ROB RUN Vehicles Guide: Cargo Slots, Trunk Rows and Upgrade Fit

A faster vehicle is not an improvement for a delivery it cannot carry. Decide whether you are moving inventory, cargo or just the character before buying parts.

Owning a car requires a house. Without one, use rental vehicles from Parking Terminals; better rentals require higher district levels. Rentals cannot be upgraded, so do not buy a part expecting it to fit a temporary car.

Owned vehicles and installed improvements survive player death. That is a death rule, not confirmation of federal-reset persistence. Buy vehicle keys through the base laptop after the matching research and district progression.

Ordinary items use inventory rows, while cargo uses dedicated slots. Trunk Bags add rows and Cargo Racks add cargo capacity. Neither upgrade substitutes for the other, and compatible quantities depend on the exact vehicle.

Longhorn Van with three Reinforced Cargo Racks reaches 12 cargo slots. Buletti Soltempra has no cargo capacity. If your task is a collection or production delivery, the fast car can be unusable for the load even while it remains good transport.

An eight-object cargo delivery cannot use a Buletti Soltempra’s zero cargo capacity, regardless of speed. The documented Longhorn setup with three Reinforced Cargo Racks reaches 12 slots, leaving four slots after eight cargo objects. This is a capacity check, not a claim about the cheapest vehicle or safest route.

If you already have inventory in another trunk, changing cars drops those contents. Plan the loading sequence deliberately. Drawing a weapon while carrying cargo also drops it, so the trip from the storage position to the vehicle is part of the delivery plan.

Parts are researched, then bought on the base laptop. The research follows the matching vehicle progression and higher part levels unlock sequentially. A final part price does not include every earlier node or its actual purchase.

Use the matching installation point: modules can fit under the hood, in the trunk or on the underbody, depending on the part. Move the carried component into its corresponding slot and inspect the key card afterward. Speed, acceleration and handling values shown there let you confirm the installed result. Do not treat a part as a universal improvement to all three statistics.

A compatible part still needs the correct installation point. Hood and trunk interactions are not a substitute for access to the underside. The service-garage example below uses a lift at the Gas Station to reach that area.

Bring the researched and purchased component, inspect the matching modification slots, fit the compatible part and check the installed result on your vehicle key card. Accessing a lift alone does not install a component or prove a performance gain.

Switching vehicles drops the previous trunk contents. A car change does not automatically migrate the haul. Unload deliberately and prepare the next vehicle’s item rows and cargo capacity before switching.

Drawing a weapon also drops carried cargo. During a chase, a full vehicle is only useful if you can reach a buyer or exit; Police can ram cars and temporarily obstruct bridges. Choose handling and route with the task, not top speed alone.

The installed Police Radio reveals nearby patrol vehicles and the city event feed. It remains on the car after driver death. Access still depends on the equipment’s own requirements, so owning a suitable car does not automatically grant the radio.

For the next upgrade, compare a specific bottleneck: more bag rows, more cargo slots or one driving statistic. This keeps research and purchase spending tied to a job you can complete instead of fitting unrelated parts because they are available.