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A Moonbeam in GTA III.
The Moonbeam is a four-door minivan featured in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and Grand Theft Auto IV, modeled on a 1985-1994 Chevrolet Astro.
Description
GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories
The GTA III Era Moonbeams all possess similar handling properties. Performance is poor, due to the underpowered engines, front wheel drive layouts, heavy bodies, soft suspension, and high centre of gravity (leading to a tendency to flip on rough terrains); as a result, the Moonbeam is generally unsuitable for high-speed driving and has little practical use aside its fundamental function as a mode of transport.
Despite its hefty dimensions, the Moonbeam holds a maximum of four occupants; the same as any sedan in the games.
GTA IV
In GTA IV, the Moonbeam (manufactured by Declasse) can be found in several different configurations, with optional rear-mounted continental tire and ladder, elevated aero roof (featuring a "Super Streamline" badge), roof-mounted luggage bars, a custom billet grille that covers the headlamps, and either one of two types of side scuffs. It also can be found with blanked out rear side windows. A Super Streamline badge is featured on all Moonbeams on the driver’s door, regardless of whether it has a "Super Streamline" roof or not.
The GTA IV rendition of the Moonbeam is powered by a 3.5L engine, presumably a V6, and features a rear wheel drive layout, however its lack of power makes this characteristic negligible; the Moonbeam drives as slowly as its predecessors, and still suffers from understeer. Frustratingly, the Moonbeam fails to withstand a large amount of damage, as its large size would suggest.
After collecting all thirty cars for Stevie he agrees to purchase cars from Niko Bellic, with the Moonbeam fetching $2,200.
Locations
GTA III
- Garage 30 north of Momma's Restaurante, Saint Mark's, Portland Island
Notes
Driving a Moonbeam into the TransFender in Las Venturas will cause the vehicle to spawn on top of the garage but underneath the roof, trapping the player and the vehicle. At this point the player can only escape by blowing themselves up, re-loading the game's save file, or re-loading the game itself.
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See also
- Blista, a similar minivan.