Tampa

The Declasse Tampa is a two-door muscle car featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and seen only in one cutscene in The Lost and Damned. It returns as a fully-drivable car in The Ballad of Gay Tony.

3D Universe
The Tampa in GTA San Andreas resembles a 1965-1969 Chevrolet Corvair, except it isn't rear-engined and it has a grill. It has plain steel wheels, and mismatched paint on multiple body panels, indicating it was put together with spare parts from a junkyard, this also makes it one of the first "Beater" cars in GTA, along with the Clover. It also appears to be over-scaled and in comparison to some under-scaled cars, as it looks much larger than an old compact. The Tampa is one of the gang cars used by the Da Nang Boys, a gang based in San Fierro.

HD Universe
In both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, the Declasse Tampa is redesigned as a far more beefy muscle car that may butt heads with the Sabre GT. Parts of the exterior of Tampa is based on the 1964-1973 Ford Mustang, while the front of the Tampa resembles a 1970/1971 Dodge Dart; the roof and sides of the car are reminiscent of the 68-72 Chevrolet Nova (but with less of a fastback profile); the rear is reminiscent of a 1968 Dodge Charger. Being a muscle car, its engine sound is similar to that of a Sabre GT or Dukes. It can be seen sporting one all-over color, or with a double-stripe scheme. The paint job is based on that of a 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302, with the stripe going across the trunk based on the super bee stripe, found on performance cars from Dodge and Plymouth since the 1960s.

The Tampa in TLAD only appears in the opening cutscene in front of the Pay 'n' Spray and is also featured in the BradyGames Strategy Guide for the episode. There was speculation by fans that the vehicle was available to drive outside of the cutscene, and the claims were backed up by lines in the game code which specify the handling and animations of the car; indeed, the car can be spawned by using cheat device and driven like a normal vehicle - it has every data to being drivable. An email sent by Rockstar indicated that the car was not actually drivable in the game; the car is also not programmed to appear on streets, even if the player drives it.

The Tampa reappears in TBoGT as a fully functional car and is a common sight early in the game. While still lacking a manufacturer's badge, the car is implied through police chatter to be a Bravado model, although it's actually a Declasse model.

3D Universe
The Tampa's performance is, at best, below average, with sluggish acceleration and mediocre top speed, as well as heavy steering and unstable cornering, like that of a Clover and a Sabre.

HD Universe
The Tampa's performance, which is identical in both TLAD and TBoGT, is considerably good in terms of raw power; the car's acceleration is excellent and the car can reach a considerably high top speed of 340 km/h (210 mph). This is because the car features a 310 cui (5078cc) Turbo V8 which produces a lot of torque at low RPM which allows burnouts to be performed easily, the combination of the large size of the engine and the softness of the suspension means that cornering is rather un-predictable, however, as the car can spin out in sharper turns or burn out, if the player applies gas to the car, as the car generates excess torque. Braking is considerably impressive considering the car's weight, providing the car with shorter stopping distances.

GTA San Andreas
Available in TransFender:

GTA San Andreas

 * Nines and AKs
 * Yay-Ka-Boom-Boom
 * Puncture Wounds

GTA San Andreas

 * Can be found parked at the used car lot in Jefferson, Los Santos. This is the only spawning point of Tampa in Los Santos.
 * Can also can be found driving in the Easter Basin, Battery Point and Garver Bridge region in San Fierro along with the Buccaneer and the Manana, both used as the Da Nang Boys gang cars.
 * Can be found with full immune in the mission Nines And AKs.

The Lost and Damned

 * Only seen in a cutscene.
 * Can be obtained with the use of modifications and trainers.

The Ballad of Gay Tony

 * Rarely spawns in Boulevard and Fortside, (Bohan).
 * Can be randomly seen in traffic in southern Algonquin and Middle Park, Middle Park West.
 * Rarely spawns in Northwood, likely to spawn in, Chinatown, City Hall, Fishmarket South, Castle Gardens, (Algonquin).
 * If a Buffalo is driven through Lancaster, a Tampa may appear.
 * Often seen driving on the Northwood Heights Bridge, especially if the player is driving a Stallion.
 * Often seen at the Francis International Airport.

Trivia

 * Even though the Tampa available in GTA San Andreas has an engine in adequate running condition, there are miss-matched body parts and a crooked license plate on the car; making the Tampa (along with the Clover) one of the first "Beater" cars in the Grand Theft Auto series before the rusted, backfiring beater cars in GTA IV.
 * The miss-matched panels cannot be changed to make the full car body one color at Pay and Sprays, however, this can be done at TransFenders. The same applies to the Clover.
 * In the mission Nines and AKs, the player goes to do some target practice, and has to eventually shoot at a Tampa's gas tank using a pistol, making it explode, and passing the mission. It has a unique numberplate reading "FELTCH".
 * Even though the car can be upgraded to an excellent state at a mod shop, it will always have crooked license plates.
 * During the mission Yay Ka-Boom-Boom, the player has to destroy the Loco Syndicate's cocaine factory in Doherty with a rigged Tampa. The rigged Tampa has a unique numberplate reading "TIMEBOMB". Another modded Tampa is used in the mission Puncture Wounds. The Tampa is modded with stinger traps to burst the tires of the vehicle needed in the mission. Although, if the Tampa is saved in a garage, it will not have the ability to drop stingers.
 * The Tampa plays the following radio stations by default when entered:
 * K-JAH Radio West or K-DST in GTA San Andreas.
 * Liberty Rock Radio 97.8 in The Lost and Damned.
 * San Juan Sounds in The Ballad of Gay Tony.
 * In GTA IV's DLCs, the Tampa uses the same interior as the Sabre GT.
 * Its name is based on the city of Tampa, Florida.
 * Its name may be a play on the word "Trampa", a Portuguese slang word meaning "shit".
 * In the mission Nines and AKs the player can obtain an AP (all-proof) Tampa.
 * Tampa means "Cover" or "Lid" in portuguese.
 * The Tampa's badges are never seen in-game however the textures still exists in the game files. Interestingly, it says that it's made by Declasse.
 * An HD Universe Tampa can be seen on a framed poster in the office of Beeker's Garage in GTA V. It appears to be a screenshot from The Ballad Of Gay Tony judging by the Liberty City license plate, however a police scanner audio file named "0x114AA0CA" mentions the car by the name, meaning it was in the beta.
 * It is unknown why the Tampa is only seen in a cutscene and unavailable in TLAD, although it has every data to be driveable.

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