The American Motors Splitz-6 ATV is a 6-wheeler ATV found only in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
Design
The Splitz-6 ATV is based on the Amphicat ATV, a small six-wheel-drive amphibious ATV. It is depicted as a novelty vehicle with a rather unique design, with a small windshield, a single seat and six wheels.
It was also featured on a MeTV automotive news update, where it was said to be a car that thinks it is a duck and that it was perfect for people who live in a swamp.
Performance
The Splitz-6 ATV is capable of traveling on land and water, however, it drives slowly on land and very slowly on water, even slower than the player's swimming speed. Its rather poor armor makes this vehicle very susceptible in wanted levels, especially those higher than two stars.
According to MeTV, the Splitz-6 ATV has a 3 miles per gallon of fuel consumption.
Performance Overview
| Acceleration (0-60 mph in Seconds) |
Top Speed (mph / kmh) |
Gears | Engine | Drivetrain (FWD / RWD / AWD) |
Mass (kg / lbs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | 56 / 90 | 4 | Diesel | AWD | 2000 / 4409 |
| N/A | N/A | 4 | N/A | AWD | Cannot be observed |
Gallery
Locations
- It can be bought at The Compound for $4,500 after the mission From Zero to Hero.
Trivia
General
- The name of the vehicle comes from the TV show The Banana Splits, which featured an Amphicat as their car.
- The Splitz-6 ATV is one of six amphibious ground-based vehicles in the Grand Theft Auto series, the other five being the APC, the Blazer Aqua, the Bovver'64, the Technical Aqua and the Vortex hovercraft.
- The Splitz-6 ATV was featured on a MeTV broadcast where it was heavily praised by reporter Jenny Mitchell, who mentioned many positive traits about the vehicle, including:
- It was perfect for people that lived in a swamp, which is strange since there are no swampy areas in Vice City and even if there were, the information would still be incorrect as only 5 to 10% of the journeys on the vehicle were reported not to end with a drowning.
- It had raved ratings from both motoring enthusiasts and sailors and that it was bound to grow popularity among bachelors and sailors. This turns out to be wrong though, as two years later the vehicle is completely absent from the city in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.