Stinger
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For the police car in The Ballad of Gay Tony, see Police Stinger.
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| Vehicle type | Civilian car |
| Body style | 2-door sports car |
| Capacity | 2 (driver and passenger) |
| Appearance(s) | Grand Theft Auto 1 Grand Theft Auto 2 GTA III GTA Vice City GTA Advance GTA Liberty City Stories GTA Vice City Stories |
- "What a great car. Always wanted one of these."
- — GTA Vice City Website.
The Stinger is a two-door sports car which originally debuted in the original Grand Theft Auto, and recurred in the form of different designs. To date, the Stinger has appeared in the following games:
- Grand Theft Auto 1
- Grand Theft Auto 2
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
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Description
GTA 1 — GTA 2
In GTA 1, the Stinger based on the 1968-1972 Chevrolet Corvette (the name is a reference to the Corvette Stingray). In GTA 2 it's based on the 1963 Corvette Split-Window. It can only be found in the Industrial District of Anywhere City, and gives the ElectroFingers power-up when crushed. Both iterations handle great, respond well, and stick to the road.
 GTA 1.  GTA 2 (In-game with lights). |
GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories
In GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, the Stinger appears in hard-top and convertible form. Its performance is better than most vehicles, but is the least powerful of all the 2-door sports cars, with little tendency to drift. Its Yakuza variant, the Yakuza Stinger, handles better and is all-wheel-drive, as opposed to the stock cars, which are rear-drive. The Stinger in both games is based on a Porsche Boxster or possibly a Toyota MR2 Spyder. The front of the car and also the total shape also has a likeness to the Pontiac Solstice; this is certainly just coincidental, given that the Solstice was not revealed until 2004, 3 years after GTA III went on sale and 4 years after the game went into production.
In GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories, it resembles a 1968-1973 Ferrari Daytona Spyder, an apparent homage to Sonny Crockett's Ferrari Daytona Spyder replica, yet another one of GTA Vice City's references to Miami Vice.
A working name given to the Stinger in Grand Theft Auto III is "Shark", as evidenced in the "official" website for Capital Autos [1].
 The "Shark", an earlier iteration of the Stinger in GTA III prior to the game's release.  GTA III (Rear quarter view; top down).  GTA Vice City (Rear quarter view).  GTA Liberty City Stories (Rear quarter view; top up).  GTA Vice City Stories (Rear quarter view). |
Trivia
Added by Spikedude531- In the beta version of GTA Liberty City Stories, there was a yellow Stinger supposedly reserved for use by the Sicilian Mafia. Its was possibly going to be called the Sicilian Stinger. But then it turned into a normal silver/white Stinger for the final version.
- The GTA Vice City rendition of the Stinger made an appearance in Manhunt 2.
- Even though the Stinger does not appear in GTA San Andreas, a beta model exists within San Andreas' coding. The model is the same as Vice City's, albeit the headlights are different
- Aside from the fact the Stinger in GTA Vice City is based on Sonny Crockett's Ferrari from Miami Vice, several other references to the car from the TV show are present in the game:
- The Stinger shares its name with the Stinger Missile, which was used to blow up Crockett's Ferrari in season 3 of Miami Vice.
- A Stinger is found parked outside the police station in Downtown Vice City, referencing the car's use on the cop show.
- In GTA: Liberty City Stories, if the player is armed with a Sub Machine Gun the gun will stick out the front windscreen, even if the window is still intact.
Locations
- GTA 1
- Appears in traffic in all three cities: Liberty City, San Andreas and Vice City.
- GTA 2
- Only appears in traffic in the Residential District.
- GTA III
- Driven around Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale.
- Parked in a backlot car park on the southwestern most block in Bedford Point, Staunton Island.
- Parked by a mansion garage in Cedar Grove, Shoreside Vale.
- GTA Vice City
- Very usually seen in north Downtown.
- Around Leaf Links Golf Club. Seen commonly in the bridge that connects Vice City Midland and Mainland.
- GTA Liberty City Stories
- Driven around Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale.
- Parked at a driveway of the second easternmost house (next to the future Cartel mansion), Cedar Grove, Shoreside Vale.
- GTA Vice City Stories
- Parked just north of where the Police car is parked at the downtown police station
- Parked in the InterGlobal Films studio in Prawn Island (sometimes appears in place of the Deluxo).
- Spawns in Ocean Drive, along a row of parked cars in Ocean Beach.
- Parked by a mansion in Starfish Island.
- Behind the Malibu Club on the beach island.
- Parked in front of a hotel on the east side of vice point mall, Vice point
Variants
- Yakuza Stinger
- During Grand Theft Auto, you have to deliver a unique plum colored Stinger.
The Stinger from the Grand Theft Auto mission.
See also
- Stinger Z29, a sports car in GTA 1.
- Police Stinger, a police car and fastest car in The Ballad of Gay Tony bearing no similarities with any earlier Stinger.
- Yakuza Stinger, the Yakuza version of the Stinger in GTA III, GTA Advance and GTA Liberty City Stories.
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