Sentinel

"When you're doing 90 in the fast lane, this is the car right on your ass flashing its high beams. If you're quite rich, and really an asshole, and you want everyone to know it, you can't do better."

- Southern San Andreas Super Autos description.

The Sentinel is a continually recurring series of BMW-based cars featured in both 3D Universe and HD Universe, with the exception of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. It is manufactured by Übermacht in the HD Universe.

Design
In the 3D Universe, it is a mid-size luxury 4-door sedan. In the HD Universe it assumes the design of a compact two-door sports coupe in Grand Theft Auto IV and later a hard-top convertible in Grand Theft Auto V.

3D Universe
In GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, the Sentinel resembles a slightly enlarged BMW 3 Series (E36) (most likely the 325i/328i) with different taillights from the Mitsubishi Diamante and having frontal influences from the newer E46.

In GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories, it is based on the BMW 5 Series (E28) with headlights derived from a 1984-1985 US spec Honda Accord sedan and minor styling cues from the BMW 6 Series (E24). However, several significant cosmetic changes may be noted between the two games, particularly with regards to the frontal and rear fascias; even the GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories renditions are significantly different from each other, as the GTA Vice City Stories Sentinel appears less like its tuned counterpart, the Sentinel XS, which had not received the same degree of changes.

In GTA San Andreas, it is primarily based on the BMW 5 Series (E34), most likely the 528i, with a rectangular headlights (as opposed to E34's dual round headlights).

While the Sentinel is usually a common car in the streets in most GTA titles, it is significantly rare in Vice City Stories.

The GTA Advance rendition does not appear to have a clear source of inspiration for its design, but retains its slender 4-door sedan look. While the car isn't generally associated with any gang, the GTA Advance rendition is an exception, serving as the gang car for an unspecified mafia in the game, taking over the role of the Mafia Sentinel, the mafia variant of the Sentinel.

At one point of GTA III's development, the Sentinel was named the "Beamer" (Beamer is a play on "Bimmer", common slang term given to BMW cars, especially the modified ones). A car of this name was previously featured in Grand Theft Auto 2, and was also based on a BMW. Meanwhile, a "Sentinal" was also in the process of development, appearing as a modern mid-size car that would go on to become the Kuruma. Both beta cars can be found in the Capital Autos website.

Grand Theft Auto IV
The Übermacht Sentinel in GTA IV is now redesigned into a two-door sports coupe, based on the coupe variant of the BMW 3 Series (E46) (based on its performance and styling, presumably a 2004-2006 330ci ZHP Edition) in chassis design, as well as the entire front, though the grille is one piece. The tail lights however, seem to be inspired by the older E36 3 Series and E39 5 Series. However it appears to have smaller body, making it also similar to the BMW 1 Series Coupé (E82).

Also visible are miniscule STD badges in front of the doors, near the sideskirts and front wheel wells. STD stands for "Sentinel Tuning Division", likely a play on Subaru's STi marque and BMW's in-house tuning division, BMW M, but also a reference to the acronym for "sexually transmitted disease." The format in which it is written is also similar to that of Subaru's STI division.

The Sentinel can be found with silver, gold, and black painted alloy rims, all with a chrome lip. It is equipped with a GPS system with a female voice, but only if the player leaves the "selected cars" (default) option in the audio menu.

After collecting all thirty cars for Stevie in GTA IV, he agrees to purchase cars from Niko Bellic, with the Sentinel fetching $2,500.

Grand Theft Auto V
The Sentinel is redesigned once again in GTA V, inspired by the newer BMW 3 Series Convertible (E93) (based on the engine noise and performance, most likely a 330i or 335i; however, it has the design of a 328i Convertible with performance that isn't similar).

There are elements from the E92 M3. The car also has little style ques from the Lexus ISF USE20; this is noticeable in the front grille. It is available as a hard top convertible, based on the E92 coupe. The wheels featured on this model bear a striking resemblance to Volk Racing GT30 or RE30 wheels. The same wheels are shared with the Feltzer and the Fusilade.

The front face of the car has an overall appearance similar to the M3, but has some minor differences: the headlights appear more like those found on the Subaru Impreza (second facelift), and the grille is a single unit as opposed to the trademark "kidney" grille found on BMW models.

The rear of the car is based mainly on the Saab 9-3, especially with the curvature of the front grille components, headlight configuration and bumper alignment. Unlike the 3-series that this model is based on, the exhaust tips sit just outside the outer edges of this area, and are oval as opposed to twin-circles.

After the 1.10 update, both the Sentinel and its XS variant have been reclassed to a "Sports" car, instead of its former "Coupes" category. The reason for the sudden category change is unknown and somewhat inaccurate due it is a compact executive coupe rather than a sports car. However, this was reverted back to the "Coupes" category, along with all of Ubermacht's vehicles, in the 1.11 update.

In GTA Online, this is the most expensive car that can stolen off the street to keep in one's garage or sold at Los Santos Customs, tied with the Felon GT, selling for $9,500.

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3D Universe
With a sturdy inline-6 engine in all its appearances (with the exception of inline-4 in Vice City Stories), the Sentinel has a decent top speed and acceleration despite its heavy weight. The car handles well, although it suffers from body roll in GTA Vice City Stories. It comes with good drifting properties, although its RWD layout sometimes leads to oversteer and tailspins; these problems are more apparent in the GTA San Andreas rendition, due to its lighter weight distribution and softer suspension. In GTA San Andreas, the Sentinel's top speed of 163 km/h (101 mph) makes it the second fastest four-door car in the game. Also, the Sentinel in all games are known to be durable due to its luxury build and heavy weight, which can withstand a large amounts of damage before destroyed, making it a suitable choice for street racing, pursuits, getaways and as a cover in shootouts.

Grand Theft Auto IV
As a sport compact executive coupe, the GTA IV Sentinel reaches a superb top speed, but not far from the fastest vehicles in the game. It has above-average acceleration, and reaches its top speed fairly quickly as well. The Sentinel's suspension is rather soft, and it tends to roll when going around tight bends at high speed; the rear of the car also tends to bounce about when traveling on uneven roads. Its handling is above average, but at high speeds it loses a lot of grip and easily spins out of control due to the lack of weight in the rear. But if controlled right, its speed and grip can be combined to produce almost-professional like drifts that can be used to slide into sharp turns and back alleyways to evade the police without difficulty. Nonetheless, it is arguably the best choice in the modern category in multiplayer racing.

Grand Theft Auto V
Returning to GTA V, the car has massive improvements, such as increase top speed and acceleration, braking distance and gear shifting. Crash deformation is acceptable, and can take multiple crashes to even deform the front end. The engine is strangely exposed to gun-fire, taking the most damage from gun-fire, which is strange to say it is completely covered. Crash deformation at higher speeds is high (quarter panels of the car may look to be "glitched" into the wheel wells if hit hard enough), and it isn't hard with this car to make the wheels jam in crashes, but the car can withstand a surprising amount of frontal impacts without failing. The Sentinel is a decent car to use in online races and is even better in freemode sessions, thanks to its very smooth and precise driving which compensates for its (relatively) low acceleration compared to other cars.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

 * The Sentinel can only be modified in a TransFender mod-garage.

Mafia Sentinel
The Mafia Sentinel, a gang variant of the Sentinel from GTA III, also known as the Leone Sentinel in GTA Liberty City Stories. Only Leones drive this vehicle.

Sentinel XS
The tuned version of the Sentinel, featured in GTA Vice City, GTA Vice City Stories, GTA IV, and GTA V, which has a better top speed and acceleration than the regular one. Curiously the standard Sentinel is more expensive than the XS model in GTA V.

Special Variants

 * In GTA Vice City, a unique black Sentinel is the target's getaway vehicle in the mission "Hit The Courier". The player can obtain the car by diligently killing the driver of the car as soon as she enters it, but must not exit the car and close its door until they enter a garage or complete the mission, as the car will lock itself again.

Grand Theft Auto III

 * In the mission "Bait", Catalina has sent three Colombian Cartel death squads to kill Claude. The death squads consist of three Sentinels with four men each; the Sentinel was picked as these are the fastest and best-handling four-door vehicle (excluding emergency vehicles). Claude is directed to lead the Colombians into a Yakuza ambush organized by Asuka.
 * In the mission Dead Skunk in the Trunk, Joey Leone orders Claude to take one Manana with a Leone dead body in the trunk, in the front of the Greasy Joe's Café, but there are two Forelli gang members in two Sentinels overseeing the car, the player needs to steal the car, make a run-away opposite the Forelli Brothers, and bring the car successful to the Harwood Autocrusher and Junkyard.
 * In the missions Chaperone, the car is seen parked outside the warehouse in Atlantic Quays where the party takes place. After the police raids, a Mafia man flees with the car.
 * In the mission Gone Fishing, if the player doesn't kill Ray's partner in the beach, he will enter a Sentinel and make a run for it.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

 * Jury Fury - The Sentinel is one of the two cars that have to be smashed with a hammer.
 * Death Row - One Sentinel is used to block the junkyard's entrance. After rescuing Lance, the game give you another to go to the destination.
 * Bar Brawl - The game gives you a Sentinel to go to the bar after leaving Vercetti Estate.
 * Cop Land - Similar to the mission Bar Brawl, a Sentinel is given to Tommy and Vance to go to the destination after leaving Vercetti Estate.
 * Psycho Killer - A true psycho killer that want to see the Love Fist band screwed cuz they ruined his life, flees in a Sentinel and Tommy's duty is to chase and kill him.
 * No Escape? - A Sentinel spawns outside the police station to use to flee.
 * Recruitment Drive - Tommy kills Candy Suxxx's agent friends that are fleeing inside a Sentinel. After leaving Well Stacked Pizza, if the player doesn't have a four-door car, a Sentinel, parked across the street, can be used.
 * Hit the Courier - You will find three Sentinels parked at the docks. Two are red, and the one between them is black, which the courier uses to flee after arriving by helicopter.


 * Tommy is driving one when racing Hillary in the mission The Driver.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

 * Sweet's Girl - Two Sentinels will chase you after rescuing Sweet and his girl.
 * Running Dog - If you don't kill the fugitive, he will jump some fences before entering in a Sentinel with another Vagos member.
 * Sentinels are also used as cover in the mission "The Green Sabre", when the player and Sweet must resist the onslaught of the Ballas under the Mulholland Intersection. Some were already there, and two carry Ballas gang members.
 * Four Sentinels are featured during the mission Mountain Cloud Boys: One is destroyed during the shooting in the alleyway, while another is used by Carl and Woozie to escape, being necessary to destroy other two driven by the enemy gang.
 * Customs Fast Track - The security guards arrive with two Sentinels to stop Carl and Cesar.
 * Kent Paul is seen driving a dark blue Sentinel to the airport in the GTA San Andreas mission Saint Mark's Bistro; a unique grey Sentinel can also be seen in the court yard of Marco's Bistro during this mission.

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
The Sentinel is prominently featured multiple times in GTA Liberty City Stories, all of which are depicted with a dark gray/black body color:


 * A black Sentinel is featured during a cutscene in "The Guns of Leone", during which Salvatore Leone charges into the Red Light District to exert revenge on the Sindaccos, running over an unsuspecting Sindacco member on the way. The car is unobtainable as the car turns into a Mafia Sentinel after the cutscene ends.
 * Four black Sentinels are prominently driven by hitmen hired by Ma Cipriani in "No Son of Mine"; as soon as the hitmen exit one such Sentinel, the player can easily attain the car. The cars are programmed to be heavy, which allows the player to push aside other cars without affecting the Sentinel's performance or trajectory.
 * The same form of Sentinels mention above can also be found during "A Walk in the Park", when Roger C. Hole and his body guards arrive at Belleville Park in three such cars parked in a row. Once the player manages to kill R.C. Hole and the body guards before they reach their cars, the player can take any of the cars to their garage; otherwise, if R.C. Hole manages to flee to the second car, the car's weight is reset to normal while the first and third cars retain their heavy weight. The Sentinels also received increased health for the mission.
 * The last appearance of the black Sentinel is during "Making Toni", when it serves as the player's mode of transport for the mission and is fireproof. The car can be obtained by partially submerging the car in a shallow shoreline, failing the mission; otherwise, the car is driven away by Mickey Hamfists in the end of the mission.

Grand Theft Auto IV

 * Wrong is Right - The target used a lustered black Sentinel to meet his partner, then used it to flee to Algonquin. The player can obtain the vehicle by shooting the Target in head, then after the mission passes, get on the car and save it as usual. Although in rare occasions it may makes the vehicle flips and unobtainable.
 * A Sentinel is requested for Stevie's Car Thefts.

Grand Theft Auto V
The Sentinel is only featured in two of GTA V's missions.
 * In the mission Father/Son, Michael and Franklin take Amanda's red Sentinel and use it to save Jimmy from the men who steal Michael's yacht. However, after Franklin jumps from the yatch and is caught in the Sentinel, the Sentinel's engine breaks down due to it being shot several times by the thieves. This then prompts the player to take the car to Los Santos Customs to repair it, which also introduces them to car modding.
 * The car can be seen again later in the mission Reuniting the Family parked outside Bean Machine.

Notable Owners

 * Amanda De Santa owns a red Sentinel with a custom license plate saying "KRYST4L", it, like all of the De Santa family cars, Franklin's Buffalo S and his Bagger, and Trevor's Bodhi, will retain all modification's, both cosmetic and performance, for the rest of the game, and will respawn at the player's safehouse if destroyed.
 * Candy's Agent
 * Kent Paul owns a blue Sentinel.
 * Marco Forelli owns a grey Sentinel.
 * Oleg Minkov
 * Preston Pecinovsky
 * The Psycho
 * Roger C. Hole

Locations
Sentinels are generally found throughout the business districts of all the cities; some can be seen driving in the suburbs and wealthy parts of town as well.

Grand Theft Auto III

 * Saint Mark's, Portland - Parked outside Marco's Bistro.
 * In the Staunton Island LCPD HQ parking lot.
 * Torrington, Staunton Island - Parked outside Kenji's Casino.
 * Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale - In the parking lot.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

 * Can always be found at Sunshine Autos, whether the player owns the business or not.

Grand Theft Auto Advance

 * Portland Beach, Portland
 * Portland Harbor, Portland
 * Atlantic Quays, Portland
 * Torrington, Staunton Island
 * Pike Creek, Shoreside Vale
 * Sometimes driven by Mafia members near any hospital or police station.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

 * Inside one of the Vinewood studios, only when wanted for export. (sometimes locked)
 * It is common around the Prickle Pine area, Las Venturas.
 * Very common in business areas such as Financial or Old Venturas Strip.
 * Can be found driving around Easter Bay International Airport.
 * Can be found parked next to Pier 69.
 * Can be imported once the player has exported it.
 * Can be found in Temple and some surrounding districts in Los Santos.

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

 * Harwood, Portland - Spawns inside the Capital Autos showroom after completing three levels of Car salesman.
 * Torrington, Staunton Island - Parked at the parking lot behind the Big Shot Casino.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

 * Several Sentinels can be found at the Washington Beach car park.

Grand Theft Auto IV

 * Spawns around The Exchange, Middle Park, The Triangle and Little Italy in Algonquin.
 * Spawn around Westdyke, Alderney.
 * Spawn around Hove Beach, Outlook, and Downtown in Broker and in the car park in East Island City in Dukes.
 * Spawns in the parking lot next to the control tower at Francis International Airport in Dukes. However, stealing it is a pain because the player will attain a 4 star wanted level for driving in the airport.
 * Found behind the Laundromat in Hove Beach, Broker, after the mission Hung Out to Dry for Vladimir Glebov. It can be found here after the mission is completed.
 * In the mission Wrong is Right, Oleg Minkov is being chased in a Sentinel. Shoot Minkov in the head and the player can keep the vehicle after completing the mission.
 * Provided in the missions Actions Speak Louder than Words and Meltdown.

Episodes From Liberty City

 * Appears in the Stubbs' Dirty Laundry side-mission When the Blue Chips are Down, used as a getaway car (TLAD). After completing it, the player can use the vehicle as normal.
 * Provided in the mission Not So Fast (TBoGT).

Grand Theft Auto V

 * Amanda's Sentinel occasionally (always after the final mission) spawns at Michael's house, when she is at home. If the player (as Franklin or Trevor) takes Amanda's Sentinel, they will get a text message from Michael to return the car.
 * Very common in Rockford Hills, Vinewood Hills and Richman.
 * Occasionally spawns in Vespucci Beach.
 * One will spawn occasionally at Del Perro Pier.

Grand Theft Auto Online
The Sentinel in GTA Online is extremely rare:
 * In the mission Potshot, the Sentinel may spawn in traffic on the freeway next to the farm.
 * Spawns rarely in Paleto Bay
 * Rarely parked at the Los Santos Golf Club
 * Simeon sometimes will want a Sentinel XS for his vehicle list. The standard Sentinel may spawn more often when the XS does, allowing the player to obtain one. Once the player obtains an XS, keep driving around Vinewood Hills and Rockford Hills until the convertible spawns. This triggers more to spawn.
 * As of patch 1.13, the Sentinel can now be purchased from Southern San Andreas Super Autos for $95,000.

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * The Sentinel sells for $9,500 at Los Santos Customs.

General

 * The names of the three Ubermacht vehicles are references to the movie "The Matrix". The Oracle is a reference to the computer program that helps humans fight the machines, the Zion is a reference to the last human city, and the Sentinel is a reference to the machines the humans are at war with.
 * The Sentinel plays the following radio stations by default when entered:
 * GTA San Andreas: Bounce FM.
 * GTA IV: Liberty City Hardcore or Liberty Rock Radio.
 * GTA V: Lowdown FM or Space 103.2.
 * The vehicle takes its name from the Middle English slang term sentinel which means to watch over or guarding.
 * This is likely a reference to the popular culture that BMW cars are a stereotypical vehicle for wealthy people, bodyguards and gangsters.

Grand Theft Auto III

 * Grand Theft Auto III used photographs and decals for textures. Evidence of this is on the Sentinel's rims. The Sentinel's rims actually have Honda logos. This applies to all the GTA III vehicles using the 5-spoke rims that the Sentinel used.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

 * If the player purchases a Sentinel at the Easter Basin Docks in GTA San Andreas, sometimes the front registration plate will read "DO NNY", however the rear one still retains the original plate number found on every Sentinel.
 * As referenced in the cargrp.dat file, it, alongside the Admiral and Feltzer are the gang cars of the Mafia gang, which does not spawn anywhere on the streets without glitches.

Grand Theft Auto V

 * If Amanda's Sentinel is taken by Franklin or Trevor in GTA V, Michael will text the player, saying "I'd put the car back before Amanda takes a contract out on you. bro" or "Amanda knows you've got her car, and she's on the warpath".
 * If Franklin or Trevor drives a Sentinel stolen from a civilian to Michael's house, Michael will text them even if it wasn't Amanda's Sentinel.
 * The Sentinel is one of six updated vehicles in GTA V that do not also appears in their GTA IV and its episodes models. The other vehicles are the Feltzer, the Buccaneer, the Coquette, the Police Cruiser and the Police Maverick.
 * In the official gameplay trailer, Amanda's Sentinel appears as the example to customize vehicles in Los Santos Customs.
 * If the player takes Amanda's Sentinel and then calls someone to hang out, it will be locked when dropping him/her off. It is possible to fix this by switching to another character then changing back to the first one.
 * This is one of four backup personal vehicles in GTA V that spawn on the street. The other three are the Bagger, Issi and the Hot Rod Blazer.

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