Find Chinatown Wars vehicles by their parked location, mission appearance or BOABO unlock. The roster covers road vehicles, boats and the aircraft used by the game, with availability notes separating player vehicles from locked and NPC models.
Category
Sports, Super and Race Vehicles
Find sports, super and race vehicles using the individual model’s acquisition and identification notes.
500 XLR8
Check the northern airport grounds, beyond the multistory car park. The Wheelman also uses this model.
- Category
- Sports, Super and Race Vehicles
- Availability
- Airport pickup; dealer unlock
- BOABO price
- $1,200
- Dealer unlock
- Algonquin race series: bronze or better in every race.
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Banshee (HD Universe)
Look outside the Triangle Building, at the southwestern Meadow Hills house, or in the Hove Beach apartment parking lot.
- Category
- Sports, Super and Race Vehicles
- Availability
- Traffic; parked pickup; dealer
- BOABO price
- $800
- Dealer unlock
- Weapons of Mass Distraction
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Comet
The standard car appears in city traffic. Chan’s modified Comet is parked northeast of his East Island City garage; it is a variant of this model.
- Category
- Sports, Super and Race Vehicles
- Availability
- Traffic; dealer
- BOABO price
- $900
- Dealer unlock
- Jackin’ Chan
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Cityscape
Check the northern airport grounds. On PSP, the Cityscape at Liberty State Pavilion Towers starts Home Run.
- Category
- Sports, Super and Race Vehicles
- Availability
- Airport pickup; dealer unlock
- BOABO price
- $1,400
- Dealer unlock
- Bronze or better in every time trial.
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Formula R
Buy the open-wheel race car after meeting the street-race medal requirement. It is not ordinary traffic.
- Category
- Sports, Super and Race Vehicles
- Availability
- Dealer unlock
- BOABO price
- $5,000
- Dealer unlock
- Bronze or better in every street race.
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Go Kart
Visit Liberty Go-Karts on Firefly Island for the Go-Kar-TT starter kart. Another is in a Beachgate back garden.
- Category
- Sports, Super and Race Vehicles
- Availability
- Parked pickup; dealer unlock
- BOABO price
- $1,000
- Dealer unlock
- Bronze or better in every Go-Kar-TT time trial.
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Infernus
Search Algonquin traffic or the driveway of Faustin’s Beachgate mansion.
- Category
- Sports, Super and Race Vehicles
- Availability
- Traffic; parked pickup; dealer
- BOABO price
- $1,000
- Dealer unlock
- Cash & Burn
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
MK GT9
Used in The Wheelman. Later, buy one after earning the required Broker and Dukes race medals.
- Category
- Sports, Super and Race Vehicles
- Availability
- Mission vehicle; dealer unlock
- BOABO price
- $1,100
- Dealer unlock
- Broker and Dukes race series: bronze or better in every race.
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Resolution X
Used in The Wheelman and Pimp His Ride. A Beachgate driveway can also contain one in front of a Turismo.
- Category
- Sports, Super and Race Vehicles
- Availability
- Mission vehicle; parked pickup; dealer
- BOABO price
- $1,000
- Dealer unlock
- Pimp His Ride
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Style SR
Buy one after completing the Bohan race medal requirement. Stealing the Show also features a bulletproof example.
- Category
- Sports, Super and Race Vehicles
- Availability
- Dealer unlock; mission variant
- BOABO price
- $1,300
- Dealer unlock
- Bohan race series: bronze or better in every race.
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Turismo
Search northern Algonquin traffic or the Beachgate house driveway that can also spawn a Resolution X.
- Category
- Sports, Super and Race Vehicles
- Availability
- Traffic; parked pickup; dealer
- BOABO price
- $700
- Dealer unlock
- Raw Deal
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Category
Sedans & station wagons
Find sedans & station wagons using the individual model’s acquisition and identification notes.
Admiral (HD Universe)
After Yu Jian, the Triad variant waits outside Huang’s Cerveza Heights apartment. Check Kenny’s East Island City warehouse for another.
- Category
- Sedans & station wagons
- Availability
- Traffic; safehouse pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Blista
Look near the South Slopes safehouse or in Rusty Schit Salvage’s Northwood yard. The in-game name is Blista.
- Category
- Sedans & station wagons
- Availability
- Traffic; parked pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Chavos
Search Midtown Gang territory and Bohan. Its slow acceleration makes it less suitable for a timed chase.
- Category
- Sedans & station wagons
- Availability
- Traffic
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Cognoscenti
Look around Willis, Meadow Hills and southern Algonquin. The dealer stocks the Mob variant.
- Category
- Sedans & station wagons
- Availability
- Traffic; dealer
- BOABO price
- $600
- Dealer unlock
- Raw Deal on DS/PSP; Grave Situation on mobile.
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Hearse
The cemetery’s western parking lot in northwestern Steinway has the Graveyard Groove starter vehicle.
- Category
- Sedans & station wagons
- Availability
- Parked pickup; dealer
- BOABO price
- $300
- Dealer unlock
- The Wheelman
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Ingot
Box-shaped station wagon. The DS rendition has simpler body detail than the later ports; identify it with the title-specific image.
- Category
- Sedans & station wagons
- Availability
- Road vehicle
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Limo
Check the southeastern edge of The Triangle or Hsin’s penthouse in Little Italy.
- Category
- Sedans & station wagons
- Availability
- Parked pickup; dealer
- BOABO price
- $500
- Dealer unlock
- Guy’s random encounter mission
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Perennial
Station wagon: the DS body resembles the older 3D-era design, while PSP and mobile use a more modern shape.
- Category
- Sedans & station wagons
- Availability
- Road vehicle
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Sultan (HD Universe)
Look at Francis International Airport, The Meat Quarter or Meadows Park. The airport example requires hotwiring.
- Category
- Sedans & station wagons
- Availability
- Parked pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Category
Muscle cars
Find muscle cars using the individual model’s acquisition and identification notes.
Buccaneer (HD Universe)
Search Broker, Bohan, East Holland and northern Algonquin. A white one is provided near the jetty during Yu Jian.
- Category
- Muscle cars
- Availability
- Traffic
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Dukes (car)
The normal Dukes appears across the city. The Spanish Lords version has a hood blower and red underglow in southwestern Bohan and northeastern Algonquin.
- Category
- Muscle cars
- Availability
- Traffic; gang variant
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Hellenbach
Triad examples patrol Cerveza Heights and Chinatown. Check Zhou’s Steinway nightclub or Fishmarket North warehouse; occupants may resist a theft.
- Category
- Muscle cars
- Availability
- Traffic; dealer
- BOABO price
- $800
- Dealer unlock
- Bomb Disposal
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Manana
Find the green-and-yellow Yardie sedan in Jamaican gang territory around Beechwood City. This rendition has four doors.
- Category
- Muscle cars
- Availability
- Gang traffic
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Peyote
Classic convertible with its soft top raised and a rear continental spare-wheel kit. Use those details to distinguish it in the overhead view.
- Category
- Muscle cars
- Availability
- Road vehicle
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Sabre GT (HD Universe)
Buy the striped muscle car after Operation Northwood; its body resembles the earlier Vice City model.
- Category
- Muscle cars
- Availability
- Dealer
- BOABO price
- $700
- Dealer unlock
- Operation Northwood
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Stallion
High-powered hardtop muscle car with poor grip. Ease off before turning; abrupt steering can start a skid.
- Category
- Muscle cars
- Availability
- Road vehicle
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Voodoo (HD Universe)
Search Firefly Projects in Broker and North Holland in Algonquin for the white-and-blue car.
- Category
- Muscle cars
- Availability
- Gang traffic
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Category
SUVs, pickup trucks & vans
Find suvs, pickup trucks & vans using the individual model’s acquisition and identification notes.
Bobcat (HD Universe)
The eastern Willis back alley contains the Riding Shotgun starter pickup. Zhou’s white Bobcat appears in Stealing the Show.
- Category
- SUVs, pickup trucks & vans
- Availability
- Parked pickup; mission vehicle
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Burrito (HD Universe)
After Carpe Dime, gang drug vans appear in gang territory. Take a stolen drug van to a secluded safehouse to open its hidden stash.
- Category
- SUVs, pickup trucks & vans
- Availability
- Road vehicle; drug vans
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Cavalcade
SUV with different body detailing by platform: DS looks boxier, while later ports more closely resemble the GTA IV design.
- Category
- SUVs, pickup trucks & vans
- Availability
- Road vehicle
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Cavalcade FXT
Search Broker’s outer roads toward the airport, Dukes alleyways and Dukes driveways for the pickup-body SUV.
- Category
- SUVs, pickup trucks & vans
- Availability
- Traffic; parked pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Patriot
A civilian Patriot sits beside the airport’s Fast Tracks Rhino in the southern fenced warehouse area.
- Category
- SUVs, pickup trucks & vans
- Availability
- Parked pickup; dealer
- BOABO price
- $500
- Dealer unlock
- The Wheelman
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Category
Motorcycles
Find motorcycles using the individual model’s acquisition and identification notes.
Angel (HD Universe)
Look west of the Cerveza Heights gas station or among Angels of Death riders in Willis. PSP removes the standard bike’s panniers.
- Category
- Motorcycles
- Availability
- Traffic; parked pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Chopper
Check Angels of Death territory or the Burger Shot in Beechwood City used for Lester Leroc’s missions.
- Category
- Motorcycles
- Availability
- Traffic; parked pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
NRG 900
Buy the game’s sports motorcycle from the auto merchant after The Wheelman.
- Category
- Motorcycles
- Availability
- Dealer
- BOABO price
- $600
- Dealer unlock
- The Wheelman
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Sanchez
A Sanchez is hidden in the difficult-to-enter Easter Egg Alley in South Bohan.
- Category
- Motorcycles
- Availability
- Parked pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Category
Emergency & government
Find emergency & government using the individual model’s acquisition and identification notes.
Ambulance (HD Universe)
Flatliner requires the ambulance carrying Uri at the airport. Use this vehicle for the Paramedic activity.
- Category
- Emergency & government
- Availability
- Emergency vehicle; mission vehicle
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
FIB Rancher
Check the Varsity Heights police-station lot. FIB Ranchers also respond from a four-star wanted level.
- Category
- Emergency & government
- Availability
- Police response; parked pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Fire Truck (HD Universe)
Jackin’ Chan requires a Fire Truck to extinguish the burning car. Its roof water cannon can be operated.
- Category
- Emergency & government
- Availability
- Emergency vehicle; mission vehicle
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
NOOSE Enforcer
Check Varsity Heights or airport police-station back lots. NOOSE Enforcers respond from a three-star wanted level.
- Category
- Emergency & government
- Availability
- Police response; parked pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Police Patrol
Find a cruiser at police stations or patrolling borough streets. Its police computer starts Vigilante.
- Category
- Emergency & government
- Availability
- Police traffic; parked pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Rhino (HD Universe)
The southern fenced airport warehouse holds the Fast Tracks tank. Wanted-response tanks are locked; use the activity vehicle or dealer purchase instead.
- Category
- Emergency & government
- Availability
- Activity vehicle; dealer unlock
- BOABO price
- $10,000
- Dealer unlock
- Salt in the Wound
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Category
Commercial & industrial
Find commercial & industrial using the individual model’s acquisition and identification notes.
Gumshoe
Surveillance van with a roof satellite dish in “Sources” and Scrambled. Huang must destroy these vans; they cannot be commandeered for free roam.
- Category
- Commercial & industrial
- Availability
- Locked mission vehicle
- Edition
- PSP mission “Sources”; Scrambled in all editions
Angel (van)
Black-and-red drug van used by the Angels of Death. Search Meadows Park, Meadow Hills, Willis and the airport.
- Category
- Commercial & industrial
- Availability
- Traffic
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Alphamail
Behind Liberty State Delivery in Middle Park East, or at the Alpha Mail warehouse in Industrial, Bohan. Both start Excess Delivery.
- Category
- Commercial & industrial
- Availability
- Parked activity vehicle
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Bulldozer
Look at construction sites and junkyards, including the East Island City yard.
- Category
- Commercial & industrial
- Availability
- Parked pickup; dealer
- BOABO price
- $500
- Dealer unlock
- Counterfeit Gangster
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Dragon Wagon
Cerveza Heights: block between Kenny’s restaurant and the RON station. Chinatown: one block southeast of Hsin’s penthouse.
- Category
- Commercial & industrial
- Availability
- Parked pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Fists (vehicle)
Terroil-liveried tanker used in Trail Blazer on PSP. Other editions use the standard Tanker in this mission.
- Category
- Commercial & industrial
- Availability
- PSP mission vehicle
- Edition
- PSP only
Flatbed
Look in the junkyard behind Chan’s garage. Dragon Haul Z uses a Flatbed carrying the dragon costume.
- Category
- Commercial & industrial
- Availability
- Parked pickup; mission vehicle
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Recovery
Check the block south of the Willis Pay ’n’ Spray, near the Gun Club, or Hairy Al’s Firefly Projects scrapyard. Used in The Tow Job.
- Category
- Commercial & industrial
- Availability
- Parked pickup; mission vehicle
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Tanker
Look near gas stations or Rusty Schit Salvage in Northwood. Its permanently attached fuel trailer can ignite and explode.
- Category
- Commercial & industrial
- Availability
- Parked pickup; mission vehicle
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Yankee
Standard trucks appear around Star Junction and Cerveza Heights Medical Center. After Pimp His Ride, steal an Ammu-Nation truck and take it to a safehouse to open its weapon cargo.
- Category
- Commercial & industrial
- Availability
- Traffic; weapon truck
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Category
Public service
Find public service using the individual model’s acquisition and identification notes.
Baggage Handler
Find the small service tug within Francis International Airport. The driver sits in a narrow open compartment.
- Category
- Public service
- Availability
- Airport pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Bus (HD Universe)
The Broker Bus Depot in Downtown Broker is the parked location; this bus does not operate a citywide traffic route.
- Category
- Public service
- Availability
- Parked pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Cabbie
Cabs operate throughout the city. A gold medal in Taxi Driver makes all Cabbies bulletproof.
- Category
- Public service
- Availability
- Traffic; taxi activity
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Category
Boats
Find boats using the individual model’s acquisition and identification notes.
Coast Guard Dinghy
Check the eastern Fishmarket South dock or the Lancaster LCPD dock. Officers also use it in Missed the Boat?
- Category
- Boats
- Availability
- Dock pickup; police craft
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Coast Guard Launch
Check the eastern Fishmarket South dock. Armed launches pursue Huang on water from a two-star wanted level.
- Category
- Boats
- Availability
- Dock pickup; police response
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Cruiser
Golden Pier: jetty beside the Swingers driving range. Chan uses a Cruiser in Sa-Boat-Age.
- Category
- Boats
- Availability
- Dock pickup; mission craft
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Destroyer
Torpedo Run sends Huang to steal the armed boat from an LCPD dock on East Holland’s eastern shoreline.
- Category
- Boats
- Availability
- Mission craft
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Dinghy (HD Universe)
West coast of East Island City, or the wooden dock north of the Civilization Committee in Hatton Gardens.
- Category
- Boats
- Availability
- Dock pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Jetmax
Open powerboat with a low windscreen and an optional rear spoiler. It has no BOABO purchase listing.
- Category
- Boats
- Availability
- Speedboat
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Reefer
So Near, Yet Sonar supplies a special salvage Reefer with a magnetic crane and search equipment. That mission variant cannot be kept.
- Category
- Boats
- Availability
- Fishing boat; mission variant
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Speeder (boat)
Small open speedboat with a raised engine intake behind the seats. It has no BOABO purchase listing.
- Category
- Boats
- Availability
- Speedboat
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Wet Ski
Check the Castle Garden City marina jetties or the jetty east of lower Middle Park.
- Category
- Boats
- Availability
- Dock pickup
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Zhouboat
Torpedo Run contains two: destroy the chase boat, then find the commandeerable second boat at the southern Colony Island dock.
- Category
- Boats
- Availability
- Mission craft
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Category
Helicopters
World and mission aircraft; check each entry’s control restrictions.
Police Maverick (HD Universe)
AI police helicopter. A special Payback recovery method is documented, but it is not a freely piloted aircraft.
- Category
- Helicopters
- Availability
- NPC police aircraft
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Helitours Maverick
Tour helicopter seen flying over Liberty City. It cannot be entered for ordinary free-roam flying.
- Category
- Helicopters
- Availability
- NPC aircraft
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Sparrow (HD Universe)
Armed helicopter used by the Spanish Lords to attack Kenny’s warehouse in Copter Carnage. It is not a normal player aircraft.
- Category
- Helicopters
- Availability
- Mission aircraft
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
Defender
Seen in city flyovers and Hit from the Tong. It is not a freely piloted, garage-storable helicopter.
- Category
- Helicopters
- Availability
- Mission aircraft
- Edition
- DS, PSP and mobile
BOABO Auto Merchant
Complete The Wheelman to open the dealer in BOABO, Broker, near Algonquin Bridge. It initially sells the Hearse, NRG 900 and Patriot. Later missions and medals add specific stock; completing The Wheelman does not unlock the entire inventory.
Race unlocks
Earn at least bronze in each required event: Broker and Dukes street races unlock MK GT9; Algonquin races unlock 500 XLR8; Bohan races unlock Style SR; all street races unlock Formula R. Go-Kar-TT medals unlock Go Kart, while medals in all time trials unlock Cityscape. Several of these cars also have parked or mission appearances.
Edition and special models
Cognoscenti’s dealer unlock is Raw Deal on DS and PSP, but Grave Situation on mobile. Fists is the PSP-only Trail Blazer tanker. The Gumshoe is a locked surveillance van used as a destruction target. Aircraft are included as world and mission models; this game does not offer ordinary free-roam helicopter piloting.
Chinatown Wars uses Broker, Dukes, Bohan and Algonquin. Alderney is absent. Retired promotional bulletproof offers are not treated as normal dealer unlocks in this collection.
FAQ
Where is BOABO Auto Merchant?
In BOABO, Broker, near Algonquin Bridge. Complete The Wheelman to open its initial stock.
How do I unlock the Formula R?
Earn bronze or better in every street race, then buy it at BOABO for $5,000.
Can I buy boats from BOABO?
No. The dealer inventory covers road vehicles. Use the dock or mission notes for boats.
Is Alderney in Chinatown Wars?
No. Search within Broker, Dukes, Bohan and Algonquin.
Can Huang freely fly the listed helicopters?
No. These entries identify aircraft used by the world and missions. Special recovery methods do not provide ordinary free-roam flight controls.