GTA 6 reports and rumours
West Coast Customs built real GTA 6 cars, report says
Report, not confirmed by Rockstar
What is being reported
West Coast Customs in Los Angeles built real-life versions of six GTA 6 cars, from the Grotti Cheetah to a Tempesta in police livery, Hypebeast reported on 6 November, with in-game shots credited to Rockstar Games.
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Six GTA 6 cars now exist in real life, if Hypebeast has it right. West Coast Customs, the Los Angeles car shop, “was brought in to recreate some of the most recognizable in-game cars with real life counterparts”, Hypebeast reported on 6 November 2026. The article pairs each real car with in-game shots credited to Rockstar Games and lists engine figures for each build.
Hypebeast names the six: the Grotti Cheetah, the Albany Buccaneer, the Progen Emerus, the Invetero Coquette, the Albany Manana and the Tempesta, which its heading calls a Pegassi and its text an Invetero. In its words the Cheetah is a “mid-engined ’90s supercar” with a 4.9L V8 and a “Vice City fade” paint job, the Buccaneer “a fully restored 1960s lowrider with a 7.5L V8”, the Emerus built “around a twin-turbo 4.0L V8”, the Coquette a 6.2L V8 in a “Yeti Camo” livery, the Manana “a 1970s classic with a 7.7L V8”, and the Tempesta a 4.0L V10 in a “Vice Beach Police Department livery”.
The Cheetah is the one Rockstar has shown itself: the ’95 Grotti Cheetah is one of the Ultimate Edition vehicles, with Rockstar’s own studio render in the Ultimate Edition Benefits. Our Grotti Cheetah page has that render and the trailer sighting, and the Ultimate Edition vehicles page has what else comes with that edition. For the Buccaneer, the Emerus, the Coquette, the Manana and the Tempesta we have no page of our own; those names are Hypebeast’s.
We found no post about the project or the in-game shots on Rockstar’s own website or social channels. Still unknown: whether Rockstar will present the project itself, and whether the in-game shots are new material or crops of earlier screenshots. We do not show the images here; they are in the Hypebeast article. The claim and its status are in our claims register.
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- Hypebeast: The 'Grand Theft Auto VI' Custom In-Game Cars Have Come to Life
- Rockstar Games — Grand Theft Auto VI, edition comparison
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