car that is bestowed with a fire proofing won't catch on fire from any flames surrounding the car, this means Flame Thrower or Molotovs. However plain fire proofing cars are extremley rare, and isn't to helpful otherwise.
Explosion-proof
EP
An explosion-proof car mean that the car is immune to rockets, satchel charges, bombs, etc. However, just because a car is explosion-proof, does not mean the car cannot be destroyed via cheats, or in the car whilst on fire.
Damage-proof
DP
Damage-proof ability is one of the best abilities of a car has but this is extremely rare, the car can't recieve any exterior damage, this means the player can crash the car many times without being destroyed, this also implies to melee weapons which also won't destroy the car.
Pop-proof
Means that the car's tires cannot be popped by a spike strip, or guns and weapons, however all of the pop-proof tires vehicles cannot be saved.
Unique Paintjob
These are simply cars with a unique paintjob to it, that can't be obtained via Pay N' Spray or mod shop, and can only be found in the specific missions they are created for. Using a Pay N' Spray on any of these vehicles will remove the colour and it won't be obtainable again.
Rare
Bold print
Means that the vehicle cannot be found on the streets but only appear in some missions like the Phoenix in San Andreas. Rare vehicles can be saveable unlike unobtainable vehicles.
Unobtainable
Means the car for whatever reason (exclusive for cutscenes, immovable, limited, etc...) cannot be saved, without losing the special property that it has acquired.
Destroying a special vehicle
Not all special vehicles are destroyable. There are many of ways to destroy a BP/FP/EP/DP car, this includes:
Flipping the car up-side down
Getting hit by a Rhino
Sinking the car
Using the Blow-up all cars cheat
Getting in the car while on fire
Taking it to a girlfriends' house and have coffee with her then the car will lose its special property and simply become normal.
Lists
Grand Theft Auto: III
Vehicle
Unique Color
Unique Handling
Special Abilities
Mission
Barracks OL
No
No
BP
Arms Shortage
Bobcat
No
No
BP, FP, EP
Evidence Dash
Cheetah
Red
No
Permanent Color
Grand Theft Auto
Cheetah
No
No
BP, FP, EP
Turismo
Fbi Car
Dull Gray
No
None
Ghost
Black (PC & Xbox)
No
None
Gone Fishing
Helicopter
Not Known Yet
No
None
The Exchange
Infernus
Metallic Orange
No
Permanent Color
Grand Theft Auto
Infernus
No
No
Permanent Color
Rigged to Blow
Manana
No
No
None
Dead Skunk In The Trunk
Patriot
No
No
BP
Marked Man
Rumpo
Black
No
None
Under Surveillance
Securicar
No
No
BP, FP
Van Heist
Securicar
Black Trim
No
None
Escort Service
Securicar
Black Trim
No
None
Decoy
Sentinel
No
No
DP
Bait
Stinger
Magenta-Red
No
Permanent Color
Grand Theft Auto
Stretch
Gloss Black
No
DP, BP, FP, EP, Permanent Color
Salvatore's Called A Meeting
Stretch
Gloss Black
No
Permanent Color
Chaperone
Trashmaster
No
No
BP, FP
Blow Fish
Vehicle
Unique Color
Unique Handling
Special Abilities
Mission
Admiral
White, Black
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
In The Beginning (white), Check Out At The Check In /Loose Ends (black), Guardian Angels (DP, BP, FP, EP ).
Angel
No
Yes
None
Alloy Wheels of Steel
Banshee
No
No
FP
Street Races
Bobcat
Black, Metallic Red
No
None
Autocide
Cheetah
No
No
FP
Street Races
Cuban Hermes
No
No
Cosmetic DP, Pop-Proof Tires
Guardian Angels
Hotring Racer
No
No
EP
Hotring
Infernus
No
No
FP
Street Races
Love Fist
No
No
None
Psycho Killer /Publicity Tour
PCJ-600
Silver
No
None
Autocide
Pony
Black
No
None
Loose Ends
Rancher
Black
No
None
Test Track
Romero's Hearse
No
No
None
Two Bit Hit
Sabre Turbo
No
No
BP, FP, EP
The Driver
Sanchez
Black
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Dirtring , Trial By Dirt (black)
Sentinel
Black
No
None
Hit The Courier
Spand Express
No
No
None
Jury Fury /Riot
Squalo
No
No
BP, FP, EP
Supply & Demand
Stretch
Black, Gold
No
None
Four Iron /Demolition Man /Two Bit Hit (black)/Recruitment Drive , Martha's Mug Shot (gold).
Voodoo
Black
No
DP, BP, FP, EP, Pop-Proof Tires
Guardian Angels , Two Bit Hit (black)
Walton
White
No
None
Gun Runner
Washington
Black
No
None
All Hands On Deck
Vehicle
Unique Color
Unique Handling
Special Abilities
Mission
Yakuza
Metallic Blue
Yes
None
Down The River
Vehicle
Unique Color
Unique Handling
Special Abilities
Mission
Notes
Admiral
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Los Sepulcros
Berkley's RC Van
RC Stickers, Rear view lights
Yes
None
Beefy Baron
BF Injection
Black, Red
No
None
Cut Throat Business
BF-400
No
No
DP, FP, EP
Just Business
Unobtainable
Blade
No
No
FP
High Stakes, Low Rider
Boxville
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
T-Bone Mendez
Bravura
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
The Green Sabre
Unobtainable
Buffalo
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Misappropriation /High Noon
Burrito
Chrome Yellow
No
None
Mike Toreno
Kill T-Bone or Mike after acquiring a Tow Truck, then two it to the nearest garage.
Camper
Khaki Brown
No
None
Jizzy
Elegy
No
No
BP, FP, EP
Farewell, My Love...
FCR-900
Red Spokes
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
T-Bone Mendez (DP, BP, FP, EP )/Toreno's Last Flight (conventional model)
Feltzer
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
End of the Line
Fire Truck
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
End of the Line
Unobtainable
Forklift
No
No
BP
Robbing Uncle Sam
Fortune
No
No
BP, FP, EP
Wu Zi Mu
Glendale
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Los Desperados
Greenwood
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Drive-Thru (FP )/House Party (BP, FP )/End of the Line (DP, BP, FP, EP )
Huntley
No
Heavy
No
Mission
Can be acquired with use of a mod garage.
HPV-1000
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Small Town Bank /Quarry Mission 7
Infernus
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Beat Down on B-Dup
Leviathan
No
No
Magnet
Up, Up and Away
Majestic
No
No
FP
High Stakes, Low Rider
Maverick
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Toreno's Last Flight /Misappropriation
Merit
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
555 We Tip
Mesa
Dark Green Roof
No
None
Robbing Uncle Sam
Mothership
Hippie Paintjob
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Are You Going to San Fierro? (DP, BP, FP, EP )/Black Project (DP, BP, FP, EP )/Riot
Mule
No
No
EP
Robbing Uncle Sam
Newsvan
Vanilla Cream
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Cut Throat Business
Packer
Light Green
No
None
Cop Wheels
Patriot
No
No
BP, FP, EP
Big Smoke's Cash
Unobtainable
PCJ-600
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
OG Loc
Perennial
Black
No
None
Big Smoke
Can be acquired with use of a mod garage.
Picador
Crates in Back
No
None
Catalyst
Picador
No
DP
Ryder
Pizza Boy
Green
No
None
Ice Cold Killa
Destroy Jizzy's Broadway before entering the club.
Pony
Dark Teal
Yes
Off-Road Wheels, Sound System
Life's a Beach
Pony
Light Blue
No
None
Toreno's Last Flight
Rancher
No
No
DP, FP, EP
Lure
Remington
No
No
FP
High Stakes, Low Rider
Rumpo
No
No
DP, FP
Outrider
Sabre
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
The Green Sabre /Tanker Commander /Wu Zi Mu (FP )
The vehicles will replenish health once damaged to the point of smoke display.
Sadler
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Tanker Commander /Are You Going to San Fierro? (EP )
Sanchez
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Wrong Side of the Tracks /Badlands
Savanna
No
No
BP, FP, EP
High Stakes, Low Rider
Securicar
Caligula's Paintjob
No
None
Breaking the Bank at Caligula's
Unobtainable
Sentinel
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
The Green Sabre (DP, BP, FP, EP )/Saint Mark's Bistro (DP, BP, FP, EP )/Intensive Care (DP ) /Mountain Cloud Boys (mission) (DP, BP, FP, EP )
The vehicles will replenish health once damaged to the point of smoke display.
Stallion
No
No
FP
Wu Zi Mu
Stretch
White, Black , Black
None
None
Jizzy (white-black), Ice Cold Killa (black)
Sultan
No
No
FP
Farewell, My Love...
SWAT Tank
Blue
No
BP, FP
End of the Line
Tahoma
No
No
BP, FP
House Party
Tampa
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Nines and AKs
Tanker
No
No
BP
Tanker Commander
Tanker Trailer
No
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Tanker Commander
Voodoo
No
No
BP, FP
House Party
Vortex
Plain White, White and Black
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Cut Throat Business
Walton
Plain White
No
DP, BP, FP, EP
Don Peyote /Madd Dogg (plain white).
Shoot the drivers through the windshield then store the vehicle in a garage. (Don Peyote)
ZR-350
No
No
FP
Farewell, My Love...
Vehicle
Unique Color
Unique Handling
Special Abilities
Mission
Banshee
Black and white
None
FP
The Trouble With Triads
Barracks OL
None
None
FP
Munitions Dump
Bobcat
Black, and a white variant with a brown bumper.
None
None
Love and Bullets (black), and Panlantic Land Grab (white with brown bumper.)
Faggio
Yellow, and light blue
None
BP,FP,DP,EP
Stop the Press
Kuruma
Black
None
None
Home Sweet Home
Leone Sentinel
None
None
FP
The Made Man
Manana
Navy blue, and light navy blue
None
None
Salvatore's Salvation
Maverick
None
None
FP
The Passion of the Heist
Patriot
Dark brown, pink, and yellow
None
BP
A Volatile Situation (dark brown), Contra-Banned (pink), and False Idols (yellow & BP .)
PCJ-600
Black
None
BP,FP,DP,EP
Biker Heat
Pony
Completely white, black
None
None
Dead Meat (white), Night of the Livid Dreads /Taking the Peace (black).
Rumpo
Chrome red
None
FP
Bringing the House Down (chrome red), Bone Voyeur! /Friggin' the Riggin' (FP ).
Sanchez
Light blue, white, and red
None
FP
Booby Prize (FP ), Red Light Racing (light blue, white, and red).
Securicar
None
None
FP
Cash Clash
Sentinel
Black
None
FP
No Son of Mine / A Walk in the Park (black), Making Toni (FP ).
Sindacco Argento
None
None
FP
Taken For A Ride
Speeder
None
None
BP, EP, FP
Shoot the Messenger
Stallion
Chrome red/dark red, white, Chrome red/navy blue
None
FP
Chrome red/dark red, white, FP (Grease Sucho ) chrome red/navy blue (Love & Bullets ).
Stinger
Light blue
None
None
The Shoreside Redemption /The Sicilian Gambit
Stretch
Permanent white
BP , and FP
None
Search and Rescue (BP, FP ), A Date With Death (FP ).
Thunder-Rodd
Black, and light blue
FP
None
Grease Sucho
Vehicle
Unique Color
Unique Handling
Special Abilities
Mission
Barracks OL
None
None
BP
Truck Stop
Boxville
Black, White
None
None
Domo Arigato Domestoboto
Bobcat
None
None
FP
Shakedown /D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
Comet
Red, Yellow
None
None
So Long Schlong
Cuban Hermes
None
None
FP
Papi Don't Screech
Flatbed
Navy Blue
None
None
The Exchange
Infernus
None
None
FP, EP
Accidents Will Happen
PCJ-600
None
None
FP, EP
Burning Bridges
Perennial
None
None
FP
Truck Stop /Robbing the Cradle
Pony
Green
None
BP, FP
Money for Nothing (BP, FP ), Havana Good Time (green).
Quad
Chrome Red
None
FP
When Funday Comes
Sentinel XS
Black
None
BP, EP, FP, DP
So Long Schlong , (BP, EP, FP, DP )/From Zero to Hero (FP )/Light My Pyre (black)
Stallion
Black
None
None
Marked Men
Stinger
None
None
FP
Caught as an Act
Stretch
None
None
BP, FP
Kill Phil
Walton
None
None
Cholo Victory /Boomshine Blowout
Yola
None
None
BP, FP, EP, DP
Unfriendly Competition
Vehicle
Unique Color
Unique Handling
Special Abilities
Mission/Ownership
Hexer
None
Yes
None
Johnny Klebitz
Notes
Grand Theft Auto III
The Dull Gray Fbi Car can be requested from the Emergency Vehicle Import/Export Crane after delivering all emergency vehicles.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
The Love Fist can be only obtained in missions in some of the PS2 versions, that's why it's a special vehicle.
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