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The best Saints Row cars and vehicles

Always have the best Saints Row cars to hand, no matter if you’re looking for the fastest vehicle or something more durable to pull off the next heist

Best Saints Row cars vehicles: a white limonene parked outside a Las Vegas-themed Casino in Santo Ileso.
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Want to know what the best Saints Row cars are? In an open-world game where crime certainly does pay, chances are that you need to make a speedy getaway or need to fend off hostile gangs or the cops to complete a mission. Of course, guns can help, but if you’ve got decent wheels, you shouldn’t need to resort to anything more than impeccable and fast driving or a bit of pushing and shoving.

The general rule of thumb is that the absolute best Saints Row cars are the vehicles you get as mission rewards late in the campaign. You can compare the full roster of cars, aircraft, and boats below to the Saints Row mission list to see for yourself when you can unlock them. We will be spoiling them for you here, so proceed with caution.

Fastest Saints Row cars and vehicles list

Even though mission rewards generally give you the best vehicles, plenty of cars out there deserve a mention that you can pick up at any time. Some require you to find one solitary vehicle hidden away in the Saints Row map, but many roam around the streets of Santo Ileso. Since you can only store so many cars, roughly 40 if you don’t count the unlockable vehicles, you may need to be choosy. Here are the five best regular Saints Row cars:

Best Saints Row cars vehicles: a supercar with an off-road kit parked outside of the Saint's church. It has neon colours.

Attrazione

The Attrazione is by far the fastest sports car in Saints Row and boasts some of the best performance stats if you upgrade it. With its signature ability, it can go even faster, but you need to be somewhat careful as its durability is reasonably low. You can find one in Marina West’s School of Art and Design car park.

Best Saints Row cars vehicles: a black hatchback parked outside of the Saint's church.

Gibraltar

While not the fastest car, it does sport some decent speed for its size, good durability, and high performance. As a result, it’s a particular favourite of the Marshalls, one of the three main rival factions, but you can also find regular versions anywhere in Santo Ileso.

Best Saints Row cars vehicles: a blue Titan van parked outside the Saint's church. It has the word Castillo Glover Cannon written on its side.

Titan

If you somehow manage to steal one of these money vans, which show on your in-game map as a money bag icon, you’ll have a surprisingly speedy, tough van that can plough through Santo Ileso, smashing everything in its way. However, it does suffer a bit on performance by default, so you may need to take one for a test drive to get used to its handling.

Best Saints Row cars vehicles: a blue car with 80's headlights parked outside of the Saint's church.

Galahad

It suffers a bit in the durability department, but the Galahad makes up for this downside with its sheer speed, handling, and striking ‘80s synth chassis. In addition, it’s relatively easy to find one just about anywhere.

Best Saints Row cars vehicles: a black hatchback parked outside of the Saint's church.

Skirmish

If you can’t afford off-road kits for the better cars, the Skirmish comes with dirt tires by default while also giving you decent speed and performance for a pick-up truck. Just try not to crash into rocks or bridges, as it can be a little flimsy. These big vehicles are common anywhere, but more so in desert areas.

Best Saints Row cars vehicles: a motorbike in the garage.

All Saints Row vehicles

There’s an automobile suitable for any mission, from speedy sports cars to humble hatchbacks. While only a select few are ideal for quick getaways or shoving pesky gang members out of your way, many share similar signature abilities with the same unlock conditions. However, do note that you can’t use the Kenshin K to get the true boosting power of the Attrazione as you must be in the right car to access its ability at the garage.

To equip abilities after you unlock them, head to the garage and select the customise option on your stored car. From here, you can toggle the signature ability on and off.

Finally, there are some cars that you can only unlock by gathering the Saints Row lost wheels. Once you have all five of one type, you’ll get the car. Here is a list of all of the Saints Row vehicles:

Cars and bikes

Adversary (Tank)

  • Location – appears at Police Notoriety level 5.
  • Tank gun – delivers a high-calibre punch.
  • No challenges.

Ant

  • Signature ability – Super Air Control: more flips, more fun.
  • Challenge – double backflip twice.

Attrazione

  • Location – the School of Art and Design car park in Marina West.
  • Signature ability – Infinite Boost: a full nitrous burn instantly refills nitrous. Avoid collisions to sustain boost.
  • Challenge – perform three Nitrous boosts.

Bowelrod

  • Location – complete the mission ‘Unto the Breach’.
  • Signature ability – Bowelroad Roar: fear the roar of the mighty Bowelrod (does damage to all nearby enemies).
  • Challenge – completed during the mission.

Bucket

  • Signature ability – Infinite Boost: a full nitrous burn instantly refills nitrous.
  • Avoid collisions to sustain boost.
  • Challenge – perform three Nitrous boosts.

Buffalo

  • Signature ability – Crab Steering: makes parallel parking and changing lanes a breeze.
  • Challenge – sideswipe eight enemy vehicles.

Chalupacabra

  • Signature ability – Crab Steering: makes parallel parking and changing lanes a breeze.
  • Challenge – sideswipe eight enemy vehicles.

Cheetah

  • Signature ability – Air Boost: now you’re flying with nitrous!
  • Challenge – 360 spin three times.

Compton

  • Signature ability – Jump: hop and skip over rush-hour traffic.
  • Challenge – barrel roll three times.

Courser

  • Location – by the hydroelectric dam in Rojas Desert South, close to the alien shooting gallery.
  • Signature ability – Super Air Control: more flips, more fun.
  • Challenge – double backflip twice.

Crisis

  • Signature ability – Crab Steering: makes parallel parking and changing lanes a breeze.
  • Challenge – sideswipe eight enemy vehicles.

Dreadnought

  • Signature ability – Ejector Seats: perfect for thrill seekers and spies.
  • Challenge – car to wingsuit once.

Dustrider

  • Location – complete the Castle Kraken Criminal Venture.
  • Signature ability – Ball & Chain: leave destruction in your wake.
  • Challenge – 100 towing payload smashes.

Eiswolf

  • Signature ability – Jump: hop and skip over rush-hour traffic.
  • Challenge – barrel roll three times.

Emu

  • Signature ability – Jump: hop and skip over rush-hour traffic.
  • Challenge – barrel roll three times.

Estrada

  • Signature ability – Ball & Chain: leave destruction in your wake.
  • Challenge – 100 towing payload smashes.

Ethel

  • Signature ability – Crab Steering: makes parallel parking and changing lanes a breeze.
  • Challenge – sideswipe eight enemy vehicles.

Fer de Lance

  • Location – outside the house south of Woodbush Country Club in Monte Lista.
  • Signature ability – Jump: hop and skip over rush-hour traffic.
  • Challenge – barrel roll three times.

Frying Dutchman

  • Location – collect all five Lost Wheels in Rojas Desert North.
  • Signature ability – Ball & Chain: leave destruction in your wake.
  • Challenge – 100 towing payload smashes.

Galahad

  • Signature ability – Air Boost: now you’re flying with nitrous!
  • Challenge – 360 spin three times.

Gargantua

  • Location – south of Ringers clothing store in Rojas Desert South.
  • Signature ability – Jump: hop and skip over rush-hour traffic.
  • Challenge – barrel roll three times.

Gentry

  • Signature ability – Crab Steering: makes parallel parking and changing lanes a breeze.
  • Challenge – sideswipe eight enemy vehicles.

Gibraltar

  • Signature ability – Crab Steering: makes parallel parking and changing lanes a breeze.
  • Challenge – sideswipe eight enemy vehicles.

Grandad

  • Signature ability – Kneecappers: shreds tires and ligaments.
  • Challenge – get a near-miss streak of eight vehicles.

Greenscaper

  • Signature ability – Kneecappers: shreds tires and ligaments.
  • Challenge – get a near-miss streak of eight vehicles.

Hammerhead

  • Signature ability – Kneecappers: shreds tires and ligaments.
  • Challenge – get a near-miss streak of eight vehicles.

Heavyweight

  • Location – find all five Lost wheels for Bones of Kavanagh Country.
  • Signature ability – Jump: hop and skip over rush-hour traffic.
  • Challenge – barrel roll three times.

Hollywood

  • Signature ability – Infinite Boost: a full nitrous burn instantly refills nitrous. Avoid collisions to sustain boost.
  • Challenge – perform three Nitrous boosts.

Kenshin K

  • Signature ability – Infinite Boost: a full nitrous burn instantly refills nitrous. Avoid collisions to sustain boost.
  • Challenge – perform three Nitrous boosts.

Kick

  • Signature ability – Kneecappers: shreds tires and ligaments.
  • Challenge – get a near-miss streak of eight vehicles.

Landbarge

  • Signature ability – Kneecappers: shreds tires and ligaments.
  • Challenge – get a near-miss streak of eight vehicles.

Lexington

  • Signature ability – Air Boost: now you’re flying with nitrous!
  • Challenge – 360 spin three times.

MDI-344T (Tank)

  • Unlock conditions – complete the mission ‘Severance Package’.
  • No signature abilities or challenges.

MDI-525C (APC)

  • Signature ability – Crab Steering: makes parallel parking and changing lanes a breeze.
  • Challenge – sideswipe eight enemy vehicles.

MDI-707B (Hoverbike)

  • Unlock conditions – complete the mission ‘Corporate Retreat’.
  • No signature abilities or challenges.

Mockingbird

  • Signature ability – Ejector Seats: perfect for thrill seekers and spies.
  • Challenge – car to wingsuit once.

Munchback

  • Signature ability – Crab Steering: makes parallel parking and changing lanes a breeze.
  • Challenge – sideswipe eight enemy vehicles.

Mule

  • Signature ability – Ball & Chain: leave destruction in your wake.
  • Challenge – 100 towing payload smashes.

Olive

  • Signature ability – Ejector Seats: perfect for thrill seekers and spies.
  • Challenge – car to wingsuit once.

Palanquin

  • Location – complete the mission ‘The Rod Warrior’.
  • Signature ability – Infinite Boost: a full nitrous burn instantly refills nitrous. Avoid collisions to sustain boost.
  • Challenge – perform three Nitrous boosts.

Peacemaker

  • Signature ability – Kneecappers: shreds tires and ligaments.
  • Challenge – get a near-miss streak of eight vehicles

Peterliner

  • Signature ability – Infinite Boost: a full nitrous burn instantly refills nitrous. Avoid collisions to sustain boost.
  • Challenge – perform three Nitrous boosts.

Phoenix

  • Signature ability – Ball & Chain: leave destruction in your wake.
  • Challenge – 100 towing payload smashes.

Porter

  • Signature ability – Super Air Control: more flips, more fun.
  • Challenge – double backflip twice.

Potato

  • Location – collect all five lost wheels in Badlands South.
  • Signature ability – Super Air Control: more flips, more fun.
  • Challenge – double backflip twice.

Prototype RTP 62-8S (Hoverboard)

  • Unlock condition – complete the first Eurekatabor! venture mission.
  • No signature abilities or challenges.

Raycaster

  • Signature ability – Ejector Seats: perfect for thrill seekers and spies.
  • Challenge – car to wingsuit once.

Responder

  • Signature ability – Infinite Boost: a full nitrous burn instantly refills nitrous. Avoid collisions to sustain boost.
  • Challenge – perform three Nitrous boosts.

Ride

  • Signature ability – Crab Steering: makes parallel parking and changing lanes a breeze.
  • Challenge – sideswipe eight enemy vehicles.

Ridgelord

  • Signature ability – Jump: hop and skip over rush-hour traffic.
  • Challenge – barrel roll three times.

Saguaro

  • Signature ability – Ejector Seats: perfect for thrill seekers and spies.
  • Challenge – car to wingsuit once.

Sandstorm Elite

  • Signature ability – Super Air Control: more flips, more fun.
  • Challenge – double backflip twice.

Sanicruiser

  • Signature ability – Super Air Control: more flips, more fun.
  • Challenge – double backflip twice.

Shaft

  • Signature ability – Ball & Chain: leave destruction in your wake.
  • Challenge – 100 towing payload smashes.

Shield

  • Signature ability – Air Boost: now you’re flying with nitrous!
  • Challenge – 360 spin three times.

Shifty

  • Location – near the Swole Hole clothes shop
  • Signature ability – Kneecappers: shreds tires and ligaments.
  • Challenge – get a near-miss streak of eight vehicles.

Skirmish

  • Signature ability – Crab Steering: makes parallel parking and changing lanes a breeze.
  • Challenge – sideswipe eight enemy vehicles.

Snake

  • Signature ability – Jump: hop and skip over rush-hour traffic.
  • Challenge – barrel roll three times.

Sojourn

  • Signature ability – Crab Steering: makes parallel parking and changing lanes a breeze.
  • Challenge – sideswipe eight enemy vehicles.

Titan

  • Signature ability – Kneecappers: shreds tires and ligaments.
  • Challenge – get a near-miss streak of eight vehicles.

Varsity

  • Signature ability – Infinite Boost: a full nitrous burn instantly refills nitrous. Avoid collisions to sustain boost.
  • Challenge – perform three Nitrous boosts.

Vigilance

  • Signature ability – Ball & Chain: leave destruction in your wake.
  • Challenge – 100 towing payload smashes.

Vindicator

  • Location – collect all five lost wheel parts in Badlands North.
  • Signature ability – Infinite Boost: a full nitrous burn instantly refills nitrous. Avoid collisions to sustain boost.
  • Challenge – perform three Nitrous boosts.

Whip

  • Signature ability – Ball & Chain: leave destruction in your wake.
  • Challenge – 100 towing payload smashes.

Widowmaker

  • Location – collect all five Bandaged car parts in lost wheels
  • Signature ability – Air Boost: now you’re flying with nitrous!
  • Challenge – 360 spin three times.

Best Saints Row cars vehicles: a jet ski in the dock.

Boats

Barbados

  • Unlocks with the dock.
  • No abilities.

Maelstrom

  • No abilities.

Malta

  • No abilities.

Minnow

  • Doesn’t store in the boathouse.
  • No abilities.

Best Saints Row cars vehicles: a Thompson helicopter in the hangar.

Aircraft

Thompson

  • Unlocks with the helipad.
  • No abilities.

Oppressor

  • Unlock conditions – complete the Planet Saints side missions.
  • No abilities.

Tornado

  • Unlock conditions – complete Best Friends Forever mission.
  • No abilities.

MDI-921V

  • Unlock conditions – complete the mission ‘Showdown’.
  • No abilities.

Those are all of the Saints Row vehicles. Now that you have access to the best car for the job, why not call on a friend to take on missions as part of your crew in Saints Row multiplayer? We also have a Saints Row guide for beginners if you’re new to the series that should get you up to speed and the best Saints Row perks and skills you should equip before your next heist.

Dave is a Guides Writer at PCGamesN. He's partial to a good Soulslike and is always up for a hunt in Monster Hunter Rise. If he's not playing fighting games like Street Fighter 6, you'll find him bashing badniks in Sonic games or demolishing demons in Diablo 4. Outside of guides, Dave also attends preview events, including Dragon's Dogma 2 and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, writing features about GTA 6 and the best Steam indies, and reviewing games, most recently WWE 2K24 and Mortal Kombat 1. Before PCGN, Dave wrote for Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and TheSixthAxis. Just don’t talk to him about old games, board games, pro wrestling, or birdwatching; he won’t shut up about any of them!