Special Vehicles

Through the GTA III and IV eras, there are special vehicles which have unique properties, such as being bulletproof (BP), fireproof (FP), explosion-proof (EP), damage-proof (DP), pop-proof, and/or having unique paintjob.

Types

Ability Code Description
Bullet-proof BP Cars being bulletproof typically means the car is immune to gunshots. To test if a car is bulletproof, the player can shoot it with a firearm 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 (for example, from a Flame Thrower or Molotovs). However plain fire proofing cars are extremely rare, and isn't very helpful otherwise since it is rare for a vehicle to catch on fire.
Explosion-proof EP An explosion-proof 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 by entering the car whilst on fire.
Damage-proof DP Damage-proofing is one of the best abilities that a car can have, but is extremely rare. The car can't recieve any exterior damage, which means the player can crash the car many times without being destroyed. This also applies to melee weapons which won't destroy the car either.
Pop-proof PP This means that the car's tires cannot be popped by spike strips or gunfire. However, none of the pop-proof vehicles can be saved.
Permanent Color Permanent Color This means that the car has a permanent color, if you go to the Pay N' Spray, the car will be fixed, but cannot be resprayed and not change into another color. However, none of the vehicles with permanent color can be saved.
Heavy Heavy Means that the car can push and ram other vehicles out of the way very easily, without the car losing speed or turning in different directions. However, the Heavy property will not shield against damage, and the car will receive double damage when hitting cars and other objects.
Unique Paintjob Color With Bold Print 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.
Unique Handling Unique Handling This means that the handling of the car can cut most corners and turns quickly than any other vehicles. However, none of the vehicles with unique handling can be saved.
Rare Vehicle With Bold Print Means that the vehicle cannot be found on the streets, but only appears in some missions (like the Phoenix in San Andreas). Rare vehicles can be saveable unlike unobtainable vehicles.
Unobtainable 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 indestructible. 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 White No None The Exchange
Infernus Metallic Orange No Permanent Color Grand Theft Auto
Infernus No No Permanent Color Rigged to Blow
Manana No No Corpse In The Trunk 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

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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, PP 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, PP Guardian Angels, Two Bit Hit (Black)
Walton White No None Gun Runner
Washington Black No None All Hands On Deck

Grand Theft Auto Advance

Vehicle Unique Color Unique Handling Special Abilities Mission
Yakuza Metallic Blue Yes None Down The River

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Vehicle Unique Color Unique Handling Special Abilities Mission Notes
Admiral No No DP, BP, FP, EP Los Sepulcros Save a Tow Truck in the Ganton Garage, get in, leave sweet behind, kill one of the ballas to fail, then tow the Locked Admiral to a garage.
Berkley's RC Van RC Stickers, Rear view lights Yes None Beefy Baron
BF Injection Black, Red No None Cut Throat Business Kill Madd Dogg then take the car to a garage.
BF-400 No No DP, FP, EP Just Business Use the Blow Up All Cars Cheat, before Big Smoke gets on, then using a Sawn off Shotgun, shoot it to a Garage.
Blade No No FP High Stakes, Low Rider Same with the Savanna Method.
Boxville No No DP, BP, FP, EP T-Bone Mendez Use the blow up all cars Cheat, then push to a garage.
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 Kill Jizzy B. ho then take to a garage.
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 Sink it to the Glen Park water to fail the mission. (Do not lose the Firetruck otherwise the abilities will lose.) Then drive it to the garage.
Fire Truck No Heavy DP, BP, FP, EP End of the Line Unobtainable
Forklift No No BP Robbing Uncle Sam Kill Ryder to fail the mission, then store it to the garage.
Fortune No No BP, FP, EP Wu Zi Mu
Glendale No No DP, BP, FP, EP Los Desperados Kill Cesar or his gang members to fail the mission, then tow the car using Towtruck or Tractor to the garage.
Greenwood No No DP, BP, FP, EP Drive-Thru (FP)/House Party (BP, FP)/End of the Line (DP, BP, FP, EP)
Huntley Black Heavy No Jizzy Can be acquired with use of a mod garage. (Not Heavy)
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 Simply fly it to the Verdant Meadows garage (The Large One), then destroy it to fail the mission, then keep it inside the garage. Or drop the Securicar from a great height.
Majestic No No FP High Stakes, Low Rider Same with the Savanna method.
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 Kill Ryder to fail the mission, then store it to the garage.
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
PCJ-600 No No DP, BP, FP, EP OG Loc
Perennial Black No None Big Smoke
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. Then he will escape on the pizza boy , then simply do the mission
Pony Dark Teal Yes Off-Road Wheels, Sound System Life's a Beach Drive it to the garage, then use explosives to destroy it to fail the mission, then keep it inside the garage.
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 Pass or fail the mission, then push it to the nearest garage.
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) Drive it to the garage, then suicide to fail the mission. (Ice Cold Killa)
Sultan No No FP Farewell, My Love...
SWAT Tank Blue No BP, FP End of the Line

Drive it to the garage, then destroy it using explosives to fail the mission. (Do not go to the wall going to the fortress in order not to lose the abilities.) Then keep it to the garage.

Tahoma No No BP, FP House Party Simply pass or fail the mission, then push the Locked Tahoma to the garage.
Tampa No No DP, BP, FP, EP Nines and AKs Kill Big Smoke or Emmet to fail the mission, then push it to the garage.
Tanker No No BP Tanker Commander
Tanker Trailer No No DP, BP, FP, EP Tanker Commander
Voodoo No No BP, FP House Party Simply pass or fail the mission, then push the Locked Voodoo to the garage.
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...

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

Vehicle Unique Color Unique Handling Special Abilities Mission
Banshee Black and white None None 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 None BP, and FP Search and Rescue (BP, FP), A Date With Death (FP).
Thunder-Rodd Black, and light blue None FP Grease Sucho

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

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

Grand Theft Auto IV

Vehicle Unique Color Unique Handling Special Abilities Mission
Cavalcade Black Trims None None Deconstruction for Beginners/Stevie's Car Thefts
Feltzer Purple None None I'll Take Her...
Flatbed Cherry-red None Load of Explosives Rigged to Blow
Laundromat None None None Hung Out to Dry
Infernus Gold None None Stevie's Car Thefts
Patriot Gold None None Stevie's Car Thefts/Playboy X
Police Stockade None None None Three Leaf Clover/Tunnel of Death
Romero None None None Undertaker
Ruiner Gold and Yellow None None Ivan The Not So Terrible
Voodoo White and Pink None Bodies in the Trunk Have a Heart

The Lost and Damned

Vehicle Unique Color Unique Handling Special Abilities Mission/Ownership
Hexer None Yes None Johnny Klebitz

The Ballad of Gay Tony

Vehicle Unique Color Unique Handling Special Abilities Mission/Ownership Type
Feltzer Hot Pink No None Gracie Ancelotti Unique Paintjob
Skyhook Blue No None Yusuf Amir Rare

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. Or it can be obtained using of the Pay N' Spray If the FBI Car is in a pursuit color (Black). Or it can be obtain if when you encountered the FBI Car roadblocks/barricades.

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. It can also be spawned by cheats.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

  • It is worth noting that the BP,FP,EP and DP vehicles can be obtained with the vehicle of death cheat code. NOTE: Activate this cheat before entering the vehicle and deactivate it when in the vehicle for it to be indestructable without blowing up other vehicles when touching (unless of course it's a Rhino).