ECola

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The eCola logo in GTA IV.

eCola is a brand of sugary carbonated beverage featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned and Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, its color and logo implying it is a caricature of Coca-Cola.

Description

The eCola name first appears in GTA Vice City Stories in the form of red non-interactive vending machines scattered throughout Vice City. In GTA IV, however, eCola vending machines, like those of Sprunk, may be used by the player to replenish their health - however, they only dispense Orang-O-Tang. The player can also purchase an eCola background for their upgraded phone via Vipluxuryringtones.com. Because it competes with Sprunk in the soft drink market, eCola and Sprunk machines can often be found together. In GTA, Yankee trucks may appear with an all-red eCola livery, complete with eCola logos on the sides.

The eCola name is a play on the ecoli bacteria and possibly the Ebola virus; the company's slogan even states the drink is "Deliciously infectious!". The name also sounds like "Ricola", a brand of cough drops.

Gallery

Two eCola vending machines in GTA Vice City Stories. Two eCola vending machines in GTA IV. Two eCola vending machines in GTA IV. An eCola billboard advertising in GTA IV. An eCola billboard advertising in GTA IV. Bottles of ECola as seen in a internet cafe. Bottles of ECola as seen in a internet cafe. An eCola office in Port Tudor, Alderney, GTA IV. An eCola office in Port Tudor, Alderney, GTA IV. An eCola Yankee in GTA Chinatown Wars.

Trivia

• In the animated series Space Balls, the villains planned a infectious soda that was also called eCola, which was a soda mixed with ecoli and ebola.

See also

• Sprunk
• Funcola
• Cocofizz, a similar beverage advertised by the Zaibatsu Corporation in GTA 2.