Suggest Edit: Vehicles, Boats & Watercraft

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Personal vehicles are the fastest way to get around the areas you have already opened up. Cars and the motorbike work as land vehicles, and boats and yachts as watercraft. Vehicles are bought as keys. Boats are also good for avoiding police patrols and local thugs. Vehicles can carry goods, but using them for smuggling is riskier than it looks.

Contents: <a href="#travel">How vehicles are used</a> · <a href="#fuel">Fuel</a> · <a href="#land">Land vehicles</a> · <a href="#water">Boats and yachts</a> · <a href="#notes">Notes on the data</a>

<h2 id="travel">How vehicles are used</h2>
<ul>
<li>Land vehicles have no top-speed value in the game files. Editors report that they are used through quick travel: you can only travel to other unlocked and unoccupied parking spaces. Higher local reputation unlocks more parking-space travel points. See <a href="/wiki/dds2/fast-travel-buses-ferries">Fast Travel, Buses &amp; Ferries</a> and <a href="/wiki/dds2/reputation-consequences">Reputation &amp; Consequences</a>.</li>
<li>Boats travel between the docks on each island. You dock a boat to return to it later. Editors report that the larger yachts can only quick travel from pier to pier, at the piers marked with a white anchor on the map, when unlocked and unoccupied.</li>
<li>The quest boat from Marcus needs an engine installed: the game has a "Fixed boat engine" quest item and warns if you do not have it on you. No engine item is listed for shop-bought boats. See <a href="/wiki/dds2/questlines-missions">Questlines &amp; Missions</a>.</li>
<li>The vehicle base class defaults to a passenger limit of 4 and to a half-full tank for a newly owned vehicle. Large yachts travel along their route at a fixed yacht speed set in their class.</li>
<li>Vehicles have locked doors and locked trunks, and the passenger space can be full.</li>
<li>Cargo slots are stored as a slot count, not a grid. See <a href="/wiki/dds2/inventory-special-slots">Inventory &amp; Special Slots</a>.</li>
</ul>

<h2 id="fuel">Fuel</h2>
Vehicles and boats burn fuel; refuel with a Gasoline canister from your inventory. The stored fuel use is in litres per 100 km. Gasoline costs B1,500 per litre in both sizes.<div style="overflow-x:auto"><table>
<tr><th>Item</th><th>Capacity</th><th>Base price</th></tr>
<tr><td>Gasoline</td><td>4 L</td><td style="text-align:right">B6,000</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gasoline</td><td>11 L</td><td style="text-align:right">B16,500</td></tr>
</table></div>The range and full-tank cost columns below are calculated from the stored tank size, fuel use and the gasoline price. Fuel depots are on <a href="/wiki/dds2/shops-vendors">Shops &amp; Vendors</a>.

<h2 id="land">Land vehicles</h2>
<div style="overflow-x:auto"><table>
<tr><th>Vehicle</th><th>Cargo slots</th><th>Seats</th><th>Tank (L)</th><th>Fuel use (L/100 km)</th><th>Top speed</th><th>Range on a full tank (calculated)</th><th>Cost to fill (calculated)</th><th>Where to buy (base price)</th></tr>
<tr><td>Motorbike <code>KEY-VEH-MOT</code></td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">3.5</td><td style="text-align:right">1.45</td><td>—</td><td>241 km</td><td>B5,250</td><td>B120,000: Mechanic – Archipelago</td></tr>
<tr><td>Car (small) <code>KEY-VEH-CAR</code></td><td style="text-align:right">6</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">40</td><td style="text-align:right">3.5</td><td>—</td><td>1,143 km</td><td>B60,000</td><td>B200,000: Mechanic – Archipelago</td></tr>
<tr><td>Car (large) <code>KEY-VEH-CAR-2</code></td><td style="text-align:right">10</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">60</td><td style="text-align:right">4.5</td><td>—</td><td>1,333 km</td><td>B90,000</td><td>B300,000: Bogdan the Mechanic – Slavs Bay</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-road car <code>KEY-VEH-CAR-OFFROAD</code></td><td style="text-align:right">16</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">70</td><td style="text-align:right">6</td><td>—</td><td>1,167 km</td><td>B105,000</td><td>Sold by someone in the Jungle: task "Obtain an off-road car" (<code>M15-MAIN-MEX2-CAR</code>). No table holds a price</td></tr>
<tr><td>Muscle car <code>KEY-VEH-CAR-MUSCLE</code></td><td style="text-align:right">10</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">60</td><td style="text-align:right">7.5</td><td>—</td><td>800 km</td><td>B90,000</td><td>No source found</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pickup truck <code>KEY-VEH-CAR-PICKUP</code></td><td style="text-align:right">30</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">70</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td>—</td><td>1,400 km</td><td>B105,000</td><td>No source found</td></tr>
</table></div>

<h2 id="water">Boats and yachts</h2>
<div style="overflow-x:auto"><table>
<tr><th>Vehicle</th><th>Cargo slots</th><th>Seats</th><th>Tank (L)</th><th>Fuel use (L/100 km)</th><th>Top speed</th><th>Range on a full tank (calculated)</th><th>Cost to fill (calculated)</th><th>Where to buy (base price)</th></tr>
<tr><td>Simple motorboat <code>KEY-VEH-BOAT</code></td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">6</td><td style="text-align:right">1.2</td><td>47 km/h</td><td>500 km</td><td>B9,000</td><td>B129,000: Fuel depot – Archipelago</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rib motorboat <code>KEY-VEH-RIB</code></td><td style="text-align:right">7</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td><td style="text-align:right">1.3</td><td>68 km/h</td><td>615 km</td><td>B12,000</td><td>B165,000: Fuel depot – Archipelago</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rib motorboat (second entry) <code>KEY-VEH-RIB1</code></td><td style="text-align:right">7</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td><td style="text-align:right">1.3</td><td>68 km/h</td><td>615 km</td><td>B12,000</td><td>B175,000: Fuel depot – Archipelago</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rib motorboat de Luxe <code>KEY-VEH-RIB2</code></td><td style="text-align:right">9</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">14</td><td style="text-align:right">1.6</td><td>79 km/h</td><td>875 km</td><td>B21,000</td><td>B315,000: Fuel depot – Archipelago</td></tr>
<tr><td>Small Yacht <code>KEY-VEH-YACHT-SMALL</code></td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">150</td><td style="text-align:right">4.4</td><td>46 km/h</td><td>3,409 km</td><td>B225,000</td><td>B470,000: Fuel depot – Slavs Bay</td></tr>
<tr><td>Motorboat <code>KEY-VEH-MID-BOAT</code></td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">14</td><td style="text-align:right">2.4</td><td>68 km/h</td><td>583 km</td><td>B21,000</td><td>B315,000: Fuel depot – Slavs Bay</td></tr>
<tr><td>Luxury motorboat <code>KEY-VEH-LUX-BOAT</code></td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">20</td><td style="text-align:right">2.7</td><td>97 km/h</td><td>741 km</td><td>B30,000</td><td>B750,000: Boat dealer – Dueño del Mar</td></tr>
<tr><td>La Ballena <code>KEY-VEH-YACHT-BALLENA</code></td><td style="text-align:right">45</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">3,000</td><td style="text-align:right">200</td><td>50 km/h</td><td>1,500 km</td><td>B4,500,000</td><td>B25,000,000: Boat dealer – Bahía de Oro – Downtown district</td></tr>
<tr><td>La Frente <code>KEY-VEH-YACHT-LA-FRENTE</code></td><td style="text-align:right">20</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">700</td><td style="text-align:right">30</td><td>50 km/h</td><td>2,333 km</td><td>B1,050,000</td><td>B6,900,000: Boat dealer – Bahía de Oro – Downtown district</td></tr>
<tr><td>Caballo del Mar <code>KEY-VEH-YACHT-CABALLO</code></td><td style="text-align:right">10</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">500</td><td style="text-align:right">10</td><td>50 km/h</td><td>5,000 km</td><td>B750,000</td><td>B4,200,000: Boat dealer – Dueño del Mar</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bong Voyage <code>KEY-VEH-YACHT-BONG-VOYAGE</code></td><td style="text-align:right">30</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">2,000</td><td style="text-align:right">100</td><td>50 km/h</td><td>2,000 km</td><td>B3,000,000</td><td>B12,000,000: Boat dealer – Dueño del Mar</td></tr>
</table></div>

<h2 id="notes">Notes on the data</h2>
<div class="warning-box">The muscle car and pickup truck are in the item table with stats but no shop, loot pool or reward gives them, so their availability is unconfirmed. The "Rib motorboat" appears twice with identical stats (<code>KEY-VEH-RIB</code> and <code>KEY-VEH-RIB1</code>), and the bicycle item (<code>ITEM-VEH-BICYCLE_hid</code>; a drivable bicycle class exists in the game files, but editors confirm bicycles cannot be used in game) and a test motorbike (<code>TEST-KEY</code>) are hidden entries with no source. Casino DLC and Christmas vehicles are excluded. The three cars all carry the same name "Car", so they are labelled here by size.</div>

Source: game DataTables (ItemDatabase, ItemPropertyDatabase, ShopOffers, IS_ShopDatabase). Values are as stored in the current Steam build; bolivars are written with a leading B.

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