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== Description ==
== Description ==
The Mangler is designed as a modest two-door hardtop saloon with a suggestively upright C-pillar. Its unusual top design and hood lid profile suggests the car is likely to be based on a 1959–1968 [[wp:Ford Anglia#Anglia 105E (1959–1968)|Ford Anglia 105E]], which features a similarly backward-slanted C-pillar and a similar name.
The Mangler is designed as a modest two-door hardtop saloon with a suggestively upright C-pillar. Its unusual top design and hood lid profile suggests the car is likely to be based on a 1962–1966 [[wp:Ford Cortina#Ford Cortina Mark I(1962–1966)|Ford Cortina Mk I]], which features a similarly shaped bonnet bulge.


The Mangler is predictably average in performance, with average top speed and acceleration as well as average brakes and handling, but features relatively good grip. In addition, the Mangler's base export value is unusually high for a car of its class, selling at £1,000 if delivered in mint condition.
The Mangler is predictably average in performance, with average top speed and acceleration as well as average brakes and handling, but features relatively good grip. In addition, the Mangler's base export value is unusually high for a car of its class, selling at £1,000 if delivered in mint condition.

Revision as of 18:47, 10 July 2010

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A Mangler in GTA London 1969.

The Mangler is a "saloon" featured in Grand Theft Auto: London, 1969.

Description

The Mangler is designed as a modest two-door hardtop saloon with a suggestively upright C-pillar. Its unusual top design and hood lid profile suggests the car is likely to be based on a 1962–1966 Ford Cortina Mk I, which features a similarly shaped bonnet bulge.

The Mangler is predictably average in performance, with average top speed and acceleration as well as average brakes and handling, but features relatively good grip. In addition, the Mangler's base export value is unusually high for a car of its class, selling at £1,000 if delivered in mint condition.