Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas/Vehicles

Legend for mods: TF = Transfender mod shops, WA = Wheel Angels, LR = Low rider mod shop, c = color, h = hood, e = exhausts, l = lights, r = roof, s = spoilers, n = nitro, w = wheels, cs = car stereo, h = hydraulics, v = vents, ss = side skirts.

The first number is the number of seats (if more than 1).

Cars

• Alpha - 91' Dodge Steath
• Blista Compact - Honda CRX
• Blade - `70 Chevrolet Caprice Droptop
• Buffalo - '90 Camaro with Scoop, Heavy car, fast and with excellent traction. Probably the best choice for off-road racing, one can always be found at Catalina's cabin.
• Elegant - 4. Sedan. TF c n w cs h
• Emperor - 4. TF c v e l n r s ss w cs h
• Fortune - 2. TF c n w cs h
• Intruder - 4. Like a Civic.
• Majestic - 1978-1988 Buick Regal
• Picador - 2. `68 Chevrolet El Camino Car with a truck bed. Can be found in Ryder's driveway.
• Rancher - 2. Bronco style SUV. TF 2c h e l r s n w cs h
• Sabre - 2. '78 Oldsmobile Cutlass
• Sentinel - `91 BMW 5251
• Stallion - 2. Like a Mustang. Comes in convertible and hardtop variants. Fast in a straight-line but poor cornering.
• Stratum - 4. Station wagon. Has virtually no redeeming features
• Tampa - 1965-69 Chevrolet Corvair
• Taxi - 4. Modern taxi. Can be used in the Taxi Driver Vehicle Mission. The taxi is very tough and quite fast, however it can be slow to turn.

Sports Cars

• Bullet - Fragile but otherwise fun sports car with good sex appeal, acceleration and handling. One can be found in a lot between Doherty and Easter Basin Docks in San Fiero
• Banshee - Looks like a early 1080's Firebird. Excellent acceleration, good speed. Not very nimble.
• Cheetah - Looks like a Ferrari Testarosa. Very fast and very nimble. Excellent racing car.
• Comet - A Porsche 911 type car, comes in convertible and hardtop versions. A small car and fast but steering can be twitchy.
• Infernus - Looks like a late 1990's Acura NSX. Fast but with excellent traction and therefore a viable choice for off-road racing but can be prone to very wide powerslides off-road as well as having poor off-road hill climbing abilities.
• Jester
• SuperGT - Fast but not much use because of its ability to spinout. Excellent car for an expert driver but you might as well use the Cheetah
• Turismo - Looks like a mid 1990's Nissan 300z
• ZR-350 - Looks a lot like the Banshee or the Cheetah but has slower acceleration and is very fragile

"Funnies"

• Bloodring Banger - Available outside the stadium in San Fiero, very tough but prone to spinning out. Used in the [Bloodring] Competition
• Forklift - Very similar to the golf cart except for the lifting fork
• Golfcart - Very good on grass but prone to rolling
• Monster - Monster truck, excellent off-road, high driving position is good for spotting things away from the road, tough, can effectively drive straight over normal vehicles. Available in one of the trailer parks south of Los Santos
• Patriot - Based on the Humvee, tough vehicle, high suspension, available in military bases
• Stretch - Limo, good as a portable barricade and for impressing hos.

Trucks

• Boxville - Slow, unstable but very heavy
• Pony - Tough car, average speed, prone to rolling
• TV Van - virtually identical to the Pony except slightly more stable

Motorcycles

• PCJ-600 - Sporty motorcycle featured in Vice City. This is a good choice for attempting jumps and stunts and is quite fast. It tends to skid on grass however and the front wheel will often rear up when accelerating hard from a stop.
• NRG-500 - Racing morotcycle. Fastest one in the game. Can be found by the export crane in San Fierro
• FCR-900 - Very fast bike, excellent acceleration and good for jumps.
• Sanchez - Dirt Bike. Can be found in any country side. Extremely forgiving about jumps and falls. Poor turning circle but probably the best acceleration and traction off-road.
• HPV1000 - Police Bike. Can be found anywhere. Has sirens, and you can do vigilante missions in them.
• BF-400 - Older type of sporty bike. Appears in Marina, Los Santos
• Freeway - Harley Davidson. A biker-gang type bike. Appears in the country side.
• Faggio - A moped. Appears in Marina, Los Santos.
• Pizza Boy - Moped used for pizza deliveries.

Bicycles

• BMX - BMX trick bike. Can be found in the overgrown yard across from CJ's Grove house.
• Mountain Bike - Mountain bike. Can be found in the base and on top of Mountain Chilliad.
• Bike - Typical bike found in country side.

Planes

• Shamal - Private jet. Found in all airports.
• AT 400 - Passenger plane that resembles a 737. Found in hangar in Las Venturas.
• Hydra - Military jet. Spawns in Area 69, on top of the air craft carrier in San Fierro, and at your air strip upon comleting "vertical bird" mission.
• Crop Duster - Pesticide spreading plane. Found on top of the hill southeast of San Fierro.
• Dodo - Motorplane. Spawns in all airports.
• Skimmer - Motorplane that can land on water. Spawns in the waters in the desert.
• Stunt plane - Stunt plane. Spawns at the airstrip upon getting all silvers or above in pilot school.
• Andromeda - Huge Cargo plane that resembles a lockheed c5. The only way to spawn it is to use a cheating device.
• Beagle
• Nevada - prop cargo plane based on a douglas dc-3
• Rustler - WWII plane. Spawns in San Fierro Airport's hangar and at your air strip after completing a mission.

Helicopters

• Raindance - Strangly painted army helicopter based around a Sikorsky H60
• Cargobob - Cargo heli, obviously based on a chinook but with a tail rotor instead :s
• Hunter - A large military Heli with machine guns and missles, spawns at your airstrip after getting "gold" ranking in all the flying school missions

Boats

• Marquis - Sailing boat with diesel engine. Available at the docks in San Fiero
• Jetmax - Cigarette boat. One of the faster boats.

External Links

• GamerLady's Vehicle Location Map
  • if the Photobucket version has reached its limit, it is also hosted at GameFAQs
• modding "unmoddable" vehicles at GTAForums.com
• Car Mod Reference Sheet at GTAForums.com
• Car Database An incredibly detailed car spec and listing FAQ courtesy of: REDjackeT: The Cow Deity @ gamefaqs.com