Armored Car Clash!

Location
red phone at Zaibatsu HQ, Omnitron, Downtown
Reward
$60,000, +1 score multiplier, Zaibatsu respect

Doctor Cubana, a Zaibatsu scientist, is being tortured for secrets in one of two armored Yakuza Miaras circling Downtown. Trey Welsh wants both cars destroyed before he talks, so you rig cars with bombs and blow them up.

Before you start

You need maximum respect with the Zaibatsu.

A countdown starts when the call ends, so go straight to a bomb shop.

Bullets, flames and rockets do not hurt the Miaras, so a car bomb is the method to use.

Objectives

  1. Destroy the Yakuza armored cars!

Armored Car Clash! walkthrough

Rig a car

A countdown starts as soon as you answer. Drive to a bomb shop, such as the one at the Red Army Surplus store in Funabashi, and have your car rigged. The game charges you $5,000 for the work and a bomb icon shows up on screen. You set it off later with the fire button.

Claude's car at a bomb shop with the message that the vehicle has been rigged for $5,000

Find the first Miara

Pink arrows show where the armored cars are. Spot the first Miara on the road, but do not shoot at it. It is bulletproof and will just keep driving. Get ahead of it in the rigged car and park right across its path, so it has to stop or slow down.

Claude's car among traffic at a red light, with arrows marking the armored Miara
Claude on foot beside the parked rigged car with the Miara next to it

Detonate the first bomb

Once the Miara is pinned against your car, jump out and move away before you set off the bomb. Both cars go up together. Welsh comments on your resourcefulness but reminds you that one car is still at large.

A huge explosion engulfing the first armored Miara and Claude's rigged car

Do it again

Return to the bomb shop for a second rigged car and look for the other Miara. The clock is still running, so do not waste time. Drive ahead of it and box it in, then bail out and detonate. A wall or other cars beside it help to hold it in place.

The blue rigged car parked at the Red Army Surplus bomb shop
Claude driving a rigged blue car down a wide street with the timer running
The blue rigged car blocking the second armored Miara against a wall
The explosion that destroys the second Miara, with Claude on the sidewalk

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

  • time runs out
  • one of the Miaras escapes

After the mission

Trey Welsh pays $60,000 and your score multiplier goes up by one. Bank Van Theft! is next on his red phone.

The JOB COMPLETE notice with Trey Welsh's payment message