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[[Image:Zebra Cab (GTAVC) (front).jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Zebra Cab in GTA Vice City.]]
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| image_size = 300
| caption = A Zebra Cab in GTA Vice City
| rear_image = ZebraCab-GTAVC-rear.jpg
| vehicle_type = [[:Category:Taxicabs|Taxicab]]
| body_style = 4-door sedan
| capacity = 4 (driver and 3 passengers)
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The '''Zebra Cab''' is a special taxi featured in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]].


The '''Zebra Cab''' is a special taxi featured in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]].
== Description ==
The Zebra Cab is a modified [[Cabbie]], painted in a yellow-and-black zebra pattern, with darker metal trims and bumpers.
 
The Zebra Cab first appears in the final [[Kaufman Cabs]] mission, "[[Cabmaggedon]]", where it is driven by the owner of [[Vice City Cabs]] as he attempts to run down the player. After that final Kaufman Cabs mission, the Zebra Cab spawns inside the cab depot, replacing the Kaufman Cab that had spawned there.
 
== Performance ==
It emits the sound of a high-performance engine, same as that of a [[Sentinel XS]] or a [[Sabre]]. It has superior performance to both the standard Cabbie and Kaufman Cab, with slightly improved top speed, acceleration and handling.


== Description ==
== Locations ==
Like the [[Kaufman Cab]], the Zebra Cab is essentially a [[Cabbie]] with a modified paintwork: As a yellow-and-black scheme created to the likeness of a zebra skin, and darken metal trims and bumpers. As a bonus car, the Zebra Cab, predictably, has superior performance, with slightly improved top speed, acceleration and handling to the standard Cabbie and Kaufman Cab. The Zebra Cab also emits the sound of a high performance engine similar to the Kaufman Cab, but the taxi's main feature is that the passengers will never complain how long a trip takes.
* As implied before, it spawns inside the Kaufman Cabs depot after [[Cabmaggedon]].


The Zebra Cab first appears in the final [[Kaufman Cab]] mission, "[[Cabmaggedon]]", where it is driven by the owner of [[Vice City Cabs]], is used by him as moving weapon against the player, and is intended to be destroyed. The Zebra Cab is then available to the player to be driven, spawning within the Kaufman Cab depot.
== Trivia ==
* Despite being painted yellow-and-black, the game data files contain code for a [[carcols.dat/GTAVC|red paint job]]. Furthermore, when the player bumps the Zebra Cab, red paint chips will spawn from it. Also, if the player is [[Wanted Level in GTA III Era|wanted]] by the [[VCPD in GTA III Era|police]], they will be described as driving a "red taxi".


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Borgnine]], a similar bonus taxi in GTA III.
* [[Borgnine]], a similar bonus taxi in GTA III.
* [[Bickle '76]], a similar bonus taxi in GTA Liberty City Stories.
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Latest revision as of 19:36, 19 April 2015

Vehicle
Zebra Cab
A Zebra Cab in GTA Vice City.
A Zebra Cab in GTA Vice City.
(Rear quarter view)
A Zebra Cab in GTA Vice City.
Appearance(s) GTA Vice City
Vehicle type Taxicab
Body style 4-door sedan
Capacity 4 (driver and 3 passengers)
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The Zebra Cab is a special taxi featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Description

The Zebra Cab is a modified Cabbie, painted in a yellow-and-black zebra pattern, with darker metal trims and bumpers.

The Zebra Cab first appears in the final Kaufman Cabs mission, "Cabmaggedon", where it is driven by the owner of Vice City Cabs as he attempts to run down the player. After that final Kaufman Cabs mission, the Zebra Cab spawns inside the cab depot, replacing the Kaufman Cab that had spawned there.

Performance

It emits the sound of a high-performance engine, same as that of a Sentinel XS or a Sabre. It has superior performance to both the standard Cabbie and Kaufman Cab, with slightly improved top speed, acceleration and handling.

Locations

  • As implied before, it spawns inside the Kaufman Cabs depot after Cabmaggedon.

Trivia

  • Despite being painted yellow-and-black, the game data files contain code for a red paint job. Furthermore, when the player bumps the Zebra Cab, red paint chips will spawn from it. Also, if the player is wanted by the police, they will be described as driving a "red taxi".

See also

  • Borgnine, a similar bonus taxi in GTA III.
  • Bickle '76, a similar bonus taxi in GTA Liberty City Stories.