Cars in GTA 6 are a system with steps: scan, break in, escape trackers, then sell the car or register it and keep it in a garage. Rob Nelson of Rockstar North walked through the process with Famitsu, and Edge's demo preview adds a few vehicle details. This guide follows a car from the street to your garage.
Scan the car first
A vehicle scanner shows a car's model and value. You can also check in advance what it will cost to register the car at Pay 'n' Spray, so you know whether it is worth keeping or selling.
Get in: lockpicks and key cloners
Not every car can be stolen from the start. Some can be opened with a lockpicking tool. Others need a key cloner, which you obtain later in the game. Plan on starting with simpler cars and working up.
Deal with alarms and trackers
Expensive cars are likely to have alarms and high-grade trackers. Breaking a window sets the alarm off, and a tracker reports your position to police while you drive. Later in the story a fence who can remove trackers appears. For what police do next, read the wanted level guide.
Sell or register
You have two choices once you are clear.
- Sell it. Fences buy stolen cars. A named fence, Randy, wants particular cars, damage lowers the price, and after a sale the same Pay 'n' Spray will not take another car for a while. Edge reports the WAINK app lists vehicles that fences want and that a car's condition changes part of the payment. See the money guide.
- Register it. Pay 'n' Spray repairs and repaints cars, which can also shake heat. Fancier paint needs a mod shop such as Rideout Customs or One-Eyed Willie's at Lake Leonida.
Garages and storage
Registered cars start with three storage slots. Buying garages around the map adds more, and swapping means selling a car to free a slot. Stolen cars that you have not registered appear grey on the radar and vanish on game restart, so do not leave one you care about unregistered.
Guns go in a trunk. You can store guns in any car's trunk, and your own guns stay safe in your own car's trunk or an Ammu-Nation locker. Long guns can no longer be hidden. Edge reports that the Scooter Bros app delivers your car to you for a fee, with your weapons stored in its boot.
Paradise Garage in Watson Bay, an Ultimate Edition item, comes with a weapon locker and a place to deposit stolen goods to be fenced. The properties page tracks the other named garages and safehouses.
Driving details
Edge reports that every vehicle has a fuel gauge and an engine-health readout, that refuelling is quick and that roads are narrower than in GTA V.
Named vehicles
Rockstar has named a short list of vehicles, all listed on the vehicles page.
- '95 Grotti Cheetah, a classic sports car in the Ultimate Edition Upgrade.
- '67 Vapid Dominator Buggy, with the Paradise Garage in the Ultimate Edition Upgrade.
- '55 Vapid Stanier Sedan, with a garage in the Vintage Vice City Pack.
- Vapid Ganado, Jason's low-riding pickup, with a Retro Build upgrade.
- Dinka Enduro motorcycle, Crest Kayak and Shitzu Squalo boat, which cover land and water.
- Classic Car Collection, a set of abandoned classics to restore on a commission from the collector Wyman.
What is not announced yet
Rockstar has not announced a full vehicle list, prices for registration or garages, or how insurance works. After launch, this page will add the best cars to steal early, how much each registration costs, and a map of garage locations. For safe zones around hideouts, where you cannot steal cars, see the beginner's guide.