Cars

Cars in Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit consist of various sports cars and supercars. The PC release of the game also includes playable Pursuit vehicles for Hot Pursuit mode.

Additional vehicles were made available for the PC release of the game as downloadable content, as well as exclusive cars from regional retail releases.

Cars

PlayStation

Image	Performance
	Chevrolet Corvette Acceleration 9 Top Speed 9 Braking 13 Handling 12
	El Niño Win the Expert Knockout to unlock Acceleration 19 Top Speed 19 Braking 19 Handling 19
	Ferrari 355 F1 Acceleration 11 Top Speed 12 Braking 12 Handling 12
	Ferrari 550 Maranello Acceleration 12 Top Speed 15 Braking 13 Handling 13
	Italdesign Nazca C2 Acceleration 12 Top Speed 14 Braking 15 Handling 10
	Jaguar XJR-15 Win the Beginner Tournament to unlock Acceleration 16 Top Speed 13 Braking 19 Handling 18
	Lamborghini Countach Acceleration 11 Top Speed 12 Braking 10 Handling 9
	Lamborghini Diablo SV Acceleration 15 Top Speed 19 Braking 12 Handling 10
	Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR Win the Expert Tournament to unlock Acceleration 19 Top Speed 15 Braking 16 Handling 15

PC

Racer

Image	Performance
	'98 Indy 500 Pace Car Class B Walmart Release Acceleration 15 Top Speed 12 Braking 11 Handling 12
	Aston Martin DB7 Class C Acceleration 12 Top Speed 11 Braking 9 Handling 8
	Chevrolet Corvette Class B Acceleration 15 Top Speed 12 Braking 11 Handling 12
	El Niño Class A Win the Expert Knockout to unlock Acceleration 20 Top Speed 20 Braking 8 Handling 17
	Ferrari 355 F1 Spider Class B Acceleration 15 Top Speed 13 Braking 12 Handling 12
	Ferrari 456 M GT Class B Downloadable Content Acceleration 14 Top Speed 14 Braking 12 Handling 12
	Ferrari 550 Maranello Class A Acceleration 16 Top Speed 16 Braking 15 Handling 15
	Ford Falcon GT Class C Australian Release Acceleration 8 Top Speed 8 Braking 9 Handling 9
	HSV VT GTS Class C Australian Release Acceleration 9 Top Speed 10 Braking 9 Handling 13
	Italdesign Scighera Class A Acceleration 18 Top Speed 15 Braking 13 Handling 15
	Jaguar XJR-15 Class A Win the Beginner Tournament to unlock Acceleration 18 Top Speed 15 Braking 20 Handling 18
	Jaguar XK8 Class C Acceleration 10 Top Speed 9 Braking 12 Handling 11
	Jaguar XKR Class C Downloadable Content Acceleration 14 Top Speed 9 Braking 10 Handling 10
	Lamborghini Countach Class B Acceleration 16 Top Speed 13 Braking 9 Handling 12
	Lamborghini Diablo SV Class A Acceleration 18 Top Speed 17 Braking 13 Handling 15
	Lister Storm Class A Downloadable Content Acceleration 17 Top Speed 17 Braking 17 Handling 20
	Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR Class A Win the Expert Tournament to unlock Acceleration 17 Top Speed 16 Braking 20 Handling 20
	Mercedes-Benz SL600 Class C Acceleration 11 Top Speed 10 Braking 11 Handling 13
	Spectre R42 Class C Downloadable Content Acceleration 15 Top Speed 12 Braking 10 Handling 14

Pursuit

Image	Performance
	Pursuit Corvette Class B
	Pursuit Diablo SV Class A Become Top Cop in Hot Pursuit to unlock
	Pursuit El Niño Class A Become Most Wanted in Hot Pursuit to unlock

Traffic

Traffic cars

• Audi 100 quattro
• BMW 5 Series (E34)
• Bus (PlayStation only)
• Bus "City" (PlayStation only)
• Chevrolet C20 (Gen. 1)
• Chevrolet Caprice Taxi
• Ford Mustang Convertible (PC only)
• GMC B-Series School Bus
• Jeep Comanche (PlayStation only)
• Jeep Grand Cherokee
• Land Rover Discovery (PC only)
• Mazda Miata
• Mercedes-Benz SL 500
• Mercedes-Benz Unimog
• Pickup Truck
• Plymouth 'Cuda (1970) (PlayStation only)
• Plymouth HEMI 'Cuda (PC only)
• Plymouth Road Runner (1971) (PlayStation only)
• Toyota Land Cruiser
• Truck
• Truck "Atlantica" (PlayStation only)
• Van
• Volvo 850

Police patrol

• Chevrolet Caprice (PlayStation only)
• Chevrolet Corvette (C5)
• Eagle Talon
• Ford Crown Victoria
• Ford Falcon EL (PC only)
• Lamborghini Diablo SV (PlayStation only)
• Lamborghini LM002 (PlayStation only)
• Land Rover Discovery

Trivia

• Vehicles from localised retail releases can be included as add-on cars for all other PC releases.
• In the PC release, players can drive traffic cars by entering cheat codes.
• In the PlayStation release, the Chevrolet Corvette, Ferrari 355 F1 Berlinetta, and Ferrari 550 Maranello have an anti-lock braking system option.

Development - Some content may have altered during development.

• Unused menus, loading slides and showcase files can be found in the PC European release of the game.
  • All showcase menus and nearly complete slideshow of the Italdesign Nazca C2, which appears on PlayStation but was replaced by the Italdesign Scighera on PC.
  • A few slideshow pictures as well as a loading slide for the Ferrari 355 F1 Berlinetta, which appears on PlayStation but was replaced by the Ferrari 355 F1 Spider on PC.
  • Showcase menus for the 1992-1997 Ferrari 456 GT, as opposed to the 1998-2003 Ferrari 456 M GT which is a downloadable car for the retail game.