Meat Wagon

Meat Wagon
Information
Vehicle Type	Ambulance
License Plate	None
File Name	ambu
Menu Statistics ( * )
Stats

Meat Wagon is a vehicle that was introduced in Twisted Metal (2012).

It has a rather humorous, yet creative, special weapon: a terminally-ill patient strapped with TNT on a rocket propelled gurney.

Design

Though most of Meat Wagon is based off the 1959 Cadillac Ambulance Miller-Meteor Futura, the front of Meat Wagon resembles the 1965 Cadillac Ambulance. The symbols on its sides are that of an X.

Special Weapons

• Gurney Bomber (40 pts): Meat Wagon's primary special attack is a homing gurney, which can be launched from the front or behind.

• Piloted Gurney Bomber (90 pts): The secondary special is similar to the primary, however, the player can guide the gurney manually to hit a target where it will detonate on impact or remotely detonate it to inflict splash damage.

General Stats

Stat	Value
Health Points	210
Max Speed	65/130 mph
Turbo Length	60 secs
Energy Recharge Rate	90 secs
Special Recharge Rate	30 secs

How to Unlock

In Single Player, Meat Wagon is unlocked by completing Mr. Grimm's first story event: Dual Juggernauts DM - Diesel City.

In Multiplayer, Meat Wagon is unlockable during online rank matches in the Tier 1 section of the vehicles.

Trivia

• "Meat Wagon" is a slang term for ambulance. It stems from the fact that early ambulances, which were based on car chassis rather than a van chassis, often had a high death rate due to the fact that medical equipment back then was primitive compared to the medical equipment standard on today's medical ambulances.
• It's very likely that Meat Wagon is a tribute to "Ozone", a vehicle featured in the 1998 car combat game "Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012" (developed by SingleTrac), which was also an 1960's Miller Meteor ambulance.
  • Coincidentally, Meat Wagon shares the same name of the "Oscar Mayer"-esque hot dog truck vehicle also featured in "Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012".
• According to some early concept art, Meat Wagon was originally set to be a modern-day medical ambulance. It is unknown why the change was made.
• Meat Wagon and Road Boat have the same amount of health (210 HP).
• The emblem to the side of Meat Wagon was changed in the final build of the game, possibly to avoid legal action with the Red Cross as it is illegal to use that symbol in video games as it violates the Geneva Conventions.
• Its design is very similar to the famous Ecto-1/Ectomobile from the popular "Ghostbusters" franchise, which is, as well, a white and red 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance conversion. This may have been an intentional reference, but may also be another reason why the vehicle was altered to avoid legal action.
• In the European release of the game, the patient on the gurney is already deceased, instead of alive and struggling like in the American version.

Gallery

Meat Wagon image from the official website.

Pre-release version of Meat Wagon.

Concept art of Meat Wagon by Tyler West.

Concept art of an alternate design for Meat Wagon by Tyler West.

Concept art of Meat Wagon's special by Tyler West.

Work in progress Meat Wagon Stars & Stripes skin by Donald Yatomi.