The Diablo Stallion is a vehicle featured in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. The car is known simply as the Diablo in Grand Theft Auto Advance.
Design[]
Grand Theft Auto III & Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]
The Diablo Stallion is essentially a customized Stallion used by the Diablos gang, distinguishable by its black body with painted flames running across the bottom of the sides, an exposed supercharger, and lower ride height. Unlike the regular Stallion, which is a convertible, the Diablo Stallion always appears with a hardtop.
Grand Theft Auto Advance[]
The Grand Theft Auto Advance rendition is either colored black, purple, or red with no painted flames, albeit it has what seems like white and black stripes running down its sides in their place. Unlike in the other installments, in which conventional Stallions are featured alongside the Diablo variant, in this game the conventional Stallion is not featured.
Performance[]
3D Universe[]
The supercharged engine of the Diablo Stallion gives it faster acceleration, and in GTA III, a higher top speed. However, as it also has stiffer suspension and a lower ride height, it is more susceptible to being jostled from driving over small bumps.
3D Universe Overview[]
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 112 / 180 (GTA III)
99 / 160 (GTA Liberty City Stories) |
5 (GTA III)
4 (GTA Liberty City Stories) |
Petrol | RWD | 1500 / 3307 (GTA III)
1700 / 3748 (GTA Liberty City Stories) |
| N/A | N/A | 5 (GTA III)
4 (GTA Liberty City Stories) |
N/A | RWD | Cannot be observed |
Gallery[]
Design[]
Images[]
The Diablo Stallion in the 10th Anniversary Edition of Grand Theft Auto III. Note the redesigned supercharger and the flame decals.
Artwork of the Diablo as seen in the Grand Theft Auto Advance mission Truth Revealed.
Locations[]
Grand Theft Auto III[]
- It can be found driven around Hepburn Heights and northeastern Harwood, Portland.
- It can be seen all around Liberty City during the Firefighter side mission, like any other gang car in the game.
Grand Theft Auto Advance[]
- It can be found driven around Harwood, Portland and the Liberty Campus, Staunton Island.
- It can be found in many parking lots.
- One is given to the player by Cisco in the mission Flying High.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]
- It can be found driven around Hepburn Heights, Portland, just like in GTA III, albeit more rarely. The vehicle seems to appear more frequently in the mobile version of the game, however. It also appears more frequently after passing Calm Before the Storm.
Prominent Appearances in Gameplay[]
Grand Theft Auto III[]
- Pump-Action Pimp – Claude kills two Diablos gang members driving a Diablo Stallion.
- Gangcar Round-up – A Diablo Stallion is one of the gang cars required by King Courtney.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]
- Calm Before the Storm – A Diablo Stallion is seen in the background during the cutscene where Torini talks with the Diablos at the construction yard in Hepburn Heights. It can be taken once the cutscene is over.
- Sindacco Sabotage – A Diablo Stallion is parked next to a Leone Sentinel at Hepburn Heights during the gang war.
Specifications[]
Model[]
| Model name | Texture name | Handling name | Text label name | In-game name | Swankness | Flags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTA III | diablos
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diablos
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DIABLOS
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DIABLCR
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Diablo Stallion | N/A |
|
| GTA Liberty City Stories | diablos
|
diablos
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DIABLOS
|
DIABLCR
|
Diablo Stallion | N/A |
|
Traffic Default Colors[]
| GTA III | PrimaryPrimaryPrimary color (1) | SecondarySecondarySecondary color (2) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 Black | 0 Black |
| GTA Liberty City Stories | PrimaryPrimaryPrimary color (1) | SecondarySecondarySecondary color (2) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
Trivia[]
General[]
- The Stallion model from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City[1][2][3][4] with upscaled and edited textures[5][6][7][8] is reused to depict an unnamed static muscle car in Rockstar Vancouver's Bully during the Shop Class. This static prop features a similar flame pattern resembling the Diablo Stallion, although the mapping and details are completely different.[9]
- Leone Crime Family members will open fire on the vehicle if they see it and they will force the Diablos out of the car. This will happen after Sindacco Sabotage.
- The Diablo Stallion shares its engine sound with the following vehicles: the Cartel Cruiser, Sabre Turbo, Cuban Hermes, Cholo Sabre, Slamvan, Hotknife, Hustler, Polaris V8, Sandking (except for GTA San Andreas), Voodoo (in GTA Vice City Stories), Quad (also in GTA Vice City Stories) and the BF Injection.
- The Cuban Hermes is often considered to be the closest "relative" to the Diablo Stallion.
Grand Theft Auto III[]
- King Courtney's spoken orders in the GTA III mission Gangcar Round-up incorrectly state that the Diablo gang car is an Infernus. The subtitles, however, call it a Stallion. The reason for this is because in the beta, the Diablos were supposed to drive Diablo Infernuses, but they were replaced because they were too classy for a low-class gang. The mission entails stealing one of their modified Stallions, as well as a Mafia Sentinel and a Yakuza Stinger, for attacks on these gangs.
Grand Theft Auto Advance[]
- In Grand Theft Auto Advance, the music played in the Diablo Stallion is "Toys Are Real" by Flymutha; this song appeared in Grand Theft Auto 2 on the station Funami FM.
- The artwork used for the Diablo Stallion in Grand Theft Auto Advance more closely resembles a 1971–1972 Chevrolet Chevelle/Malibu than the GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories rendition of the car, and by extension the normal Stallion.
See Also[]
- Stallion – Civilian version.
- Cuban Hermes – The closest counterpart of the Diablo Stallion from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Both cars are supercharged versions of regular models, both have similar custom flame paint jobs and both are used by gangs of Hispanic origin as their primary means of transport. Furthermore, both cars utilize the same engine sound.
References[]
- ↑ Texture data(03/30/2025)Bully: Scholarship Edition
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