Grand Theft Auto has always had a slightly warped relationship with car culture. Now, six of its fictional machines have escaped Vice City and landed in the real world. To mark the upcoming launch of Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar Games teamed up with West Coast Customs to turn six cars from the game into fully drivable machines, bringing some of GTA’s most outrageous automotive creations to life on the streets of Miami.
The collection covers the full spectrum of GTA car culture. There’s the low-slung Grotti Cheetah, with a 4.9-litre V8 and suitably extravagant finish, the pink and purple Invetero Coquette, and the track-focused Progen Emerus, complete with twin-turbo V8 and enormous rear wing.
Then things get properly Miami. The Albany Buccaneer channels 1960s lowrider culture with candy paint, gold wheels and air suspension, while the Albany Manana goes full donk with a towering stance and oversized wheels. Completing the collection is the Pegassi Tempesta, transformed into a black and white Vice Beach Police Department supercar.
Each build recreates more than just the shape of its virtual counterpart, with custom engines, interiors, wheels, paint and suspension helping to capture the personality of the originals. Photographed around real Miami landmarks, the cars blur the line between Rockstar's fictional Vice City and the city that inspired it.
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