"He's off his rocker," you might be thinking upon reading the title of this article. And while you'll probably be right any other day, this time, there's enough here to suggest that Rockstar might have left some breadcrumbs for us about where the story in Grand Theft Auto 6 might be heading.
Even though we're at least a year away from the imminent release of GTA 6, we can still entertain ourselves with crazy tin foil hat theories. I mean, it's GTA, and it does go hand in hand with insane conspiracies.
Today's delusion is related to what actually happened to Bonnie and Clyde at the end of their "career" and what car they were driving at that very moment.
On the historic day of May 23, 1934, on a rural road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were gunned down by lawmen. Or "Highwaymen," as Netflix called their feature film starring the legendary Kevin Costner and Woody Harelson.
By the time the Texas officers were done with the ambush, they had used over 130 bullets from different types of weapons. The car they were driving was riddled with so many bullet holes, it looked like Swiss cheese.
The vehicle was none other than the industry-changing Ford Model 18, otherwise known as the Ford V8. It was the first mass-produced automobile with a 221-cubic-inch or 3.62-liter V8 flathead engine that could have produced 65 horsepower (48 kW/66 ps). The Model 18 was sold in almost 300,000 units.
Photo: u/Worldly-Catch-4567 (Reddit)
Moving over to the present, let's take a look at the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer thumbnail. After hours upon hours of mind-twisting research, I've come to the definitive conclusion that the car in the image could possibly be, without a certainty, the Cheval Picador modeled after the 1971–1972 Chevrolet El Camino.
Why the confusion? Because after eliminating other types of vehicles, the Picador is the closest model I could find. The only and most significant problem is... that the Picador is made by a fictional Cheval GTA brand, while the car from the thumbnail clearly says Vapid on the badge.
The only other car model made by Vapid that comes close is the Blade, modeled after various generations of the Chevy Impala. But that's only a four-door variant.
However, after seeing the level of car customizations surrounding car culture in the GTA 6 trailer, and taking the badge into consideration, it may be a tuned-out Blade that looks like a Picador (El Camino).
Now get your tin foil hats ready because this is crazy-man conspiracy time. If you take a closer look at the passenger's door, it's riddled with bullet holes. Not just any number of bullet holes, but precisely six shots.
Photo: Public Domain
Rockstar could be teasing, or they could be trolling. But the similarities between how Bonnie and Clyde ended up with their car pumped full of lead and our modern-day couple are pretty glaring.
Seeing how this wouldn't be the first time Rockstar killed a protagonist at the end of the story from a certain Grand Theft Auto, we could be in store for another choice-based split ending. Who knows, maybe we'll even get to sacrifice the character we're playing as, instead of just shooting the other one. A "Go on without me" sort of finale.
And if you want to really go off the reservation with another crazy theory... the plate number says F6. So we have six bullet holes, the number "6" on the plate next to the letter "F," and we know it's coming out in 2025. If you check the calendar, you'll see that June 6, 2025, is Friday.
At the same, Bonnie and Clyde died in a Ford that would perfectly match the Vapid Hustler from GTA Online. The possibilities are endless, folks!
All kidding aside, whatever the case may be, one thing is sure. If the 137+ million views the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer amassed in less than a week is any indication of interest in this game, then the amount of copies sold in the first 24 hours will be obscene.
Codrin just loves American classics, from the 1940s and ‘50s, all the way to the muscle cars of the '60s and '70s. In his perfect world, we'll still see Hudsons and Road Runners roaming the streets for years to come (even in EV form, if that's what it takes to keep the aesthetic alive). Full profile
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