Fränken Stange

"The unlikely product of Albany's design team leafing through a vintage car magazine while in the depths of a masculine overdose., The Franken Stange will make you the envy of goths, emo hipsters and vampire wannabes everywhere. Don't be fooled by what's left of its old world charm; the steering linkage may be from 1910, but the engine has just enough horsepower to tear itself (and you) to pieces at the first bump in the road."

- Southern San Andreas Super Autos webpage. The Albany Franken Stange is a four door hotrod featured in Grand Theft Auto Online, added as part of the Halloween Surprise Update.

Design
The Franken Stange appears as a hotrod, based on the original chassis of the Roosevelt; It shares most of the bodywork, particularly the front fascia, headlights, grille and wheel-arches with it. Because it shares its bodywork and chassis with the Roosevelt, it can be said that is based on the 1928 Cadillac 341A Town Sedan, where it shares the initial design shape, headlight arrangement and wheel arches. Unlike the Roosevelt, the Franken Stange features a unique ram-bar-style front bumper. Instead of the general aluminium doubled-up bar used for a bumper on the Roosevelt, the Franken Stange's front bumper sticks out from the front axle much further than the Roosevelt. It also avoids guarding the wheels. The headlights found on the Franken Stange are identical to the Roosevelt's, albeit located lower down, leaving the grille and engine exposed much more. The manufacturer, Albany has its logo printed onto its camshaft covers. The Franken Stange can have 4 unique liveries applied to it:
 * Midnight Potion
 * Hell's Furnace
 * Blazing Death
 * Spider Trap

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The Albany Franken Stange (much like its counterpart, the Albany Roosevelt) handles like a boat, being 2 tons heavy. Turning is slightly sluggish which is expected of a hotrod. It tends to understeer at first which can quickly switch to a sudden oversteer but it's somewhat easily controllable. The acceleration is good as well as its top speed, surpassing the Roosevelt's velocity, thanks to the car's massive V8 engine, which shakes a little when the car is on, being the only car in GTA V to do so. As with most other sports classics, the Franken Stange is higly durable against impact deformation. Rarely, the back of the car might get caught on curbs. Unlike the Roosevelt though, players cannot hang off the side of the car, making it a four person vehicle instead of six. The Franken Stange is powered by a hefty big-block Double Overhead Camshaft V8, in an FMR (Front-mid engine, rear wheel drive) layout, laid longitudinally. The engine features large zoomie exhausts running from the engine block, backwards, facing the driver, and sticking out further than the initial bodywork. It also features 8 large trumpet carburetors.

The engine sound is rather unique, in that it features a rather loud tick-over sound, clearly showing its high-tuning that makes it sound odd-firing. It is also a higher-pitch version of the Dukes' engine sound.

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 * Can be purchased from Southern San Andreas Super Autos for $550,000 (enhanced version only).