Karin Kuruma (GTA V)

The Karin Kuruma!

“The perfect car to go with your flesh tunnel earrings, frosted spikes, and oversize jeans. Buy this and you'll never fail to be mistaken for a small town drug dealer again.” — Southern San Andreas Super Autos description.

The Grand Theft Auto III rendition of the car is heavily based on a 2001-2006 Chrysler Sebring sedan with various elements from the second generation Dodge Intrepid and Chrysler 300M (both the design and the fact that the car has a longitudinally mounted engine in the Xbox version). The trunk sitting noticeably higher than the beltline was taken from the Sebring's predecessor, the Chrysler Cirrus. The beta version's more bulbous design seems to take more from the 300M whereas the final version leans more towards the Sebring. It comes with grey bumpers and trim, giving it the appearance of a base model. Despite the Japanese inspired name, the only similarity to a Japanese car is how the front end and hubcaps bear some resemblance to a fifth generation Honda Civic. Kurumas spawn in a variety of body colors with secondary-colored bumpers (always set to white).

For Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, the Kuruma has slight cosmetic changes to make it look like a generic Japanese sedan during the late 1990s, the front appearing to resemble a 1992-1995 European Toyota Corona or a 1997-2000 Nissan Altima (styling cues from the 1995-2000 Hyundai Elantra). The bumpers and trim can be body-colored to give it a more upscale look, although there still are models with unpainted trims and bumpers, especially if the car is sprayed white or grey.

During the development of GTA III, the Kuruma was originally known as the "Sentinal", not to be confused with the Sentinel which is another sedan in the final version of the same game that was previously known as the "Beamer" during development. It's beta internal name was "Intrepid". Indeed, the beta version more closely resembled the Dodge Intrepid before the changes that made it appear closer to the Sebring.

Original Mitsubishi Lancer Evo By NVCore: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3385990039

Karin Kuruma Armoured https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3413569735

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