The Tampa is one of the gang cars used by the Da Nang Boys, a gang based in San Fierro. It also appears to be over-scaled and in comparison to some under-scaled cars, as it looks much larger than an old compact. It has plain steel wheels, slightly lopsided bumpers, crocked license plates and mismatched paint on multiple body panels, indicating it was put together with spare parts from a junkyard. The Tampa in GTA San Andreas resembles a 1965-1969 Chevrolet Corvair, except it is not rear-engined and it has a grille. It returns as a fully-drivable car in The Ballad of Gay Tony.
The Tampa is a two-door compact featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and seen only in one cutscene in The Lost and Damned.