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.

Land Vehicles

Cars

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.

MISSIONS:

Disturbance Reported: Requires Police Station, and Residential > 50

On the Trail: Requires Police Station, and Commercial > 100, and Residential > 50

Catch the Robbers: Requires Police Station, and Commercial > 50

Nab the Car-jacker: Requires Police Station

Shakedown: Requires Police Station, and $ CS > 100

Complete the four "good" police missions to unlock the Deluxe Police Station

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.

MISSIONS:

Cop Gone Bad: Requires Deluxe Police Station, and $ CS > 100

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.

MISSIONS:

Fire!: Requires Fire Station

Hose Down the Cats: Requires Fire Station and Residential > 500

Help the Cats: Requires Fire Station and Residential > 500

Complete "Fire!" three times to unlock the Fire Department Landing Strip.

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.

MISSIONS:

Slipped on Llama Dung: Requires Hospital, and Commercial > 50. Unlocks "Disease Research Center" if completed.

Shady Ambulance Driver: Requires Hospital, and $ CS > 50, and $$ CO > 50. Unlocks "Court House" if completed.

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.

MISSIONS:

Sick Bus Driver: Requires Bus Stops > 3. Unlocks "Convention Center" if completed.

Dr. Vu Steals A Bus: Requires Bus Stops > 1, and Residential > 50.

School Bus

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

MISSIONS:

Get Little Binghamton to School: Requires Elementary School, and Residential > 50. Unlocks "Private School" if completed.

Study for Profit: Requires Elementary School > 1, High School, and Commercial > 50. Unlocks "Nuclear Power Plant" if completed.

Garbage Truck

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 garbage truck, you need to have a landfill zone in your city.

MISSIONS:

Uncle Vinnie Asks a Favor: Requires Police Station, Residential, and Landfill Capacity. Unlocks "Federal Prison" if completed.

A Special Load of Garbage: Requires Police Station, Commercial, and Landfill Capacity. Unlocks "Toxic Waste Dump" if completed.

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.

MISSIONS:

Goo for the Masses: Requires Toxic Waste Dump, and Residential > 100. Unlocks "Cemetery" if Completed.

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. And one, and two, and three, and four!

MISSIONS:

Launch Time: Requires Army Base, and Missle Range.

Steal a Warhead: Requires Army Base, and Deluxe Police Station.

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.

MISSIONS:

Scientist Late for Flight: Requires Small Landing Strip, and Residential > 50. Unlocks "Opera House" if completed.

Insane Taxi!!: Requires Small Landing Strip, and Residential > 50.

Ice Cream Truck

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.

MISSIONS:

Ice Cream Delivery: Requires Elementary School > 2, and Residential. Unlocks "State Fair" if completed.

Pure Evil Ice Cream: Requires Elementary School > 2 and Residential. Unlocks part of "Area 5.1" if completed.

News Van

This vehicle is generally used for driving close to the mayor's 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.

MISSIONS:

Paparazzi: Requires Television Studio and Mayor's House.

Mayor's Got New Socks!: Requires Television Studio and Mayor's House. Unlocks "The Bureau of Bureaucracy" if completed.

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.

MISSIONS:

Escape with The Loot: Requires Deluxe Police Station, and Commercial > 50.

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.

MISSIONS:

You CAN Throw Money At It: Requires Mayor's House, and Commercial > 50. Unlocks "City Hall" if completed.

High Roller in Town: Requires Mayor's House. Unlocks "Casino" if completed.

Ribbon Cutting for [Mayor Name]: Requires Commercial > 200, and Mayor's House.

Mayor [Mayor Name] Visits Landmark: Requires Mayor's House, and Landmark.

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).

MISSIONS:

Get the Deceased to The Funeral: Requires Cemetery, and Residential > 50. Unlocks "House of Worship" if completed.

Simlent Orange: Requires Cemetery, and Commercial > 50. Unlocks "Army Base" if completed.

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.

MISSIONS:

Tank Training Mission: Requires Army Base, Residential, and can only be done once. Unlocks all the other Tank missions if completed.

New Missle Testing: Requires Army Base. Unlocks "Missle Range" if completed.

Tank Joy Ride: Requires Army Base, and Deluxe Police Station.

Teach the Strikers A Lesson: Requires Army Base, and Commercial.

Dr. Vu Gets A Tank: Requires Army Base, Police Station, Mayor's House, and Residential > 50. Unlocks "Movie Studio" if completed.

Trains

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.

MISSIONS:

Train Ride for Rocket Formula: Requires Freight Train Station, and Rails > 20. Unlocks part of "Space Port" if completed.

Sell Secret Rocket Formula: Requires Freight Train Station, and Deluxe Police Station, and Rails > 20. Unlocks part of "Area 5.1" if completed.

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.

Air Vehicles

Helicopters

Police Helicopter

With the police helicopter your can fight crime from above, use your headlight to seek out criminals.
Requirements: Deluxe Police Station

Medical Helicopter

With the medical helicopter you can easily pick-up stranded sims who may of broken a leg on their morning country stroll.
Tighten your belt take off and fight the congestion of roads.
Requirements: Large Hospital

News Helicopter

Report the top storys from the skies with your Report Mr. Mayor.
Requirements: News Studio

Attack Helicopter

Complete combat missions with the new army combat helicopter.
Requirements: Army Base

Air Planes

Attack Jet

Although the Attack Helicopter can usually rocket barrage a location with ease the attack
jet can bomb an area with complete satisfaction leaving your city in shreds.
Requirements: Area .51

Fire Plane

Sure, Sort out the blazes with Fire engines. But with the new fire plane your can put out
a fire from... above!
Requirements: Fire landing script

Sky Writing Plane

Love a sim? Write themm a love message in the sky with the all new
Sky Writing Plane!
Requirements: Small Landing Strip

Crop Duster

Dust those fields, grow the crops. From above and have fun!
Requirements: Small Landing Strip

Other

Alien Spaceship

Fly around above the city and such the eager thongs into the ship, or fire the intergalactic missiles and watch your city fall to pieces!
Requirements: Area 5.1