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The Vulcar Ingot is a car available in Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and Grand Theft Auto V. After Niko Bellic collects all thirty cars for Stevie, Stevie agrees to purchase cars from Niko with the Ingot fetching $0.
Description
Design
The Ingot is a station wagon which appears to be based off the Audi 100/A6 (C4 Chassis). It is nothing like a Passat; a passat has a curved front end, curved A pillars, and seperate taillights. The Audi A6 (1992-1997) has a straighter front end, straighter pillars, and a light bar that goes across the hatch, just like the Ingot. The GTA IV version appears visually similar to the Nissan Stagea WC 34, including the lights, grille and side profile of the car. However, the Stagea was never officially sold outside of Japan or in Left-hand-drive. The car is extremely underpowered, much like Audi's 2.8 liter V6 at the time, and it sounds absolutely nothing like the trademark sound of a VR6. The Ingot is not as performance-oriented as the Stagea, despite sporting racing pedals and a racing steering wheel.
Performance
The Ingot has a low-powered 6 cylinder engine (somewhat reminisce Volkswagen's trademark "VR6" narrow-bank engine), coupled to a 4 speed gearbox in an FR drive-train layout. The Ingot isn't very fast; after finding 4th gear, the car hesitates or cannot up-shift at all when on wide-open throttle. Its engine is not resilient, and may stop working after only a few crashes. The Ingot does, however, have decent handling, and its suspension is not too hard or too soft, making it perfect for regular street driving in Liberty City. It can go 0-60 in 12.3 seconds with a top speed of 150 MPH (250 KM/H). It is worth about $10,000.
Variant
A special "VD90R" variant of the car can occasionally be found in GTA IV; it's an Ingot with removed badging and new grill, a small spoiler with a small body kit, and candy red paint. This variant is driven by the Russian Mafia. Is based on the Nissan Stagea 260RS Autech Version.
Trivia
- In Grand Theft Auto IV, the two default radio stations in the Ingot are Massive B Soundsystem 96.9 and Tuff Gong Radio. In Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned the default radio station is RamJam FM.
- The Ingot lacks an exhaust pipe in both Stock and VD90R trims yet a trail of fumes are visible.
- The Ingot is one of the only cars which cannot be sold to Stevie after completing all thirty car thefts, even in perfect condition.
- Ingot means "block of metal, (typically oblong in shape)", which could be a reference to the car's lack of value and its very square and linear design.
- Driving an Ingot around seems to spawn the Securicar and is seen driving around, this happens a lot faster in West and Central Algonquin.
- In GTA IV, the Ingot's platform is rear-wheel drive, but in GTA V it's a front-wheel drive car.
Locations
GTA IV
The Ingot is rarely seen in West Broker, where the Russian presence is strong. But, they can be found too in Bohan. The VD90R variant is usually found in the Hove Beach area, where it is driven by Russian Mafia members. Otherwise, the car is very rare in GTA IV, being much more frequent in GTA Chinatown Wars.
Spawns more frequently when driving a Hakumai.
Grand Theft Auto V
- TBA