The fastest cars in GTA San Andreas: where to find them and how much exports pay

The original game's vehicles.ide file has 212 vehicle entries. GTA Wiki also adds the jetpack to its list, for 213 in total. The class breakdown below follows GTA Wiki.

Why guides give different numbers: GTA Wiki counts every entry in the game file, including trailers, train carriages and variants of the same model — three Hotring Racers, three Monsters, the beat-up Sadler and Glendale. GTABase lists 189 models in its database and doesn't say which entries it leaves out. So "212" and "189" aren't a mistake, just two ways of counting.

The figures below are the top speed parameter from the handling.cfg file. GTABase labels it "Top Speed (Game Files)", GTA Wiki labels it handling_top_speed. Sportskeeda gives the same values in its Definitive Edition guide.

Real-life models are per GTABase and GTA Wiki, which agree here. *Super GT: GTABase names the Mitsubishi 3000GT, while GTA Wiki treats it as a mix of influences, mainly the SARD MC8 race car.

The speedometer shows lower numbers. GTABase measured the Infernus in-game and got 222 km/h (138 mph) — that's its own measurement, and other sources don't repeat it.

The Infernus and Turismo share the same top speed. The Infernus accelerates faster but gets loose at high speed. The Bullet is slightly slower but handles better.

Guides have different lists because of where their numbers come from:

• Game files (car pages on GTABase and GTA Wiki, Sportskeeda): Infernus = Turismo > Bullet = Cheetah = Super GT > Hotring Racer > Banshee.
• In-game measurements (GTABase's "Top 10 fastest" article): the Hotring Racer is 2nd, the Banshee 3rd, and the Turismo only 5th.
• GTA Wiki contradicts itself: the Hotring Racer page calls it the "second fastest car", while the Bullet page gives the order Infernus, Turismo, Bullet, Cheetah, Hotring.

We go by the game files: it's the same number across three sources. That's why the Infernus and Turismo share first place.

Districts and landmarks are on the GTA San Andreas map.

At the military bases (Easter Basin Naval Station, Area 69), CJ gets a 5-star wanted level immediately.

The Rhino at Area 69 appears in the second half of the game, but sources give different conditions: GTA Wiki says after the mission Verdant Meadows (buying the airstrip), GTABase says after Black Project.

CJ first steals the jetpack in the mission Black Project at Area 69 and uses it in Green Goo. Per GTA Wiki, you can only fire one-handed weapons while wearing it: a pistol, Tec-9, Micro SMG or sawn-off shotgun. The weapons themselves are covered on the GTA San Andreas weapons page.

The Rhino, Hydra, Hunter, jetpack, Hotring Racer and other vehicles can be spawned with codes. All codes for PC, PlayStation, Xbox and mobile are on the GTA San Andreas cheats page.

In the Definitive Edition, cheats disable achievements. A cheat-spawned car won't work for exports either: per GTA Wiki, a Rancher spawned with a code isn't accepted at the docks.

Exports unlock after the mission Customs Fast Track — one of the four Wang Cars showroom missions. The board with the list is at the Easter Basin docks in San Fierro.

• There are 3 lists of 10 cars, unlocked one after another. The game accepts cars from a list in any order.
• Each car has to be delivered onto the freighter. Per GTA Wiki, you can lift it on with the magnet crane or, if the car is small, drive up the ramp; PowerPyx only mentions the crane.
• The payout depends on the car's condition: the less damage, the more money. Prices in the tables are the maximum for an undamaged car.
• Bonus for a full list: 1st — $50,000, 2nd — $100,000, 3rd — $200,000.
• Maximum for the cars: list 1 — $381,000, list 2 — $352,000, list 3 — $361,000. With the bonuses, that's $1,444,000.

For 100% in GTA San Andreas you need to deliver all 30 cars. In the Definitive Edition this earns the A Legitimate Business achievement (see achievements).

The cars appear at the listed spots while they're on the active list. Numbering follows GTA Wiki; other guides use a different order.

Once a car is delivered, you can buy that model from the board at the docks for 80% of its maximum export price: the Infernus and Turismo cost $76,000 each, the Bullet and Super GT $84,000 each, the Banshee $36,000. What's on the board depends on the day of the week and the order in which you delivered cars.

The schedule is the same in GTA Wiki and GTABase. Right after Customs Fast Track the board has the three cars from that mission's containers — Club, Perennial and Jester — and Saturday starts out empty. After that, every delivered car takes its slot in the schedule, and delivering 5 cars or a full list adds a bonus car that isn't on any export list.

Example: the first car you deliver from list 1 shows up in imports on Saturday, the second on Sunday. If you want to buy a specific car later, remember in which order you delivered it.

The Wang Cars showroom is in Downtown, San Fierro, a little way up the street from CJ's garage in Doherty. It costs $50,000.

• Per GTA Wiki, you can buy the showroom after the driving school and the mission Yay Ka-Boom-Boom, once Jethro calls.
• The showroom's four missions — Zeroing In, Test Drive, Customs Fast Track and Puncture Wounds — are needed for 100%. The third one unlocks exports.
• Per GTA Wiki, after the missions the showroom earns up to $8,000 a day.

Keep rare cars in a safehouse garage. That's also how you hang on to cars handed out in races, like the Turismo or NRG-500. Which houses have a garage is on the GTA San Andreas properties page.

While CJ is dating Michelle, her garage in Downtown, San Fierro, works as a free Pay 'n' Spray. More in the GTA San Andreas girlfriends guide.

The Definitive Edition has the same 30 export cars and the same payouts: the PowerPyx guide for the remaster matches GTABase and GTA Wiki. Sportskeeda gives the speeds in the table above specifically for the Definitive Edition. For version differences in general, see the platforms and mobile version pages.