Crime and money, GTA VI
Stealing a car
A window, a slim jim or a cloned key.
Stealing a car in GTA VI: the three methods shown, the tools to get, alarms and trackers, and selling to the fence.
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THE CALCULATOR
Is selling a stolen car worth a mission?
No resale price has been published. Enter what a car would bring in at the fence and how long it takes: the calculator compares it with your other activities.
The essentials
In GTA VI, stealing a car is no longer a single button press. Depending on the model, you have to break the window, slide in a slim jim or clone the key, and some tools are only unlocked as the story progresses. Luxury cars also have an alarm and a tracker: a fence can deal with them, and Pay ’n’ Spray tells you what the car is worth before you sell it.
What Rockstar has said and shown
Around 6:05 in the Extended Look, in front of a Declasse Tulip, two choices appear: the slim jim or the smashed window.
Rob Nelson warns, as quoted by Kotaku and GamesRadar+, that some parked cars stay locked until you’ve gotten the tools to get in: no more starting any car at the push of a button.
Newer cars need a key cloner: smashing the window isn’t enough to start them, according to write-ups of the demo.
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Speaking to Famitsu, Rob Nelson adds that luxury cars have an alarm and a tracker, that a fence can deal with them, and that the Pay ’n’ Spray tells you what a stolen car is worth on resale.
Where to do it
On cars parked in the street, according to Rob Nelson. No Pay ’n’ Spray or fence has been placed on the map yet.
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What you need
A slim jim for older models, a key cloner for newer ones: you get these tools as you progress through the story.
What it pays
Selling to a fence, with the value the Pay ’n’ Spray gives you beforehand. No resale price has been published.
- Earnings
- Not published yet
- Duration
- Not published yet
What’s still to be confirmed
- Which tool for which car No list of the models that need a slim jim or a cloner.
- The scan before the theft A preview describes a scan of the model and its value, and a resale price that drops with damage.
- Keeping a stolen car What it takes to store one in a garage isn’t detailed.
Elsewhere on the site
In pictures
Sources
- Seen in mediaGameSpot: the new way to steal a car
Around 6:05 in the Extended Look: the choice between a slim jim and a smashed window; newer cars need a key cloner.
- Seen in mediaKotaku: GTA 6 makes stealing cars harder
Rob Nelson: some parked cars stay locked until you have the tools to get in.
- Seen in mediaGamesRadar+: no magic start for every car
The same comments from Rob Nelson about the tools you need to get for certain cars.
- Seen in mediaFamitsu: interview with Rob Nelson (Rockstar North)
Robberies solo or as a pair, jewelry stores and small banks better guarded, hideouts flagged on the map, fences, luxury cars with alarms and trackers.
- Community identificationGTAVice.net: English translation of the Famitsu interview
The same interview in English: security cameras to destroy, resale value given by the Pay ’n’ Spray, stores and salons.
- OfficialRockstar Newswire: Grand Theft Auto VI, An Extended Look
The roughly 26-minute demo: gym, basketball, shooting range, races, car theft, robberies, armored truck.
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What’s next?
The rest gets written on November 19, 2026.
Each page will be filled in once the game is out: what you find there, what you do there, what it earns you. Nothing made up until then.