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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
[[File:Contender-GTAIV-advertising.png|thumb|275px|Billboard advertisement of the Contender in GTA IV.]]
[[File:Contender-GTAIV-advertising.png|thumb|275px|Billboard advertisement of the Contender in GTA IV. The image of the truck is also ]]


;Pre-release trivia
* In the [[wp:BradyGames|BradyGames]] guide, the Contender is occasionally referred to as the '''E109''', though the game never calls it the E109. In the game's files, however, the model for the Contender is called E109. It hints that it is a [[Beta Releases|beta]] name for the Contender.
* In the [[wp:BradyGames|BradyGames]] guide, the Contender is occasionally referred to as the '''E109''', though the game never calls it the E109. In the game's files, however, the model for the Contender is called E109. It hints that it is a [[Beta Releases|beta]] name for the Contender.
* In a car commercial on [[CNT]] (Sully's Auto Mart), a white Contender is referred to as the '''EXT''', which could be another beta name for the truck.
* In a car commercial on [[CNT]] (Sully's Auto Mart), a white Contender is referred to as the '''EXT''', which could be another beta name for the truck.
* The beta model of the truck, depicted on leaked pictures appear to have a less detailed body along with a different 5 spoke wheel design, this wheel however seems to have been rumored to fit the Rancher as well.
;General trivia
* The Contender does not have any white reverse lights or license plates. It also has very small fog lights, or rather day-time running lights in the headlights that turn on when the engine is started, which acts in same the same manner as the [[Perennial]]'s and [[Pinnacle]]'s fog lights.
* The truck can be sold at [[S&M Auto Sales]] for [[Money|$]]2,500 in GTA IV after completion of [[Stevie's Car Thefts]].
* The truck can be sold at [[S&M Auto Sales]] for [[Money|$]]2,500 in GTA IV after completion of [[Stevie's Car Thefts]].
* The Contender does not have any white reverse lights or license plates.
* The default radio station in the Contender is [[Liberty Rock Radio 97.8]].
* The default radio station in the Contender is [[Liberty Rock Radio 97.8]].
* The truck is seen as a stripped out prop, prepared for respraying in various garages in GTA IV such as the interior of [[Brucie's Executive Lifestyle Autos]] and [[S&M Auto Sales]]. However, further inspection shows the truck to be noticeably smaller than the current model, and features a rollbar similar to that seen on the "Supercharged" variant, but scaled smaller.
* The truck is seen as a stripped out prop, prepared for respraying in various garages in GTA IV such as the interior of [[Brucie's Executive Lifestyle Autos]] and [[S&M Auto Sales]]. However, further inspection shows the truck to be noticeably smaller than the current model, and features a rollbar similar to that seen on the "Supercharged" variant, but scaled smaller.
* It also has very small fog lights, or rather day-time running lights in the headlights that turn on when the engine is started, which acts in same the same manner as the [[Perennial]]'s and [[Pinnacle]]'s fog lights.
* The Contender cameos on a poster in a chop shop during the forth chapter of [[Max Payne 3]]. The truck's imagery appears to be recycled and was previously used on a Contender advertising in GTA IV.
* The beta model of the truck, depicted on leaked pictures appear to have a less detailed body along with a different 5 spoke wheel design, this wheel however seems to have been rumored to fit the Rancher as well.


==Locations==
==Locations==