SimCity 4: Rush Hour/Vehicles

In My Sim mode, you can have a free drive on any unlocked vehicles, or do any U Drive It missions that are avalible. This page tells you about the vehicles, including how to unlock them.

Police Car
The police car has a siren, which once turned on will cause all traffic to go to the side of the road to let you through. To unlock the police car, you need to have either the small or large police station somewhere in your city.

Police Van
This too has a siren, but will have different U Drive It missions than the police car. The police van can be unlocked by building either a large or deluxe police station in your city.

Fire Engine
It also has a siren, and can shoot water out of the hose by holding down the right mouse button over the area where the fire is (or just for fun, and make all the Sims run away.) The fire engine can be unlocked by having either a fire station, or the fire department landing strip in your city.

Ambulance
It too has a siren, and the two U Drive It missions available for this vehicle are both to do with the commercial area. To unlock the ambulance, you need to build a hospital in your city.

City Bus
The city bus doesn't move particularly fast, and can be hard to turn around in a built up area. To unlock the city bus, you need a bus stop in your city. You should have at least two bus stops in your city, or else your sims will not be able to use them.

School bus
It is simular to the city bus, except it is yellow. The main U Drive It mission for this vehicle is 'Get little Binghampton to School'. To unlock the school bus, you need a school in your city.

Dustbin Lorry
Both the missions for this truck are to do with 'Dr Vu', and where you have to pick up a package. On the 'good' mission, you take it to the police station, and on the 'bad' mission, you take it to his secret lair. To unlock the dustbin lorry, you need to have a landfill zone in your city.

Toxic Waste Truck
This truck leaves a trail of green exhaust, and while in control of it, you can pour toxic waste out of the tanker. All nearby Sims run away from this vehicle (must be too smelly.) To unlock the toxic waste truck, you need to build the toxic waste dump.

Army Truck
Instead of a horn, it has a person who shouts things in Sim language. To unlock the army truck, you need an army base in your city.

Taxi
The missions for this vehicle are taking either Dr Vu's Aunt Betty or a scientist to the airport. Build a small landing strip in your city to unlock the taxi.

Ice Cream Van
The ice cream van has a loud speaker, which once turned on will cause all nearby Sims to run towards the van (when stationary.) To unlock the ice cream van, you need to have a residential zone in your city.

News van
This vehicle is generally used for driving close to the mayors limo in missions, and has a news reporter instead of a horn. To unlock the news van, you need a television station in your city.

Get Away Van
The get away van is used in robbery missions, either escaping with the loot, or you driving a police car and stopping the robbers from getting away. To unlock the get away van, you need a commercial zone in your city.

Mayor Limo
The limo has the mayor inside, and when driving it, you can throw money out of the windows. This can help with protesting Sims, but the money comes out of the city funds. To unlock the Mayors Limo, you need the mayors house in your city.

Hearse
This car is used to take dead bodies to the cemetery. To unlock the hearse, build a cemetery in your city. (Note:if you hear a sort of moaning sound, it's only the ghosts in the cemetery).

Tank
This vehicle can go just as fast on land as on the road, and can shoot missile type things, to destroy buildings. The barrel can be moved up and down, and rotated to face the right way. To unlock the tank, build an army base in your city.

Steam Train
The steam train can produce a smoke stack, and is used to unlock the space port. To unlock the steam train, you need a freight station in your city, and to take control of it you need some rails.

Passenger Train
The passenger train has a horn, and can be used for escaping the city in one of it's missions, so make sure that you have a train line that goes out of your city. To unlock the passenger train, you need a passenger train station and a railway in your city.

Freight Train
The freight train also has a horn, and can be used to unlock the spaceport. To unlock the freight train, you need a freight train station and some rails in your city. The freight train also takes some freight trucks out of your city, so industrial zones are less poluting and have less traffic jams.