Kanobo

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> ### MANUFACTURER:
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> Hanzo
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> ### SPEED:
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> 8
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> ### DRIFT:
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> 3
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> ### STRENGTH:
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> 9
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> ### ACCELERATION:
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> 4
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> ### CLASSIFICATION:
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> Trucks
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> Miscellaneous
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> ### BODY STYLE:
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> SUV
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> ### VEHICLE CLASS:
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> A
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> ### MODEL NAME:
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> Truck\_09
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> ### COLORS:
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> 6
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> ### UNLOCKED BY:
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> Purchasing "Deadline" DLC Pack
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> ### ENGINE NAME:
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> Muscle\_20
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> Vehicle List
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> ### PRECEDED BY:
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> Katana
> GT12 (Without "High Octane" pack installed.)
> Cyclone Special (If aforementioned content isn't installed.)
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> ### SUCCEEDED BY:
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> Centaur
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> "*Hanzo's first entry into the SUV market builds on their excellent sports car pedigree to create a big bruiser that's a lot more nimble than your average truck."*
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― Hanzo Kanobo description.
The Hanzo **Kanobo** is a vehicle that is featured in Split/Second, as part of the Deadline Pack released on October 19th, 2010.

## Design

##### *Split/Second*

Built to be a racing truck, the Kanobo all around has aggressive styling cues, with major cues from Audi SUV concepts such as the Steppenwolf and the Pikes Peak Quattro. The truck itself is lifted up from the ground to ensure ground clearance, exposing it's suspension on all sides of the car.

At the front, The grille is split into two sections, with the top half having a mesh design. On the second half, there are only horizontal slats a red tow hook is present. Under both headlights are small LED lights an air vents all designed with horizontal slats, angled towards the grille, giving it a more aggressive look. Only the outer headlights are functional as the rest of the lights are there for styling purposes. On the hood, it has an air intake, with the inside being mesh and with the designing of it making a hood bulge, below it is the Hanzo logo.

Throughout the car, there are lines running through it. On both sides of the car, going towards the driver and passenger door, one line forks into two, dividing the hood, the fenders and the doors. The mirrors are positioned slightly higher below the "A" Pillar. Inside the car is a built-in roll cage for crashes and racing nets on each side. On both sides of the doors are air vents with three slats from top to bottom. The front, rear and side skirts are all coated and angled in black material. Behind the door windows are bolted down window plates, forming the "B" Pillar. Just below are another set of narrow air intakes. Behind the driver's left "C" Pillar, holds the racing gas tank.

To the rear of the car, the back window is covered with window louvers to match the majority of the vehicle's intake designs. The taillights are in linear clusters, with more angled air intakes below it. In the middle, holds the housing for the license plate. Below the rear black bumper are two twin exhaust pipes with a red tow hook being housed above the outer right exhaust pipe.

Like most cars in Split/Second, the Kanobo has a retractable spoiler, with half of the roof being covered in black, while the spoiler is placed just above the rear window louvers. The spoiler goes up when going at a moderate speed and tilts forward during braking. The spoiler will go to it's resting position when coming to a stop. The Kanobo is equipped with regular racing tires, five spoke rims and red center locks on all four wheels. The antenna sits on the roof of the vehicle, tilted backwards.

The Kanobo's livery is painted black and white. It starts just behind the windows and "C" Pillar, the sides of the taillight and rear grille areas and goes lower across both sides of the body until it reaches the front bumper with white in the middle in the same manner. The mirrors are painted black and white to match the vehicle's livery. The rest of the vehicle's body can be painted in the Player's choosing.

The Hanzo Kanobo has **6** color schemes:

* **Orange**
* **Grey**
* **White**
* **Light Blue**
* **Blue**
* **Yellow**

## Performance

##### *Split/Second*

With the third truck being in Class A (following the Goliath and Titan), by the game's description, the Kanobo is built to withstand majority of powerplays, and with it being a stable vehicle, most powerplays will not affect the vehicle as much as opposed to the GT12. As with racing trucks in Split/Second, acceleration is only average, with speed and momentum slowly climbing afterwards. Although the Kanobo takes a little to get going, the speed is excellent. Turning and covering is above average, albeit it's size but caution is needed when going into a heavy corner, as it could go into understeer.

Despite the Drift Statistic being low, the Kanobo's drift can actually be very useful. Constantly sending the Kanobo into a series of short but well-controlled drifts can build its speed up, even reaching its top speed a lot faster if it's continued. Prolonging a drift out of a heavy corner, if done correctly, can accelerate the truck into a speed a bit higher than normal. Combining its drift with its speed can make the Kanobo into a powerhouse, being competitive with the likes of the Firestorm and other higher Class A vehicles. With strong capabilities, the only weakness to the truck is cornering, with certain tracks being more corner heavy than some, the Kanobo will be surpassed by other cars built for cornering (i.e. Severus).

## Trivia

* Like the katana, a "kanobo" is a metal club/mace conditioned to be spiked or studded. It too was also used by samurai in feudal Japan.
* The Kanobo can be seen briefly in the Quarry Trailer.