Manana
The Manana is a small car with little power or handling characteristics. In Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City it is a very boxy car, but in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas it is a medium-sized, streamlined car; this is very likely due to different models being released by the car company that manufactures it during various years as opposed to retconning. So far its has not changed much in appearance except for perhaps looking boxier in GTA Vice City, due to the much earlier timeline (GTA Vice City was set in 1986. In GTA III, Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, it resembles a Dodge Aries/Plymouth Reliant coupe. In San Andreas, it resembles a Dodge Shadow, which succeeded the Aries in the Dodge lineup, and was sold in the early 90s, San Andreas' setting, as opposed to the Aries, which was discontinued in the late 1980s. However, in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, it resembles a Mazda Miata, with much improved handling.
The Manana is featured prominently in the mission Dead Skunk In The Trunk for Joey Leone. A special version of the car is used, with Claude charged with taking the car from Greasy Joe's Café to Harwood Autocrusher and Junkyard, whilst avoiding the Forelli Brothers. The car has the corpse of a Forelli Family gang member in the trunk. A unique navy blue Manana can be in GTA Liberty City Stories in the mission Salvatore's Salvation for Joseph Daniel O'Toole. In GTA San Andreas the Manana can be seen driven by members of the Da Nang Boys around Easter Basin and Garver Bridge, both in San Fierro.
The Manana in GTA III Era games are usually capable of skidding easily. This may be caused by its light weight. Because of this light weight, it is also capable of flipping it over with a Fire Truck, Flatbed, or even a Yankee truck at high speed.
GTA IV
The Albany Manana has a very different look in GTA IV compared to the previous games - it's now got style! The GTA IV version is derived from a 1975 or '76 Buick Electra with the front bumper of late '70s' cars, headlights from a early '70s cars, The roof and back end are from a 1967 or '68 Cadillac Eldorado. and is available as both a coupe and a convertible. This version of the Manana does have one thing in common with the other versions, it still has poor performance and mediocre handling. In GTA, after collecting all thirty cars for Stevie he agrees to purchase cars from Niko Bellic, with the Manana fetching $1,200.
Locations
GTA III
- AMCo. underground car park in Torrington, Staunton Island
- Francis International Airport car park on Shoreside Vale
GTA Vice City
- The Manana can frequently be found in Little Haiti and Little Havana.
- Commonly appears in the car park of the Schuman Healthcare Center, in Downtown Vice City.
GTA San Andreas
- Occasionally at the Xoomer Gas Station in Easter Basin, San Fierro
GTA Liberty City Stories
- AMCo. underground car park in Torrington, Staunton Island
- In an alleyway south of the Staunton Island Safehouse (LCS) and southwest of Pay'n'Spray in Newport, Staunton Island
- By the church in Bedford Point, Staunton Island
- Carson General Hospital car park in Rockford, Staunton Island
- In the parking lot south to the Staunton Island Safehouse
Gallery
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Dead Skunk In The Trunk Manana
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GTA: Liberty City Stories with roof up
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GTA: Liberty City Stories with roof down
