GTA 4 Best Cars Supercars Locations Guide

Straight answer, then the detail

Start here - the essentials, then the detail below:

• Avoid: paying full price the week before a vehicle goes on 40 percent discount.
• Imponte Deluxo: Weaponized
• Grotti Vigilante: Weaponized
• Pegassi Weaponized Ignus (HSW): Super
• Store heavy vehicles like the Toreador in the Kosatka moon pool for instant access.
• Grotti Itali RSX: Sports

Key data for GTA 4 best cars

These are the figures we check against after each update:

Top speeds from Broughy1322 testing, fully upgraded.

Declasse Vigero ZX and Pegassi Toreador are the rows we check first after every update; when either moves, this page is revised.

Side by side

If you are choosing between approaches, this is the view that helps:

No option is wrong; the top row is simply the one we would pick with no other information.

Rumors, debunked

Popular belief versus what the game actually does:

Myth: The most expensive car is the fastest
Reality: The 1.42 million Pariah beats most 3 million plus supercars in a straight line.

Myth: Top speed wins races
Reality: Lap time wins; the Krieger beats the Pariah on almost every circuit.

Myth: Vehicle stats are the same on every platform
Reality: HSW upgrades exist only on PS5 and Series X|S and change the top-speed ranking completely.

Myth: Spoilers are cosmetic
Reality: They improve traction on most sports and super cars, which is why racers always fit them.

If your next question is about best armored cars GTA, that guide picks up exactly where this section ends.

Doing GTA 4 best cars the right way

The method, start to finish:

Before you start: los Santos Customs upgrades, roughly 100,000-200,000 per car to max; a garage with a free slot (apartments hold 10, the Eclipse Boulevard garage 50).

1. Decide what you are buying for: races (lap time), grinding (utility and durability) or straight-line fun (top speed).
2. Check this week's discounts on the Newswire - vehicles rotate through 30-40 percent sales regularly.
3. Buy from the in-game websites (Legendary Motorsport, Southern San Andreas Super Autos, Warstock) and deliver to a garage with free slots.
4. On PS5 and Series X|S, take eligible cars to Hao's Special Works in the LS Car Meet for the HSW upgrade.

If your result differs, compare it with the figures table before assuming the method has changed.

Terms used in this guide

If any wording in this guide was unfamiliar:

• HSW - Hao's Special Works - current-gen-only performance upgrades
• Podium Vehicle - The free car on the Diamond Casino Lucky Wheel, changing every Thursday
• Top speed - Maximum straight-line speed, usually measured on the airport runway

What not to do

These are the errors we see most often with GTA 4 best cars:

• Paying full price the week before a vehicle goes on 40 percent discount
• Judging speed by the showroom bars instead of tested figures
• Skipping the spoiler on a sports car and losing grip through corners
• Using a supercar for off-road sell missions instead of a Toreador or a Kuruma
• Buying the Oppressor Mk II before owning a Terrorbyte, which is needed to re-arm it
• Forgetting that a few 'fast' cars have a bugged acceleration curve and lose every race start

A 1.4 million Pariah still beats cars costing three times as much in a straight line - the price tag tells you nothing.

Small things that matter

Points that rarely make it into GTA 4 best cars guides but should:

1. Lower-class vehicles can beat supers in races with tight corners - check the track before picking a class.
2. Insure every vehicle; Mors Mutual replaces destroyed cars for a fraction of the price.
3. The HSW time trial on PS5 and Series X|S pays 250,000 weekly and needs a fast HSW car.
4. Vehicles bought from the Podium or Prize Ride can be sold for cash if you do not want them.
5. Curb boosting (bumping the inside kerb) still gives free speed on most sports cars.

For the figures behind GTA 4 mods, see that guide's data table.

Why this is worth your time

GTA 4 best cars is a harder question than it sounds because 'fastest' means different things: top speed on a runway, lap time on a circuit, or acceleration off the line. Broughy1322's community testing is the standard everyone quotes, and we use the same categories.

• ✗Forgetting that a few 'fast' cars have a bugged acceleration curve and lose every race start
• ✗Skipping the spoiler on a sports car and losing grip through corners
• ✗Judging speed by the showroom bars instead of tested figures

For a worked example of the same idea, see GTA Online best cars.

How GTA 4 best cars works

GTA 4 best cars changed a lot on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, where Hao's Special Works upgrades push a handful of cars 20 mph past anything on last-gen or PC.

HSW upgrades, weekly discounts and the Podium Vehicle mean the best value changes often.

There are hundreds of vehicles in GTA Online and perhaps a dozen matter for GTA 4 best cars. The rest are style choices - which is fine, but you should know which is which before spending 3 million.

Summary

We would rather you leave with three facts and a method than twenty opinions; that is what the sections above on GTA 4 best cars were built to deliver.

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