Phoenix
Phoenix | |
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![]() A Phoenix in GTA Vice City. | |
Appearance(s) |
[[Appearance::GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Vice City Stories]] |
Vehicle type | Civilian muscle car |
Body style | 2-door coupe |
Capacity | 2 (driver and 1 passenger) |
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The Phoenix is a two-door muscle car that appears in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
Description
The Phoenix is based on the 1979-1981 Pontiac Firebird but the round taillights are similar to 1970-1973 Chevrolet Camaros. It has varied slightly throughout the games, with a rear deck lid blackout panel in GTA San Andreas, and a thinner stripe in GTA Vice City Stories.
The Phoenix is one of the fastest cars in the game, and has excellent torque, and handling. The Phoenix drives and sounds as if powered by a large V8 engine, and also features a large airscoop for the carburetor. It can also be modified in TransFender in GTA San Andreas. Like most muscle cars, it has a two person capacity.
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A pre-release screenshot of the Phoenix in GTA Vice City, depicted with cluster taillights.
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A Phoenix in GTA Vice City (Rear quarter view, without stripes).
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A Phoenix in GTA San Andreas, where it is significantly rare (Rear quarter view).
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A Phoenix in GTA Vice City Stories (Rear quarter view).
Locations
While common on the streets of GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories, the Phoenix is a significantly rarer car in GTA San Andreas.
GTA Vice City
- Commonly driven all around Vice Beach.
- In a house behind a gate on the north side of Starfish Island. It is the same house where the only Unique Stunt Jump on Starfish Island is found.
GTA San Andreas
- In San Fierro, the Phoenix can be found by entering the San Fierro Hills street race located at the checkered flag behind Wang Cars. Park the car in one of your garages instead of racing it to keep it.
- Its the escape vehicle of Big Poppa who seized Madd Dogg's house. You can kill him and retrieve the car, although its quite hard since he will constantly try to drive away, and isn't stopped easily.
- Can be very rarely found driving in rich residential districts in the three main cities (like Richman in Los Santos, Calton Heights in San Fierro, or Prickle Pine in Las Venturas).
- Can be found in the traffic after activating the cheatcode "Fast Cars".
- Can be found during the Vigilant missions 1 and 2, and Firefighter missions 1, 2, and 3. (Although it is difficult to find. Higher levels are now used 4-seated cars/vans.)
GTA Vice City Stories
- Parked along the road that extends along the beach on Ocean Beach.
- Parked behind Malibu Club in Washington Beach.
Trivia
- Its name is misspelled "Pheonix" in GTA Vice City's internal files.
- The Phoenix name clearly alludes to the Pontiac Firebird name by its relation in mythology. The phoenix is a firebird, a mythological bird in multiple folklore.
- In GTA Vice City, the butterflies in the hood scoop open when accelerating; in GTA San Andreas, however, they are stationary, and in GTA Vice City Stories the butterflies are eliminated altogether. It is also noteworthy that the GTA San Andreas version of the Phoenix is the only one with three-dimensional butterflies in the scoop; those in GTA Vice City are 2 dimensional sprites (flat), despite the fact that they moved.
- In GTA San Andreas, the default radio station in the Phoenix is Playback FM.
- In GTA San Andreas, the two missions which involve the use of the Phoenix have the word "Hills" in it (A Home in the Hills and San Fierro Hills, which is a part of the Race Tournaments). Note that these two missions are the only missions in GTA San Andreas wherein "Hills" is part of the mission name. However, this is most likely pure coincidence.