Its mind-boggling that rockstar created an iconic car to the point where they made a irl version of the same car, the banshee is definitely a must own car

@darianthescorpion1132

5 ай бұрын

My buddy’s dad has a 94’ Dodge Viper SRT10 with a Targa Top. You could say it’s technically a Banshee Classic. Such a great car.

@Thawhid

5 ай бұрын

I'd definitely get it made for me if I had the money

@Thawhid

5 ай бұрын

​@@stanleybochenek1862oooh. I'd love that irk😮😮

@tudytudy3316

5 ай бұрын

​@@Thawhid i mean it shouldnt be that expensive. Still very expensive, but in brand new suv range

@erso_returned2530

5 ай бұрын

Wish they made infernus too

Fun fact: in GTA IV's Beta, the Banshee was originally meant to have two stripes instead of one for its paint job.

@NFSBeast2365

5 ай бұрын

Interesting

@andreaskowalsky6266

5 ай бұрын

Still can be seen in the TV show "I'm Rich" in GTA 4, among other beta version of vehicles like the Turismo, the Squalo, the Jetmax, an unknown SUV, etc etc.

@gtasamidly

5 ай бұрын

Midnight Club still cancelled soz back at it again with the facts.

@Ryan57Garr

5 ай бұрын

@@LoweDistortionGlad they added it finally! I forget when they added that livery, maybe 2022? Before that livery you couldn’t have a proper stripe and metallic paint without the pearl showing through the stripe. That’s one of the things I don’t like about this game. I wish there were separate pearls for each of the paint layers.

@sstephiL

5 ай бұрын

Man I remember you from a long time ago. Nice to see that you still around here dude

The Banshee is so iconic to GTA, it even goes all the way back to GTA 1. Of course, in THAT game, it was known as the "The Beast" but it still had that unmistakable signature Dodge Viper look/style complete with the racing stripe running the length of the car's body.

@reptiloidmitglied2930

5 ай бұрын

Ah yes, the Beast GTS. First fast car I ever drove in a GTA game... ... and I totally wrecked it 😅

@KniGhTKrawLeR9

5 ай бұрын

One of my favorite tricks to do in GTA 1 is, right when the game starts, you immediately press the button to enter the light blue Bulldog parked right in front of you. As your character slides across the car to get on the driver side, you press a movement key to stop yourself from entering the car so that you're standing in the street. This positions you right in the path of a passing Beast GTS that you can then steal and use to drive around right at the beginning of the game. It works every time.

The Stallion is also an Iconic Car of the Grand Theft Auto series

@erso_returned2530

5 ай бұрын

Infernus too

@sometf2player752

5 ай бұрын

yeah i was gonna say that as well id also say the moonbeam is also iconic (atleast for me) because unlike alot of other cars from the 3d games it managed to retain most of its orignal appearence when it was moved to the Hd games I also think the manana is also pretty reconizable in the 3d games however in gta 5 they completely changed it for some reason

@JohnathanWilliamson849

4 ай бұрын

so is the Cheetah

@sandstinger3454

4 ай бұрын

kuruma and sentinel as well.

@abhrajitpaul2744

3 ай бұрын

You guys really forgetting Comet 😢

It makes sense that the grandma won the real banshee as u see many old age NPCs driving high end cars in gta games so it does make sense

@presidentsickboyakajeremyg7070

4 ай бұрын

thats why i always pew pew them before stealing their banshees

I mean, the Stallion is arguably the most iconic too. Being the logo of GTA Series Videos and the GTAForums for decades

@JadeyFreakinM

5 ай бұрын

True, and it didn't change much over the years

@J.PC.Designs

5 ай бұрын

But is that the car you know more? When you are on the streets looking for a car, is that the one you remember? Hell, I'm not even sure it's even traffic in online. And it sure as hell wasn't the car with a real life recreation.

@TurboAlice

5 ай бұрын

It's iconic to that channel but not really the actual game. It's the most recurring car for sure, but the performance and the looks has always been so mediocre. Calling the Stallion iconic is like calling Toyota Prius an automotive icon imo. I mean it might be, but not for the reason you think it is.

@The_One_Over_There

5 ай бұрын

​@@TurboAlice Performance and looks don't always make a car an icon though. I mean, Look at the Toyota AE86, It's just a basic, cheap, slow, groceries getter. But due to it having very typical handling, is light in weight, and has a fun engine. It became an icon to many.

@TurboAlice

5 ай бұрын

@@The_One_Over_There you literally just contradicted yourself.

Minor correction, The Banshee's first appearance can be technically traced back to the original Grand Theft Auto. Both the Viper GTS & Viper RT10 appeared in the OG GTA under the names Beast GTS & Mamba respectively.

@BlackJackMiller5

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I opened the video and instantly thought back to the pair in the original GTA. Grand Theft Auto on the Game Boy was one of my first games.

@FlipFanatic

5 ай бұрын

@@BlackJackMiller5 its wild that a GTA channel lacks this common knowledge and thinks it evolved from the rumbler in gta2.. not even the same car.. i wish they would look this stuff up before just putting out a video..

@johnm3907

5 ай бұрын

But those were actual vipers.

@ogksknkrv6738

4 ай бұрын

@@FlipFanatic My thoughts exactly.

@antuanperez426

4 ай бұрын

@@FlipFanatic🤡

Funnily enough, the title for the most recurring car in the series would goes to the Stallion, appearing since GTA 1. EDIT: Forgot to highlight this. Most recurring and most iconic are not the same. The Oppressor Mk II has only appeared in one game yet it is still one of the most recognizable vehicle in the franchise, even beyond the Stallion and the Banshee.

@shadow-squid4872

5 ай бұрын

Exactly, I’d say THAT is GTA’s most iconic car in my opinion

@GabrielVittorio

5 ай бұрын

perhaps it is stallion indeed

@CyanRooper

5 ай бұрын

There isn't really a singular iconic car in the GTA series but really multiple iconic cars. For me, the three most iconic cars are the Kuruma from GTA 3 (because it was the first car that players drive and it was basically the first taste of the freedom that GTA 3 provided that no other game prior to it did), the Cheetah from Vice City (because it was just perfect for a game inspired by Miami Vice) and the Greenwood from GTA San Andreas (because it was Sweet's car).

@Crusher29

5 ай бұрын

Not in GTA 2, London or Advance

@erso_returned2530

5 ай бұрын

@@shadow-squid4872 Nah not many played gta 1. Banshee and infernus is still the MOST ICONIC.

Being a huge viper enthusiast and gta fan it makes me wonder why R* hasn’t done anything with a new banshee. We’ve had the same model for years, and never have seen another generation of a viper in gta which still makes no sense to me as again, this is GTA’s most iconic car. Here’s to hoping we finally see a 5th Gen Viper hell even maybe a RT/10 Gen 1.

@spidermanfan2341

5 ай бұрын

Maybe they don’t since Vipers are discontinued

@NFSBeast2365

5 ай бұрын

@@spidermanfan2341why not a Bravado Banshee based on the SRT Viper GTS?

@fulcrum2168

5 ай бұрын

Maybe they'll update the Banshee model for GTA 6

@yobrethren

5 ай бұрын

@@fulcrum2168 There's already a Banshee in GTA 6 trailer, at the aerial shot with bikers It's the same gen as GTA 4 and 5 one

@tankiller9638

4 ай бұрын

Was hoping for a retro model myself makes no sense they gave other cars retro upgrades but the Banshee which LITERALLY has to be its most iconic form.

Great video! Such an iconic amazing car. And as seen in the GTA 6 trailer, this bad boy is ready for a comeback. Judging by the modifications seen on some of the cars in the trailer, hopefully even the wide body kit will return too. Long live the epic GTA BANSHEE.

@NFSBeast2365

5 ай бұрын

AMEN!

I seen the real Banshee in real life at a car museum in Branson, Missouri. Unfortunately its no longer there. Atleast i still have pictures. Such an amazing car and was definitely a GTA car.

I hate the fact that you did not mentioned GTA SA, that car is also present in the game, using same design from GTA 3

I was just wondering about that real life Banshee the other day, hadn't heard much since I learned it was gifted to the lady who doesn't even play video games lol. I thought I'd heard somewhere that she sold it to someone who stripped all the Banshee parts off and reverted it to a regular Viper... but that was just a rumor, obviously. So glad that wasn't true!!! Would love to see it in person, definitely the most iconic GTA car there is.

Great video Gtamen! I would love to see more content like this. Stuff that's GTA related, but not directly content about the games themselves. The documentary-esque video style is really compelling!

The banshee is my favorite vehicle in the game. I loved this car since it first came out in GTA 3 because I used to drool over the viper IRL. It's helped make me a dodge fan and have since bought a ram and a challenger. I have six banshees with various configurations in GTA online. Excellent video man!

An enormous amount of information in less than 6 minutes. What a straight-to-the-point text! Great job!

Awesome vid! Will always be my favorite GTA car!

I could see some hardcore gamers buying the Banshee for 250-300 grand. Granted, it's mostly a Dodge Viper with an appearance change and some other modifications, but that wouldn't stop collectors.

felt bumped out when it was replaced by a Corvette based banshee in vice city /stories

the Banshee is iconic but I wouldn't say it's the most iconic. i'd say the Stallion is way more deserving of the title of 'most iconic GTA car'

@erso_returned2530

5 ай бұрын

That would be infernus or cheetah.

@zagzig5559

5 ай бұрын

Howcome the Stallion deserves it more? 99% of the ppl don't even know what's the Stallion without googling it, but when you say Banshee, Infernus, Cheetah, everyone who played GTA before knows it. Wtf guys?

I guess the Banshee's backstory is more interesting for a video but to not even mention the Stallion when talking about GTA's most iconic vehicles should be a crime.

Very cool video, I remember stealing the Banshee in gta 3 and joyriding, and stealing it for someone in gta 4. Fun fact: the Banshee name was real, it was a Pontiac concept car in the late 60's that John DeLorean comissioned.

Great vid mate 👍🏼👌🏼😎

What a great vid gtamen! I love these kind of car history videos, i hooe u ginna make more if these kind of vids. Well dine man 😊

ROCKSTAR BETTER CALL SAUL CROSSOVER 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I would say another contender for the most iconic cars in GTA is the Stinger which has been in nearly every game since the first GTA (with no name change unlike Banshee or others)

Awesome video

Funny thing is that the last gen Viper looks almost like a Banshee, So Rockstar based the Banshee on the Viper. And Dodge/SRT based the new Viper on the Banshee lmao

In The Getaway there are real world vehicle manufacturers like Saab, Honda and Lexus.

Fun Fact: the Banshee gets its name from Irish mythology, The banshee is a short & old woman who cries and shrieks to inform of a death. Her continued weeping causes her eyes to turn red and appear ghostly she is also considered to be a professional mourner.

Beautiful video

1:35 a minor correction - you could steal banshees (along with other fancy cars) by starting car salesman job, though only after gaining access to Staunton. Otherwise your screen fades to black and a car despawns lol

@frylucas

5 ай бұрын

You could take it to a shallow shore and slightly dip it into the water until the waves briefly submerge the car, the mission would fail because you "destroyed the car" but the screen wouldn't fade black and you'd be able to reverse the car off the sea once the wheels contacted the ground again. The road that drives to the Ferry Station is a good place to do this. Interestingly enough these cars are also Bullet-Proof, Explosion-Proof and Fire-Proof.

Seeing the banshee in better call Saul was so random and cool lol

The rear of this Banshee in GTA 4 reminds me so much of newer Dodge Viper from 2013 (3rd gen) and the same goes for Oracle from GTA 5. That car looks so similar to a newer BMW 7 series (6th gen from 2015). I get that they are based on those cars, but what I'm saying is, without trying, Rockstar designed their cars from the near future

You can also see the banshee in the gta6 trailer, and yes its blue and white

5:43 holy shit its my car! (left side 1978 chevy malibu sedan on red!)

It started with the Beast GTS in the first GTA.)

Great video! Only there car that iconic in gta might be Sabre Custom

The Declasse/Classique/Vapid Stallion is also pretty iconic since its literally in every game

Rockstar could easily start opening businesses of every kind (car dealerships with GTA brands, BurgerShot, Cluckin'bell or clothing stores with GTA brands) but they stick with games only... i'll never understand them

@greedgod5827

5 ай бұрын

They have their music brand which is well nothing special

@The_One_Over_There

5 ай бұрын

They're a game developer, Not a car manufacturer or restaurant branch. Those are completely different industries in how they work so i really doubt that.

I hope GTA 6 finally introduces a Banshee based on the 5th gen Viper

The Banshee is undoubtedly the iconic car of GTA. The shape & name are a perfect example of how cars from the real world were transposed into the GTA world by R* back in the good old days. It was so sad that in GTA5/Online it was so slow and handled poorly - feeling much too stiff and uninteresting. I'm sure most of us headed straight to the car dealership every time we loaded GTA3 (until unlocking the next island at least). And it was one of the best cars in GTA1 (even if the name was different). I hope it regains its status in GTA6. But I'm not optimistic. R* has switched to making more direct copies of real world cars with long & horrible names. There was something short & sweet about the Banshee, Turismo, Sentinel and so on.

Crazy how an old school viper just looks like an old Pontiac these days

As the Viper is sorta kinda successor of the Shelby Cobra, I consider the Mamba the Banshee's spiritual predecessor

@Drank_all_muh-pepsi

5 ай бұрын

You are correct, the cobra is indeed the vipers predecessor

@chriscole4717

4 ай бұрын

In fact, I think Carroll Shelby was involved in making the first 1992 viper

He said ashume 3 times *giggles*

I remember seeing it in Better Call Saul, and I sat there like it can't be! Turns out I was actually right

It's a crime how you were speaking of cars iconic to GTA and forget that the stallion exists. The stallion has been the same in ever GTA and is likely the most iconic GTA vehicle

I've always loved the Viper, and by extension the Banshee was always a personal favorite of mine to drive in the GTA games. Unfortunately I think the current Banshee we have in GTA V looks a bit dated compared to some of their more recent models. I hope we get a refresh in VI without deviating too much from the classic Banshee look.

0:08 thats the comet lmao

I wanna see a last gen Viper in GTA VI.

@Fake_Moises_12

5 ай бұрын

Me too

Ahahah the banshee in better call saul is soooo random 😂😂

“Ashume”

@UltramanMebiusBrave

5 ай бұрын

You must have a defective ear, because he clearly says ASSUME. And you thought the word MUST BE PRONOUNCED THE SAME FOR ALL DIALECTS? What are you, an English language pronunciation police officer?

I had the standard version and turned it into the 900r. Its actually pretty alright but I haven't used it for a while. Ages in fact.

Had forgotten they made a real life banshee, hope its in good hands. Im surprised rockstar never came out with a updated model in game, (not counting the 900r) like we have multiple versions of many in game cars, but the banshee has never gotten anything

Funny enough, there was a car called the Banshee that never made it to production back in 1965. It was the Pontiac banshee, which was based off of the 1965 Corvette. the real car was a two-seater high-performance car

0:07 You said Not Just Tourismo to the Pfister Comet 💀💀💀

The Banshee from Gta and Raycaster from SR also look alike

If I ever win big money, I'm having my own Bashee built for me.

Would always pick an Infernus over a Banshee up until GTA V and its because of the sound. Idk how or what they sampled for the banshee's sound in 5 but its music to my ears

Rockstar really “Pimp My Ride”’d a Viper🤣

1:48 ChevroleTTTT

Definitely one of my favorite cars in GTA series.

Good video, but some very interesting pronunciations for brands and cars 😉

Honestly, I hope that they release a new version of the Banshee for GTA VI. I doubt it, but it would be cool to see them do an interpretation of a newer Viper. Ideally, though, we would get all 3 versions of the banshee.

You mixed up the Comet and the Turismo in the intro

i had, NO FUCKING IDEA, that they created a real life version

It’s funny that the banshee made a appearance in better call Saul

The original style model of the Banshee actually came back in San Andreas before GTA IV

The GTA Sports Car Trinity - banshee, cheetah, infernus

The only banshee in the world appearing in Copart is one of the most depressing thoughts ever, if your a car trader you know exactly why 😂

Let's make Gtaman owner of that Banshee

I would stand outside of los santos customs and wait for someone to pull out with a zentorno or t20. Then i would say 'i can beat that crap'. Basically luring then to a drag race at the airport. I would drive a fast car, but when i got to the airport, i would call for my banshee, not many ppl knew about dbl clutch back then so it was so fun hearing my opponents reaction. Usually got called a mod, but then i would show them how to dbl. Fun fact theirs only one car that can beat the banshee in a drag race,but its really difficult to dbl The dbl clutch window is open for a few milliseconds

I'm honestly not very sharp with cars from the newer GTA games, since I never had a console or a good enough PC to properly play them, but oh boi did I play the 3D era games A LOT since 2002, including the Stories games (GTA San Andreas is the only game I finish yearly, been doing it since 2009 and this year I'm doing it on mobile for the first time) So, considering that, I'd say the most iconic cars are the Banshee, the Infernus, the Cheetah (especially for Vice City), the Sabre and the Stallion I don't know if any modern cars from GTA V or GTA Online became as iconic as the ones I mentioned Let me know which cars you guys consider the most iconic ones! Edit: oh yeah, definitely the Bobcat too!!!

I hope R* will give is a Banshee Classic (GTA 3 Banshee)

It's rotting in a parking lot somewhere in Dubai rn.

even I own a 900R, since it's based on my favorite KZreadrs' favorite car^^

Gonna own 2 of theses in gta 6

Hi what game was that on at 1:15?

The c4 would go so hard in gat online rn

the armored karuma is my favorite car in gta

I was so excited when I saw it tucked away in the GTA VI trailer. Such a minor detail that only OG GTA fans would notice!

@shockwaveleopard

5 ай бұрын

hey jackcockstv

@jytvreal

4 ай бұрын

its the blue one too from the IRL version

Another contender is the sabre as gta sa as a whole was about something caused by a Sabre

I’ve always thought that car manufacturers not wanting to see there cars get damaged was stupid what do they think will happen if it crashes irl

Can't believe the banshee was sold for 30k

1:37 Ah, I see we got an early look at LCS Definitive Edition

@Gtamen

5 ай бұрын

Just upscalled via an emulator so you don't have to count the pixels.

Hope it's owner taking care of this car. It's a relic and should be in museum.

hard to choose between this and the Sabre as GTA's most iconic car imo.

there was also a banshee in GTA San Andreas

Im surprised we haven’t gotten any banshee variants other than bennys in gta 5

Regardless of the age, we still know it's a Viper. I wonder if they'll put the Banshee version of the Viper ACR in GTA VI

i really really want a new banshee. just an updated and brand new dodge viper.

To be honest, I always thought of the kuruma (from gta 3 and liberty city stories) to be the iconic gta car, I mean it looks really cool

@AceD500

5 ай бұрын

even mettioned in NCIS tv series

I'd argue to say that the stallion is the most iconic car, being featured in every single gta game since gta one without any major redesigns.

It is now in a submarine somewhere

My all time fav car 😍

Banshee has been made IN REAL LIFE that's how classic it is

*The HD Era Banshee looks more like it's based on Viper SRT not the '90s original one, with the taillights resembling Aston Martin DB9* *It's not really true that the car manufacturer's aren't allowing for damage of their cars , for instance Midnight Club 3/LA featured pretty good damage model , or for instance the rival of the Grand Theft Auto series , The Getaway featured pretty neat damage model as well , even though some brands didn't wanna to be included in the game*

How can you forget cheetah based of the ferrari 😂😂

Gta 3 has the best most beautiful banshee. Engine noise. Look. Everything. I love that game so much tho so im probably biased but it is so crisp

you'd think the stallion would be the most iconic, its been in the games since gta 1 it was on the cover for 3 and it was one of the most beautiful cars in 4 and 5