Blista Compact

The Blista Compact is a 2 door hatchback available in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and Grand Theft Auto IV. It is easy to find almost anywhere in Vice City or San Andreas, and is generally considered to be a satisfactory car. It is highly useful for quick getaways and general evasive purposes. An MPV is made by the same company, but is only found in Liberty City; strangely there are no Blista Compacts there, so you never see the two vehicles at the same time. Blista Compacts are front wheel drive. The GTA IV Blista Compact is manufactured by Dinka. In GTA IV, the Blista Compact is worth $1,500 at Stevie's Garage, where Niko can bring the vehicle after completing all of his Text Message Car missions.

Design
Like its design influence, the first generation Honda CRX, the Blista Compact sports a fastback design and a very small curb weight. In fact, the Blista Compact is easily the smallest (and lightest) passenger car in Vice City and San Andreas, if not GTA IV as well. Unlike many other vehicles, the Blista Compact's design has remained almost exactly the same throughout all of the games it has appeared in, apart from it's different engine sound. The San Andreas Rendition has a broken or missing turning signal. In GTA IV, there is also several burnt out wreck versions of the Blista Compact.

Performance
Acceleration and speed are quite impressive, as are handling and braking. The small engine (likely only a 4-cylinder, despite sounding very similar to larger engines in GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas) easily propels the light chassis, even with the paltry torque it delivers to the front-wheel drivetrain. The car's small size and tight handling make it highly stable and generally immune to flipping. However, this means the Blista Compact is also highly susceptible to intense damage from even the smallest vehicles at high enough speeds, and from heavy gunfire as well. In GTA IV the Dinka manufactured Blista Compact is the best vehicle to do U-turns and is the lightest sports car in the game. There have not been many changes in performance. In GTA IV the engine is a 1.4L 4-cylinder.

Modifications (GTA San Andreas)

 * Color
 * Hood
 * Vents
 * Exhausts
 * Nitro (all)
 * Roof
 * Spoilers
 * Side Skirts
 * Wheels
 * Car Stereo
 * Hydraulics