Z-Type

"Weather the new Great Depression with a car from the last Great Depression. When this rolled off the production line in 1937, minorities and women knew their place. It was the world's fastest automobile. Now it's the world's most expensive second-hand automobile. One of only 10 ever made, the Z-Type is a car you can really enjoy sitting in, surrounded by armed guards, too terrified to actually drive it anywhere."

- Legendary Motorsport description.

The Z-Type is a gang car in Grand Theft Auto 2 (driven by members of the Zaibatsu Corporation) and a classic luxury grand tourer in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online. It is manufactured by Truffade in the HD Universe.

Grand Theft Auto 2
The Z-Type is inspired by the 1937, with some styling cues from the. It is the latest vehicle of the "-Type" series, having a more rounded profile than the A-Type and the B-Type. Its internal name, unlike the A-Type and the B-Type, does not match with any known car.

As a Zaibatsu Corporation main car, the Z-Type comes in a black colour with the Zaibatsu's emblem on the roof.

Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online
Made by Truffade, the Z-Type retains its basis on the 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, but now uses styling cues from the 1937.

Design-wise, it remains identical to its previous iteration, being depicted as a sleek classic coupe with a long front and curved profile. The front end consists of a chrome slanted grille, featuring two circular lamps besides it.

The front fenders are bulky and elongated, having chrome trims running to where they end, just below the doors, while the rear fenders are also bulky, but shorter in length. The cabin features split front and rear windows and has curved door windows, along with chrome trims around them and chrome door handles.

The rear of the car is very curved, featuring circular tail lamps and a license plate. The circular boot with the chrome details and badge serves as storage for a spare tyre. Across the whole car, there is an elevated formation/separation that starts from the grille and ends on the rear end, leaving a small space for the circular boot.

Being a classic 1930s sports car, the interior of the Z-Type makes use of wooden panellings for the dashboard and the rear section, as well as wooden trimmings on the inner door panels. Part of the driver-side dashboard contains a steel plate surrounding the main gauges. The passenger side contains a glovebox, with the Truffade logo on the bottom-right corner of the same. Leather stitching can be seen on the door trims and part of the inner door panels.

The vehicle is painted with a primary colour on the body and the secondary colour on the curvatures of the bonnet area, rear fenders and lower rear. The car shares the same rim design as the JB 700, being a derivative of the "Wired" lowrider rims available in Los Santos Customs.

According to Devin Weston and the Legendary Motorsport website, only ten Z-Types were manufactured.

Grand Theft Auto 2
The car is very fast, having a high top speed, excellent acceleration, and immense traction. Despite the pros, the car's handling is prone to oversteering; an inexperienced driver can lose control of it very fast if care isn't taken. On the other hand, the braking is well above average. It's engine noise is shared with the Meteor, Trance AM, Miara and many others.

The Z-Type has a very characteristic handling, with a high top speed and excellent acceleration, but is very prone to tailspins and can be difficult to control. However, in the hands of an experienced driver, it can be a useful getaway car, especially in timed missions.

Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online
Performance of the Z-Type remains similar to its previous iteration. Speed is its strong suit — the massive V12 engine is capable of powering the vehicle up to an impressive top speed of just over 126 mph, narrowly outperforming the Monroe and, contrary to popular belief, the Adder. This makes it the fastest car among those included in the game at launch, and it has remained the fastest of its class.

The car handles as one would expect from a large, classic grand tourer, being able to calmly accelerate and easily weave through light traffic. Due to its poor weight distribution and soft suspension, cornering ability is rather poor at high speeds. It is prone to oversteer, leading to sudden and unexpected spin-outs, and counter-steering is extremely difficult. Despite its outstanding straight-line performance, these traits make the Z-Type mostly unsuitable for Sports Classic racing.

The vehicle is powered by a V12 engine with single-overhead camshafts and 6 double-barrel carburetors. It is coupled to a 4-speed gearbox, in a front-mid engine, rear-wheel-drive layout.

Import/Export
3 heavily modified variants of the Z-Type may appear in Vehicle Cargo source missions. Each variant has a unique license plate number, colour combination and different set of bodywork modifications.

Grand Theft Auto V

 * Eye in the Sky
 * Pack Man

Notable Owners

 * Chad Mulligan (formerly)
 * Red Valdez
 * Tony Posada
 * Trey Welsh
 * Uno Carb

Grand Theft Auto 2

 * Downtown District:
 * Zarelli
 * Omnitron
 * Zaibatsu HQ
 * Residential District:
 * The Village
 * Xenoton
 * Cayman
 * Industrial District:
 * Bayano
 * Sennora
 * Lattero
 * Escobar
 * House Of Guns (parked)

Grand Theft Auto V

 * Can be purchased from Legendary Motorsport for $10,000,000.
 * The player can obtain the car from the mission Eye in the Sky by parking it inside the garage of 3671 Whispymound Drive, exiting and re-entering the car, driving it out of the garage and abandoning the car. If they choose not to retry the mission, the Z-Type will be found at the LSPD Auto Impound for $250.

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * Can be purchased from Legendary Motorsport for $950,000.
 * This vehicle may be selected randomly as a high-class target source vehicle from Securoserv during an import mission with one of three variations: B1GM0N3Y, CE0 and K1NGP1N.

Grand Theft Auto 2

 * The Z-Type gives a Silenced Machine Gun when crushed.

General

 * The Z-Type is one of eleven vehicles in the HD Universe to return from the 2D Universe, the others being the Tour Bus, Panto, Furore GT, Mamba, Penetrator, Itali GTB, Impaler, Itali GTO, Locust, and Jugular.
 * The Z-Type, the Furore GT and Panto are only featured in two GTA games, both being set in 2013.
 * The default radio stations for the Z-Type are:
 * GTA 2: Futuro FM or Lithium FM (Only after "Radio Za-Za!").
 * GTA V: Los Santos Rock Radio, Vinewood Boulevard Radio or Radio Mirror Park.

Grand Theft Auto 2

 * A Zaibatsu member can be seen driving the Z-Type in the introduction scene at the Residential District, to run over a Redneck member. The player can pick up the pistol from Scientists gang member corpse and shoot the Redneck - only if Police Officer is out of sight. Then he has to go west in order to check if the Z-type is still parked and collect it. In the Dreamcast port, this Z-Type is given a unique gold paintjob.

Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online

 * This vehicle may spawn with a horn that is only present on a select few vehicles, the others being the Överflöd Entity XF, Grotti Cheetah, Dewbauchee JB 700, Enus Stafford and the Enus Paragon R (Armored).
 * The Z-Type is one of the oldest cars in Grand Theft Auto V, along with the Hotknife, Duneloader, Rat-Loader, Roosevelt and the old Tractor.
 * If given the right paint job (and possibly the right crew emblem) from Los Santos Customs, it will resemble the Zaibatsu Z-Type from GTA 2.

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