The Yakuza Stinger is the Yakuza customized gang car featured in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance (as the Yakuza) and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
Design
Grand Theft Auto III & Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
The Yakuza Stinger is a variant of the Stinger, sporting a red and white paint job in Grand Theft Auto III and a red and baby blue paint job in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, as well as an additional spoiler. It also appears only in its hardtop form, as opposed to some Stingers, which are depicted as rag-top convertibles with or without a top up.
Prior to the release of GTA III, the car was also known as the "Yakuza"; this name remains in use on the official Rockstar North website.
Grand Theft Auto Advance
In Grand Theft Auto Advance, the Yakuza Stinger can appear with three paint jobs - a red and white one, a yellow and red one, and a blue and green one. It has also a different engine sound than in the other two Liberty City related games.
Version History Gallery
Performance
Grand Theft Auto III & Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
In Grand Theft Auto III, the Yakuza Stinger retains the original's moderate top speed and excellent grip, has faster acceleration but also weaker handling. In corners that the regular Stinger can clear with ease, the Yakuza Stinger requires use of the handbrake to control the understeer. The Yakuza Stinger is also harder to drift as it will only slide for as long as the handbrake was held.
In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, the Yazkua Stinger is one of the fastest cars in the game along with the Infernus and Cheetah. Compared to other sports cars, the Yakuza Stinger is exceptionally durable and can take more damage before destroyed, being one of the most durable cars, along with the Cartel Cruiser and the Triad Fish Van.
3D Universe Overview
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 124 / 200 | 5 | Petrol | AWD | 1400 / 3086 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Cannot be observed |
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Variants
AsukamobileGrand Theft Auto Advance |
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In Grand Theft Auto Advance the player can receive Asuka Kasen's Yakuza (dubbed the "Asukamobile") in the mission Down The River. To get the car, the player needs to complete the mission with at least 19 Mafia thugs. The car has an unique metallic blue color, and it handles much better than the normal Yakuza. It is the second fastest vehicle in the game along with the FBI Car. |
Prominent Appearances in Missions
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- Shogun Showdown - After entering the Rhino, the Yakuza men try to block the player's patch parking two Yakuza Stingers in the gate.
- More Deadly Than the Male - Five can be found around the docks during the mission, two blocking the entrance and more three on the dock itself.
- Cash in Kazuki's Chips - Tha Yakuza members ambush Toni inside the compound arriving in two Yakuza Stingers.
Locations
Grand Theft Auto III
- In Asuka Kasen's condo parking lot in Newport, Staunton Island. There will be 2 of them; one near the entrance to the porch, another near the main entrance of the building.
- Car park of the AMCo. building in Torrington, Staunton Island (sometimes locked)
- Kenji's Casino in Torrington, Staunton Island (sometimes locked)
- Staunton Plaza in Fort Staunton, Staunton Island (after Grand Theft Aero). There will be 3 Yakuza Stingers, 2 in front of the 2nd building that houses a health and armor pickup, and another near the lift.
- The vehicle also spawns anywhere in Torrington, be careful by jacking the cars because, like other gang members, if another Yakuza Stinger is nearby, the gang members will pursue Claude and crash the car, and Yakuza members will begin to attack.
Grand Theft Auto Advance
- Various car parks around Liberty City.
- The car spawns anywhere in Hepburn Heights (Portland) and Bedford Point (Staunton Island).
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- Asuka Kasen's Condo in Newport, Staunton Island
- Car park of the AMCo. building in Torrington, Staunton Island
- The car also spawns anywhere in Torrington, Belleville Park and Aspatria (Staunton Island), as well as Pike Creek and Wichita Gardens (Shoreside Vale)
- Can be obtained during the mission More Deadly Than the Male and Cash in Kazuki's Chips, in which one of them will belong to Toni Cipriani.
Trivia
General
- The default radio stations in the Yakuza Stinger are:
In-game
- The Grand Theft Auto III rendition has the same engine sound as the Sentinel and the Police car, which is strange for a sports car. A similar trait also applies to the Blista Compact in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
- In Grand Theft Auto Advance, it shares the same horn as the Police Car and the music played in the car is Numb - "How It's Done" from KREZ, Grand Theft Auto 2.
- In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, the Yakuza Stinger has the door sounds of older cars, despite being a sports car. The same trait is also shared with the Kuruma and Blista.
- All 3 games feature it with a red and white paint job, a clear homage to the colours of Japan's flag, where the Yakuza hail from.
See Also
- Stinger - Stock counterpart.
- Feltzer - Another similarly designed sports car in the HD Universe.
