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Dilettante

Karin

$39,9994 Seats

About this vehicle

The Karin Dilettante is a four-seat, five-door hybrid-electric liftback in the Compacts class. Its design combines elements from several real-world hybrid and compact cars, with a sloping bonnet and windscreen, black cabin trim, pronounced wheel arches and a steeply raked rear window. It is sold in single-tone body colours, with matching mirrors and five-spoke wheels.

In Grand Theft Auto V, Southern San Andreas Super Autos sells the Dilettante for $39,999. It is also common when an Asterope is being driven, and can appear around Grand Senora Desert and Harmony. Rarer examples are seen near Marlowe Vineyards, Rockford Hills, Vinewood and Alta. In Grand Theft Auto Online, it was sold through Southern San Andreas Super Autos before being removed from the website.

The Dilettante runs on electric power below 40 mph, then relies on its V8 combustion engine and single-speed CVT for most driving. It is quicker than its Grand Theft Auto IV counterpart and handles low to moderate turns more cleanly than the Prairie, but its bodywork deforms badly in even minor crashes and offers little resistance to gunfire. Lazlow Jones drives a red Dilettante in "Fame or Shame", until its battery dies in the Los Santos Storm Drain. Nine Dilettantes are destroyed during "Repo - Sasquashed".

Trivia

  • โ—†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).
  • โ—†The Dilettante along with the Casco are the only cars in the to feature a singular reversing light.
  • โ—†The statement about toxic batteries for the Dilettante refers to the Toyota Prius models having their batteries cause damage to the environment during mining and processing of the battery cells.
Class
Compacts
Manufacturer
Karin
Body style
5-door liftback
Seats
4
Price
$39,999
Also in
Not stated
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Last verified September 14, 2026