Stinger

The Stinger is a two-door sports car which originally debuted in the original Grand Theft Auto, and recurred in the form of different designs. To date, the Stinger has appeared in the following games:


 * Grand Theft Auto 1
 * Grand Theft Auto 2
 * Grand Theft Auto III
 * Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
 * Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
 * Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

GTA 1 — GTA 2
In GTA 1, the Stinger based on the 1968-1972 Chevrolet Corvette (the name is a reference to the Corvette Stingray). In GTA 2 it's based on the 1963 Corvette Split-Window. It can only be found in the Industrial District of Anywhere City, and gives the ElectroFingers power-up when crushed. Both iterations of handle great, respond well, and stick to the road.

GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories
In GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, the Stinger appears in hard-top and convertible form. Its performance is better than most vehicles, but is the least powerful of all the 2-door sports cars, with little tendency to drift. Its Yakuza variant, the Yakuza Stinger, handles better and is all-wheel-drive, as opposed to the stock cars, which are rear-drive. The Stinger in both games resembles a Porsche Boxster or a Toyota MR2 Spyder.

In GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories, it resembles a 1968-1973 Ferrari Daytona Spyder, an apparent homage to Sonny Crockett's Ferrari Daytona Spyder replica, yet another one of Vice City's references to Miami Vice.

A working name given to the Stinger in Grand Theft Auto III is "Shark", as evidenced in the "official" website for Capital Autos.

Trivia

 * In the beta version of GTA Liberty City Stories, there was a yellow Stinger supposedly reserved for use by the Sicilian Mafia. Its was possibly going to be called the Sicilian Stinger.
 * The GTA Vice City rendition of the Stinger made an appearance in Manhunt 2.

Locations

 * GTA 1
 * Appears in traffic in all three cities: Liberty City in GTA 1, San Andreas and Vice City.


 * GTA 2
 * Only appears in traffic in the Residential District.


 * GTA III
 * Driven around Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale.
 * Parked in a backlot car park on the southwestern most block in Bedford Point, Staunton Island.
 * Parked by a mansion garage in Cedar Grove, Shoreside Vale.


 * GTA Liberty City Stories
 * Driven around Staunton Island and Shoreside Vale.
 * Parked at a driveway of the second easternmost house (next to the future Cartel mansion), Cedar Grove, Shoreside Vale.


 * GTA Vice City Stories
 * Spawns at a parking space in Downtown near the police station.
 * Parked in the InterGlobal Films studio in Prawn Island (sometimes appears in place of the Deluxo.
 * Spawns in Ocean Drive, along a row of parked cars in Ocean Beach.
 * Parked by a mansion in Starfish Island.
 * Behind the Malibu Club on the beach island.