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“The best hybrid in its class. Includes a nifty dashboard screen with animations showing you how much gas you are saving, while completely ignoring the thousand pounds of toxic batteries on board. Go green!”
The front of the car is very simple, featuring a wide open section and the license plate on the center of the bumper, as well as a small mesh grille and L-shaped housings with four circular headlights and two small turn signals on either side. The hood is very slanted and has a similar angle to the windshield, bearing the manufacturer emblem just above the grille.
On the sides, the styling is very uniform, with many straight lines flowing throughout the body of the car, uninterrupted. However, the flared wheel arches are very exaggerated, which give the car depth. The cabin area is relatively curved and tall, with the window trims, inner pillars and rear-quarter sections finished in black, as well as the lines separating the roof panel from the rest of the car. A set of rounded mirror shells can be seen near the A-pillars, as well as an aerial on the rear section. The rear window of the trunk compartment door is very slanted, similar to the front windshield.
The rear end of the car bears large tail light units, consisting of triangle-shaped turn signals on the rear quarters, large square-shaped main and brake lights on the middle and a single rectangular reverse light above the license plate area. The same black finish from the sides is seen above the tail light units, while the lower corners of the trunk compartment door bears silver lettering displaying the names of the car and the manufacturer. The rear bumper is relatively bulky and has a black section at the bottom, which houses a wide mesh vent and triangular exhaust tips. The Dilettante is said to have an interior dashboard screen, similar to the real Toyota Prius. However, there is no actual dashboard screen in-game. According to advertisements inGTA IV, a new Dilettante starts at$39,999.
The vehicle is only available in a variety of single-tone colors for the body and the rear-view mirrors. It also uses five-spoke wide rims with small triangular open sections around, wrapped in medium-profile tires.
The Dilettante is equipped with aGPS system with a male voice, but only if the player leaves the "selected cars" (default) option in the audio menu.
Grand Theft Auto V andOnline[]
ForGrand Theft Auto V andGrand Theft Auto Online, the Dilettante retains the same design and features as before, but the rear trunk compartment door bears a single badge on the driver-side lower corner, displaying the manufacturer name. In the enhanced version, it gains a restored interior used on cars like theTaxi and thePolice/Sheriff Cruiser.
Again, the car is only seen in a variety of single-tone colors and retains the same five-spoke wide rims and medium-profile tires.
Current Design Gallery[]
Grand Theft Auto V and Online
Front quarter view
Top view
Rear quarter view
Front view
Side view
Rear view
Engine bay
Underside image
Detailing
Inside view
Other modelling
Driver's first-person view
Performance[]
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
Despite having two sources of power as expected from a hybrid, the Dilettante accelerates very slowly, and transmission choice does not make a difference. It has a top speed which is among the lowest in the game. The Dilettante, due to the dreadful turning radius, understeers at moderate-to-high speeds. The suspension is fairly soft, thus allowing the car to bounce around on rough roads.
The Dilettante is powered by an electric motor and an internal combustion engine at the same time (a V8 engine judging by the cover), coupled with a 5-speed automatic gearbox in a FWD configuration. The engine sound is rather smooth, comparable to theStratum, theSolair and theIngot. However, it has an additional tone, likely from the electric motor.
The car inGTA V is noticeably quicker than inGTA IV, with an acceleration rate of about 7,1 seconds to get to 60 mph, and a top speed of 90 mph. It is also more manageable than thePrairie, especially when turning at low to moderate speeds. However, it has considerably weak bodywork, as even low speed crashes can result in major body deformation, and is also severely affected by bullets. As per the majority of vehicles transitioning fromGTA IV toGTA V, it is noticeably more rigid.
The Dilettante is powered by an electric motor at under 40 mph (64 km/h), then a V8 internal combustion engine for most of the time, with a single speed (CVT) as standard. The car's combustion engine is also noticeable in terms of sound, with a unique, roary tone.
GTA IV teaser trailer showing Karin Dilettante TV commercial
GTAIV Dilettante ingame TV commercial
Commercial Transcript[]
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
Transcript
Male announcer:
Stopping global warming has finally gotten cool. Street style meets environmental concern with this seriously bad, morally good, fully customizable luxury VIP-style hybrid sedan. The Karin Dilettante. The top hybrid sedan in its class. That's because it's the only hybrid in its class! Expensive, but the Earth is worth it! She'll swoon at your low exhaust emissions, and maybe let you do a bit of exploring of her exhaust too. Plus, chicks love electric gadgets! The Karin Dilettante - it's fully customizable! If you understand real bling, you can make it run on expensive champagne and fine cigars, or customize the trunk, with a composting area. Unlike our fuel supply, the options are endless. Low emissions plus hot style equals the ride of the streets! Save the planet for only $39,999. The Karin Dilettante - bad plus good equals better for everyone.
A patrol/security variant of the Dilettante used byMerryweather Securityguards to patrol certain areas. This variant comes in a white livery with blue stripes on the sides, featuring the Merryweather emblem and "Patrol Protection Officer" on the sides.
A unique Dilettanterequested byStevie. It has a unique beechwood brown body.
As a new Dilettante will respawn at the same spot until the player delivers one to S&M Auto Sales, the player can save one at their safehouse before delivering another.
Prominent Appearances in Gameplay[]
Grand Theft Auto IV[]
Stevie's Car Thefts - The Dilettante is one of the 30 vehicles wanted by the Stevie's Car Thefts in the side-mission of the same name.
The Ballad of Gay Tony[]
Bang Bang - A Dilettante spawns near the target construction crane, which is scripted to explode when the player blows up the crane.
The audio files for the radio advert for the Dilettante misspell the car as "Dilantante".
Commercials for the car refer to it as a sedan, despite it technically being a liftback, like its real-world counterpart.
InGTA IV and the original version ofGTA V, the floor mats inside the Dilettante read "Vapid" despite being a Karin vehicle. This is because it reuses the same interior textures from theVapidTaxi and thePolice Cruiser.
In Italian,dilettante means a dabbler in fine arts, or a connoisseur. It can also mean amateurish or superficial, the latter meaning playing into the stereotype of hybrid owners as caring more about being perceived as eco-friendly than actually trying to help the environment (as is suggested in the advertisement for the car).
The statement about toxic batteries for the Dilettante refers to the Toyota Prius having their batteries causing damage to the environment during mining and processing of the battery cells.
