Leaked · September 2022 leak
Green and black Declasse Tornado 1950s coupe parked on a Vice City street in GTA 6

Case File · Classic Cars

Tornado

The 1957 Bel Air of the GTA universe, lowrider royalty since San Andreas, listed in the September 2022 leak and unseen officially.

Class Classic CarsManufacturer DeclasseBased on Chevrolet Bel Air (1957)
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Class
Classic Cars
Manufacturer
Declasse
Based on
Chevrolet Bel Air (1957)
Seen in
September 2022 leak
Previous games
GTA San Andreas, GTA V

Overview

The Tornado has been the GTA universe’s ’57 Chevy since San Andreas, where it was the car Grove Street cruised in. GTA V gave it a convertible, a rat-rod, a lowrider build and three gang liveries. It appears in the September 2022 development leak and has not been seen in any trailer or screenshot since, so the page wears the leak badge.

Declasse is the series’ Chevrolet, and GTA VI already has its Stallion, Sabre Turbo and Vamos from official footage.

A Miami car

Vice City’s Cuban community gives the Tornado a context the earlier games never had. Havana’s streets are still full of ’57 Chevys kept alive since the revolution, and Little Havana’s car culture in Miami carries the same affection for the shape. A Tornado parked outside a Vice City cafecito window would be one of the most natural sights in the game, if it makes the final cut.

Real-world basis
Chevrolet Bel Air (1957)
The ’57 Bel Air’s tailfins and chrome grille made it the most collected American car of its decade and a cornerstone of lowrider culture from Los Angeles to Miami.

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