Elegy RH8

"Born in the fires of Mt. Fuji and tested on some German toll road, you can finally legally own this legendary supercar without the fear of having your door kicked in by the FIB because they'd rather crush import cars than catch terrorists."

- Legendary Motorsport description.

The Annis Elegy RH8 is a Japanese sports car in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online.

Grand Theft Auto V
The Elegy RH8 is designed as a two-door sportscar with a sleek appearance, where the greenhouse, front quarter, rear bumper area, natural rear wing and wheels are inspired by the Nissan GT-R (R35). The front headlamps are reminiscent of that of the Infiniti G37 Coupes, which is also related to the Nissan Skyline/Nissan GT-R, having small intakes on in the housing. The tailights resemble the tailights of the Toyota FT-86 Concept.

The Elegy RH8 appears to have Carbon fiber reinforced polymer front splitter, front intakes, sideskirts, medium-sized spoiler and rear diffusser. The rear wheel arches are fitted with large intakes positioned close to the doors. The dual exhaust system appears to have its twin tail pipes set inside the rear splitter. The car has the "ELEGY" marking on the rear end and a red stripe that passes over the tailights.

Grand Theft Auto V
The car accelerates relatively well from a standstill and reaches a good top speed. It also has very little wheel spin, thanks to the all wheel drive system. The car has good weight distribution and also has good balance when cornering, including high speed cornering. Cornering feels responsive most of the time, with good stability afforded to the driver, even at high speeds, rain, or snow.

The Elegy RH8 is one of the best handling cars (especially in the "Sports" class), due to its great traction, even weight distribution, and all-wheel drive configuration, but its Achilles heel is its braking, which even compared to some of the SUVs is very poor. However, due its exceptional handling, braking is not always needed when taking corners, although needing to come to a dead stop quickly may become problematic in this car.

It will also stall if one attempts to make a sharp 180 using the handbrake at high speeds - that is, if the player end up still going backwards after being turned around, if one continues to try and accelerate forwards, one will stall out for a split second.

The Elegy RH8 features a what is stated to be a 3-liter engine capable of pushing 500+ HP. The engine model appears to be a twin-cam, twin-turbo V6 mated to a 6-speed gearbox in a front engine, all-wheel drive layout.

Grand Theft Auto V
When taken to Los Santos Customs, the Elegy RH8 has an above average amount of customizable options, due to the fact that it is considered a tuning car.

Grand Theft Auto V

 * Respawns infinitely as a "special vehicle" at each protagonists' delivery garage, as a Rockstar Games Social Club bonus content.
 * Can be seen driven by racers in Hao Street Races if the player is a Rockstar Games Social Club member, but it is impossible to steal them even by killing one of the racers.

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * The Elegy RH8 is a free car in GTA Online for all Platforms. It can only be acquired online on the in-game website Legendary Motorsport for free if the player is a Social Club member.
 * The vehicle was not available to sell at Los Santos Customs, as it is a free vehicle. This was changed in the Bikers update for the enhanced version, where the player is now able to sell the vehicle for 50% of the value of any modifications applied to the vehicle. This also applies to any vehicle bought prior to a major bug patch that fixed players being able to purchase vehicles with hacked money, albeit these vehicles also only sell for 50% of the value of any modifications applied. This only applies to the enhanced version of the game.
 * Can be purchased for free at Benny's Original Motor Works in the enhanced version. It can be converted into an Elegy Retro Custom at Benny's.

Trivia

 * The default radio station of the Elegy RH8 is Space 103.2 and Lowdown 91.1.
 * It is the successor to the Elegy, a car in GTA San Andreas that resembled the real-life Nissan Skyline GT-R R32.
 * However, it can now be converted to the classic Elegy, known as the Elegy Retro Custom in Benny's Original Motor Works as it has appeared in GTA Online: Import/Export update.
 * Due to having 4-wheel drive, the Elegy RH8 can sometimes climb mountains faster or "wallride".
 * When fitting any rear bumper with a diffuser, a sticker is added that reads "Bay Shore," this is said as "Wangan" in Japan, this is directly referencing the famous Japanese Mid Night Club street racing team of the 1990s, the sticker also bares near identical resemblance to the club's official team sticker. In turn this is a reference to Rockstar Games' own franchise, Midnight Club. The sticker is also a reference to the semi-famous drift team and garage named Riverside, owned by the late Atsushi Kuroi. The sticker also shares the same font type as Riverside.
 * The description of it being owned legally in Legendary Motorsport might be a reference to the Nissan Skyline R34 being illegal in some parts of America. It also mentions that they are illegally imported, which happens worldwide.
 * Also, the site reads "You can finally own this legendary supercar slayer without the fear of having your door kicked in by the FIB because they'd rather crush import cars than catch terrorists" This is a reference to the US Federal Government seizing and crushing banned Skylines in the US.
 * The Elegy RH8 is one of the few cars that can have the rims painted when using Stock Wheels.
 * The "German toll road" reference is a reference to the Nissan GT-R being tested on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, a pro circuit and also a toll road when there are no races.
 * When the exposed intercooler is installed, the twin turbochargers shown in the picture above will appear.
 * The Elegy RH8 is one of three DLC vehicles that can be spawned in the world on the last gen version, along with the Turismo R (spawns in the mission GTA Today) and the Pigalle (spawns in the mission Time to Get Away), the Elegy RH8 appears during Hao Street Races.
 * Although it can spawn during the races, the player cannot steal them.
 * In the enhanced version, there are far more DLC vehicles that spawn on street.
 * When modified correctly, it can resemble the Nissan GT-R Nismo and its GT1 and GT3 race versions.
 * When modifying the rear bumper, the reverse light will disappear, but the light will still shine when backing up; if you manage to crash and make the rear bumper fall off, the reverse light will appear to be floating mid-air without being attached to anything.
 * When the Carbon Front Splitter is installed, a small sticker can be seen reading "Yours", a reference to the tuning company Mine's.
 * In the PC, PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game, the Carbon Front Splitter is modelled incorrectly, resulting in an asymmetrical design.
 * The name "RH8" is a reference to "Record Holder 9" ("RH-9"), a name given to GT-R's that can run a 9 second pass, with only select rules and guidelines.
 * A bodywork part that can be fitted onto the Elegy RH8 can be found in the files humorously named " ".
 * While the spoiler found on the car by default is treated as stock, Los Santos Customs lists the option as "None", meaning the spoiler cannot be removed, despite the stock spoiler being called "None".
 * Furthermore, the stock spoiler does not offer an increase in traction unlike the other spoilers available. This also applies to vehicles such as the ETR1, Gang Burrito, and Infernus.
 * As of Title Update 1.36 for PS4/Xbox One/PC, the Elegy RH8 can be sold. However, you will only receive 50% of the costs of applied modifications and no money for the car itself.
 * The description on Benny's Original Motorworks' website references the fact that money glitches used this car in a subtle way.

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