The Sunshine Autos Import Garage is a side mission for the Sunshine Autos asset in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City which is located underground within the A+B Auto garage which is near the Vice Street Racer race selection map, to the right when traveling down the main Sunshine Autos ramp. The garage becomes available for importing vehicles after Sunshine Autos is purchased by the player. The garage will only open when you arrive at the door with a needed car on the current list and the garage becomes inaccessible when all lists have been completed. Four lists to complete of wanted vehicles will be posted to the right of the garage door and each vehicle imported successfully will redline that list. Completing the first list will acquire the asset to progress through the story, award a prize vehicle in the showroom and provide income. Completion of all four lists is required to achieve 100% completion.
Notes
- Prerequisite: Purchase of the Cherry Popper Ice Cream Factory in order to spawn a Mr. Whoopee. List 4 can be completed only after Cherry Popper is bought - the only asset which depends upon another asset. Fortunately, income from completion of the first three lists can finance the Cherry Popper purchase.
- All vehicles placed into the import garage will vanish when the garage door closes, whether or not they are on the list.
- Nearby are four storage bays with a capacity of eight total vehicles. They are useful to temporarily keep upcoming cars for the next list.
- GTA III difference - the player will not enter in the garage, and will be forever closed.
- A Kruton 9000 computer can be found in the garage.
- The first list is usually the most difficult to complete, as all the cars in the other three lists can be found parked in specific areas and the remaining three lists are thus easier to complete, while the player usually has to wait for the cars in the first list (excluding only the Landstalker) to be randomly droven in the street and then steal it.
Tips
- Drive similar class cars. If the player has trouble finding a particular vehicle, try to drive a vehicle of the same class to make it spawn more frequently. For example, if the player is searching for an Idaho and is having trouble finding it, try to drive around in an Esperanto. Since they are in the same class and the game tends to spawn the same class of vehicle the player is driving, finding the Idaho should be easier.
- A player can scout early then deliver listed imports instantly from their collection if he/she writes down or otherwise remembers all of these listed cars in advance. Should a model spawn during regular game play it can be acquired and stored in any safehouse garage in preparation for the Sunshine Autos purchase. The Hyman Condo is highly recommended since its three garages have a capacity of eight cars.
- The game tends to spawn less wanted cars when it's active, so it's recommended to memorize the list and try to save them before their list becomes active. Try to look for cars that don't have fixed spawn points first.
- The player can also just walk around the road outside Sunshine Autos and chances are the vehicle wanted in the list may spawn driving on the road, just steal the particular vehicle and deliver it to the garage.
- Don't care about damage. This does not affect payout anyways.
1 Street Cars and SUVs
Reward: A Deluxo will be parked on the bottom floor of Sunshine Autos, facing the street. Sunshine Autos will then generate up to $1,500, an asset required to progress through the story.
- Landstalker - There's always one by the dirt track in Downtown, but it will start a side-mission, however, it can be seen around the Bayshore Avenue and Little Haiti.
- Esperanto - Little Havana or Little Haiti.
- Idaho - Little Havana.
- Stallion - Little Havana or Downtown, or the Cone Crazy side mission.
- Rancher - Downtown or in Vice Point.
- Blista Compact - Washington Beach or Ocean Beach.
2 Expensive Cars
Reward: A Sabre Turbo will be parked at the bottom floor of Sunshine Autos, facing the front window of the showroom. Sunshine Autos will generate up to $4,000.
- Sabre - North Point Mall.
- Virgo - Vice Point.
- Sentinel - Inside Sunshine Autos, Ground Floor, and all around the city.
- Stretch - In Vercetti Estate, Starfish Island.
- Washington - Downtown or Vice Point.
- Admiral - Western-most house in Starfish Island.
3 Sport Cars
Reward: A Sandking will be parked on the top floor of Sunshine Autos, facing the streets. Sunshine Autos will generate up to $6,500.
- Cheetah - Marina on Ocean Drive and Starfish Island. NOTE: The VCPD Cheetah would also do, it can be found in the west side of Little Havana Police Station, which means a shorter drive.
- Infernus - At the Vercetti Estate or Ocean Beach.
- Banshee - West house in the middle of Starfish Island.
- Phoenix - Starfish Island or Ocean Beach. It is also occasionally parked at Links View Apartment.
- Comet - Leaf Links.
- Stinger - Starfish Island or Ocean Beach.
4 Gang Cars and Oddballs
Reward: A Hotring Racer will be parked on the top floor of Sunshine Autos, facing the streets. Sunshine Autos will generate up to $9,000.
- Voodoo - Little Haiti.
- Cuban Hermes - Little Havana.
- Caddy (golf cart) - Hidden in a bush near the Lighthouse in Ocean Beach, and one of the most common cars to see within Leaf Links.
- Baggage Handler - Escobar International Airport.
- Mr. Whoopee - Cherry Popper's Ice Cream Factory (when bought).
- Pizza Boy - The Well Stacked Pizza Co..
Gallery
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List complete award message.
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Duplicate vehicle rejected message.
Asset acquired messages.
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