Nightshark
Born in a Riga factory. Driven by millions in the biggest game ever made. Now it rolls out of the screen and into the real Vice City on the day GTA VI launches, carrying thousands of names with it.
- 1 of 1 build
- Commission $1M+
- Reveal 19.11.2026 Miami
- Spots from $19
Ride into Miami with FivemRides and the crew.
FivemRides’s zone
Choose your spot size
Watch your mark go on the car
Drawn to scale on the real car. Where your spot lands is chosen when you pay; this one is an example.
Who already knows it
The car is famous before anyone has seen it in person. And the reveal lands in the middle of the biggest entertainment launch of the decade.
The Mona Lisa of GTA
When Steve McQueen’s Bullitt Mustang sold, the press called it the Mona Lisa of Mustangs. The Nightshark is that for GTA: the one original behind a car millions of players already love.
There are millions of copies. There is one original.
- One of oneLike the Mona Lisa, there is only ever one. Every in-game Nightshark points back to this car.
- A story people retellRiga factory, Hollywood, GTA, Miami. Legends are made of chapters like these.
- Millions come to see itThe reveal lands on the biggest game launch of the decade, in the city the game is built on.
The legend so far
- The beginning
Built in an old Russo-Balt factory
DARTZ sets up in a renovated Russo-Balt factory in Riga, one of the oldest names in Baltic car making, and starts building armored cars like nobody else on earth.
- 2009 to 2010
The world's most outrageous SUVs
The Prombron makes DARTZ famous. In Monaco a Red Diamond Edition is shown at around €1 million, pitched as the most expensive SUV in the world.
- 2012
A Hollywood role
A DARTZ Prombron appears in Sacha Baron Cohen's film The Dictator.
- 2014
The Black Shark
DARTZ launches the Black Shark. Nobody knows it yet, but this car is about to become a video game icon.
- 2017
Into the game
Rockstar adds the HVY Nightshark to GTA Online, based on the Black Shark. Players armor it, wrap it and fight in it for nearly a decade.
Audience 230M+ copies of GTA V - August 2026
Out of the game again
A client pays over $1 million for a real, drivable Nightshark. Top Gear, Autoblog, Supercar Blondie, The Autopian and Rockstar INTEL all run the story.
Reached ~3M peopleValue $1M+ paid - September 2026
The interior goes public
A fighter-jet ejection seat, a buckle shaped like the GTA weapon wheel, a one-player gaming lounge, and cyan and pink neon on ivory leather.
- 28 September 2026
Fans join the build
The first spots on the livery go on sale. Gamers start putting their names, crews and messages on the real car.
- November 2026
The owner is revealed
The buyer who commissioned the car steps forward in the run-up to Miami. Who it is has not been announced yet.
- Base
- GM truck frame, stretched 40 cm
- Body
- Fully DARTZ-built, armored
- Rear cabin
- Fighter-jet ejection seat
- Buckle
- GTA-style weapon wheel
Where it goes next
- 19 November 2026
The Miami reveal
Launch day of the biggest game ever made. The covers come off in the real Vice City, live on stream, with every fan's name on the car. The official name is finally revealed.
Projected 30M views in a week - December 2026
Vice City for real
The Nightshark goes into service with its owner. Top streamers take it out on IRL streams through Miami while the whole world plays GTA VI on the same streets.
Projected +10M views a month - Early 2027
The owners' register
Every spot holder gets a numbered certificate and can zoom straight to their spot on a photo map of the car. Thousands of people, one car.
- 2027
The world tour
Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, London, Dubai, then home to the factory in Riga. Fans line the streets, and spot holders get the front row in their city.
Projected 100M+ year oneProjected value $1.5M - 2028
Season two
A brand new livery and a new wave of names. The original 2026 panels, with every first name on them, go on display as a piece of gaming history.
- 2029
Back on screen
The car that went from screen to street goes back the other way: music videos, films, and maybe a new game. Every appearance shows the names on its skin.
- 2031 · 5 years
The anniversary meetup
Spot holders from all over the world meet the car again. Five years of stories, streams and miles.
Projected value $2.5M - 2036 · 10 years
A modern legend
The most famous car to ever come out of a video game turns ten, with a place in a major car museum and a reunion for everyone whose name rides on it.
Projected 250M+ lifetimeProjected value $4M+, Batmobile territory - Someday
The last chapter: giving back
If it is ever sold, a share goes to a cause the spot holders vote on. The people who are part of the car get to write how its story ends.
- Spot holders voteEvery name on the car gets a say.
- A share of the saleGoes to the cause you choose together.
- Real help, real smilesThe money reaches people who need it, and every name on the car helped give it.
Your name. On the most famous car in the world.
Spot holder certificate
What every buyer gets · example- Holder
- Your name or tag
- Zone
- FivemRides’s zone · Rear door
- Size
- 0.39 × 0.39 in
- On the car
- Since the Miami reveal, 19.11.2026
Projected audience figures are estimates built from coverage to date and GTA VI launch numbers. Projected values are set against real auction prices of famous screen cars. Sources: Dartz (Wikipedia) · The Autopian · Autoblog · iGTA · Rockstar INTEL · Game Developer · Insider Gaming · Boston Globe, Bullitt · ABC News, Batmobile · CNBC, DB5