Picture this: you've been driving circuits around the Hokubu region for 20 minutes, following a vague clue about a railway bridge, and you still haven't found the 1981 BMW M1 sitting somewhere beneath it. That's the Treasure Car experience in Forza Horizon 6 in a nutshell. The hints are deliberately unhelpful, the maps are huge, and the cars are genuinely hidden.
Playground Games placed one Treasure Car in each of the game's nine regions. Find it, and the car is yours, completely free. Miss it, and there's no other way to get it. You can't buy Treasure Cars from the Autoshow, you can't win them through events, and there's no auction house workaround. These 9 vehicles are collect-or-miss.
Why the in-game clues fall short
Each Treasure Car comes with a photo clue showing the surrounding environment. The problem is that Forza Horizon 6's Japan-inspired map reuses landmarks constantly. The clue for the 1987 Porsche 959 shows it parked near a convenience store called a 365 shop (the game's stand-in for Japan's ubiquitous 7-Eleven chains). Useful, except there are dozens of them scattered across the map. The 1981 BMW M1 clue shows a railway bridge column, which is equally unhelpful given that the bridge runs the entire length of the Hokubu region.
The 1991 Nissan Figaro clue at least gives you the Rainbow Bridge as a landmark, but the bridge is visible from so much of Tokyo City that it narrows things down very little. These clues feel designed to send you exploring rather than to actually guide you.
Treasure Cars appear as small glowing icons on the minimap once you get close enough, so if you're in the right general area, keep an eye on the bottom corner of your screen.
All 9 Treasure Car locations
Here's the lowdown on every car and where to find it:
What most players miss is that the 1995 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR in Takashiro is the only Treasure Car not tucked away in a corner or car park. It sits right by the river in the open, which somehow makes it harder to find because nobody expects it to be that exposed.
The 1974 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale in the snow-covered Sotoyama Region is another tricky one. The clue shows a snowy setting, which describes roughly the entire region, but the Off Piste Wristband Event acts as a reliable anchor point once you know to look for it.
The cars themselves are worth the effort
None of these are filler vehicles. The 1969 Dodge Charger, the 1987 Porsche 959, and the 2005 Ford GT are all genuinely competitive cars for various event types, and the 1985 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE has a devoted fanbase in the Forza community going back years. Getting them for free, just by exploring the map, is one of the better rewards Playground Games has built into the game.
The 1985 Nissan Safari Turbo is the outlier, a boxy 4x4 that won't be winning any road races, but it's a solid off-road option and a collector's piece regardless.
If you're working through the full vehicle roster, the Forza Horizon 6 car list guide covers every confirmed car at launch alongside Barn Finds and other secret unlocks. For everything else, the full Forza Horizon 6 guide collection has you covered as you work through the map.
