All GTA Online Trade Prices & Unlock Requirements In 2023

If you've been playing GTA Online for a while, then you know that buying vehicles for their Trade Prices is a way more affordable method to get your hands on the best cars in the game. But to do so, you'll need to reach the unlock requirements for that vehicle's Trade Price, and it can be hard to keep track of them all.  So in this guide, we'll give you a helping hand by listing all the unlock requirements for the Trade Prices of the various vehicles in GTA Online. We'll also separate them by category to make it easier if you want something more specific.

13 June 2023 - Updated to include details for new GTA Online San Andreas Mercenaries DLC.

Original Heists Trade Price Unlocks:

Once you complete each of the heists below, you'll unlock the Trade Price for these cars:

• The Fleeca Job - Kuruma and Kuruma (Armored)
• Prison Break - Station - Casco
• The Prison Break - Velum 5-Seater, Prison Bus
• Humane Raid - EMP - Hydra
• The Humane Labs Raid - Insurgent, Insurgent Pick-Up, Valkyrie, Dinghy
• Series A Funding - Technical, Mule (Heist Variant)
• Pacific Standard - Vans - Boxville (Post OP)
• Pacific Standard - Hack - Gang Burrito
• Pacific Standard - Convoy - Savage
• The Pacific Standard Job - Lectro

How To Get Import/Export Special Vehicle Trade Prices

As part of the game's Import/Export update, Special Vehicle Work tasks were added to GTA Online. The Special Vehicle Work assignments are available on the SecuroServ app and co-op for 2-4 people. After completing each mission, visit Warstock Cache & Carry to purchase the Special Vehicle for a discounted Trade Price.

The following cars have a Trade Price that can be unlocked by completing Special Vehicle missions:

• Ramp Buggy
• Rumpo Custom
• Wastelander
• Blazer Aqua
• Phantom Wedge
• Rocket Voltic
• Technical Aqua
• Armored Boxville
• Ruiner 2000

How To Get Doomsday Heist Car Trade Prices

Depending on how you decide to finish each step of the Doomsday Heist, as illustrated below, you'll be able to access some additional Trade Pricing.

Act I:

• Setup: Signal Intercepts - Deluxo
• Setup: Server Farm - Akula

Act II:

• Setup: Salvage Hard Drives - RCV
• Setup: Submarine Recon - Stromberg

Act III:

• Setup: Escort ULP - Chernobog
• Setup: Barrage - Barrage
• Setup: Khanjali - Khanjali
• Setup: Air Defenses - Volatol
• The Doomsday Scenario - Thruster

How To Get Oppressor Mk II & Scramjet Trade Prices:

• Oppressor Mk II: Unlocks after you complete five client jobs in the Terrorbyte 
• Scramjet: Win any single round of Hunting Pack (Remix) Adversary mode

How To Get Arena War Car Trade Prices:

It will take some time to unlock Trade Prices for these new vehicles because you must first earn Arena Points (AP). In addition, you'll need to purchase your own Arena Workshop to play Arena War. That said, there are quite a few vehicles in this section, so click the link to visit GTA.fandom for the full rundown.

How To Get Smuggler's Run Car Trade Prices

The more Supply Missions players complete, the more Trade Prices for cars they can purchase. For a complete summary, see the list below:

• 3 - Nagasaki Ultralight
• 6 - Western Company Rogue
• 9 - Buckingham Alpha-Z1
• 12 - Nagasaki Havok
• 15 - LF-22 Starling
• 18 - V-65 Molotok
• 21 - Mammoth Tula
• 24 - RM-10 Bombushka
• 27 - Buckingham Howard NX-25
• 30 - Mammoth Mogul
• 33 - Buckingham Pyro
• 36 - Western Company Seabreeze
• 39 - P-45 Nokota
• 42 - FH-1 Hunter

How To Get After-Hours Car Trade Prices:

To get these Trade Prices, players must complete a specific number of Nightclub Management missions, as shown below.

• 5 - Patriot Stretch
• 10 - Blimp

Delivery Vehicles - Players will need to complete a specific number of warehouse sales

• 5 - Mule Custom
• 10 - Pounder Custom

How To Get Gunrunning Trade Prices

To get all the vehicle Trade Prices for the Gunrunning expansion, players will need to unlock the Mobile Operations Center. 

How to Get Diamond Casino Heist Car Trade Prices

By selecting a particular getaway car when conducting a casino heist as a host, players can unlock Trade Pricing for the new Diamond Casion Heist Cars. You can select the vehicle you want depending on the person you choose to be your getaway driver. The following is a list of choices:

• Karim Denz: Issi Classic, Asbo, Kanjo, Sentinel Classic
• Zach Nelson: Manchez, Stryder, Defiler, Lectro
• Taliana Martinez: Retinue Mk 2, Drift Yosemite, Sugoi, Ocelet Jugular
• Eddie Toh: Sultan Classic, Gauntlet Classic, Ellie, Komoda
• Chester McCoy: Zhaba, Vagrant, Outlaw, Everon

How To Get Cayo Perico Heist Car Trade Prices

The Cayo Perico Heist resulted in the addition of several new cars. Below, we've included instructions on how to access each Trading Price.

• Winky (Jeep) - Complete The Cayo Perico Heist Gather Intel Mission

When completing the Cayo Perico Heist Finale, the following vehicles can have their Trade Prices unlocked by using the vehicle as the approaching vehicle. You must be the heist leader for it to unlock.

• Kurtz 31 Patrol Boat
• RO-86 Alkonost
• Annihilator Stealth
• Shitzu Longfin

How To Get Los Santos Tuners Car Trade Prices

Players must raise their reputation level within the LS Car Meet to receive the Trade Pricing for any of the new Los Santos Tuners Cars. In addition,a random Trade Price discount for the new cars will also be available for every five rankings you unlock.

How To Get The Contract DLC Car Trade Prices

There are a few vehicles that have Trade Prices in this DLC. We've listed each vehicle below and a short description of how to unlock each one. 

• Bravado Buffalo STX - Unlock its Trade Price by purchasing an Agency
• Dewbauchee Champion - Unlock it by completing The Contract mission, Studio Time, as the leader.
• Enus Deity - unlock the Trade Price by completing ten Security Contracts
• Enus Jubilee - unlock the Trade Price by completing twenty Security Contracts

How To Get The Criminal Enterprises Car Trade Prices

In this DLC, quite a nice selection of vehicles have Trade Pricing. We've listed each vehicle below, along with a brief explanation of how to unlock its Trade Price.

• Draugur - Complete ten races that start with "Cayo Perico."
• Greenwood - Complete Agent ULP's Intelligence mission. 
• Kanjo SJ - The LS Car Meet's Reputation system unlocks a trade price for this vehicle. More specifically, you will have a random chance of receiving the lower price for every five Reputation Levels.
• Postlude - Trade price is also unlocked through the LS Car Meet's Reputation system. 
• Conada - This helicopter's trade price is unlocked by completing Agent ULP's final mission, Cleanup. 

How To Get The Drug Wars Car Trade Prices

We've listed each vehicle below, along with a brief explanation of how to unlock its Trade Price.

• Ocelot Virtue - Complete the Last Dose mission BDKD
• Hotring Sabre - Place top 3 in 10 San Andreas Super Sport Series races

How To Get The San Andreas Mercenaries Trade Prices

We've listed each vehicle below, along with a brief explanation of how to unlock its trade price.

• Mammoth F-160 Raiju - Complete the 'On Parade' mission from the GTA Online San Andreas Mercenaries mission list.

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