here is a comparison of the GTA universe vehicle companies to their real life counterparts. who wants to buy a car from a company when there are videos of that companies cars running over people. While this is only half of the equation, as not you will be driving real cars in not-Los Angeles, but it is still an impressive feat. Answer (1 of 9): Because its bad marketing for the car companies.
This mod is relatively new, so we doubt that this much high quality work could have been done with the very recently released ZModeler GTA V import/export feature so quickly, so props to th modder for figuring this one out. Car Brands A-Z Find a Car Brand Alphabetically A (33) Abadal Abarth Abbott-Detroit ABT AC Acura Aixam Alfa Romeo Alpina Alpine Alta Alvis AMC Apollo Arash Arcfox Ariel ARO Arrival Arrinera Artega Ascari Askam Aspark Aston Martin Atalanta Auburn Audi Audi Sport Austin Autobacs Autobianchi Axon B (26) BAC BAIC Motor Baojun BeiBen Bentley Berkeley. All of the vehicles have been modeled with extreme detail and authenticity, and if your rig can take the stress, with the R-hancer Photorealism Mod, they almost look more real than they do in real life. Reddit user and GTA V player D_TOXX has created a mod that lets you drive the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4, Ferrari F430, 1970 Dodge Challenger and many, many more in GTA V. Slight changes in design, fantasy names and manufacturers keep things cheap on Rockstar's end, but these changes can break immersion. Most vehicles in GTA are based off real-world automobiles, however due to licencing costs and legal pitfalls, they aren't quite what we see in the streets every day.