- You may be looking for Dukes, a borough in Liberty City.
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A Dukes in GTA IV.
The Imponte Dukes is a two-door muscle car featured in Grand Theft Auto IV and GTA Chinatown Wars.
Design
The Dukes is the quintessential American muscle car: aggressive 1970s styling, a large engine, and a low, roaring exhaust note. It appears to be chiefly modelled on the 1969 Dodge Charger (as seen on the TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard", presumably the origin of this car's name), with a front end and taillights resembling those of a '69 Pontiac GTO. The backs of the rear fenders appear to modelled on those of the '64 Pontiac GTO, or possibly the '66/'67 Charger.
Dukes are quite popular in the borough of Bohan, and some of them are found with either a small hood scoop, a bonnet bulge with the words "supercharged" painted on it, or a large roots-type supercharger/blower with a bug catcher, all with "750 HP" written on each side - referring to its powerful 750 bhp V8. In addition, a Dukes may also be found with a small rear spoiler on the boot and/or louvres on the rear window. As a possible parody of Dodge's Super Bee, a "Highway Reaper" decal, found on the rear quarter panels, is also present on any version of the Dukes with a bug catcher. Any Dukes with a bug catcher also has a chin spoiler mounted under the front bumper.
Performance
The Dukes has a 450ci supercharged V-8 engine producing 750bhp. Unfortunately, a lot of this is wasted because the engine is producing more power than can be transferred to the wheels, which results in wheel slip under full throttle in the low gears; acceleration is thus well below average, but the Dukes has a refreshing top speed. Lending to it's design generation (Early-to mid 1960/70s), the Dukes has one of the softest suspensions in GTA IV, making it flop heavily in turns and giving it massive oversteer that inexperienced drivers may find hard to control; with effort, the oversteer can be transferred to drifting, making the Dukes one of the most impressive driftable vehicles in-game. The Dukes' handling results in a 'flamboyant' driving style of constant fishtails, burnouts, 180s and power slides. Braking on the Dukes is, as expected, poor. The large rear drum brakes, coupled with the weak and undersized front discs make for extended stopping distances and front wheel lockup. Unsurprisingly, considering its age, ABS is not available on the Dukes.
Crash deformation is acceptable, and thanks to its very heavy chassis, the Dukes can take many direct hits before failing/catching fire, making this vehicle good for long-distance travel or dangerous driving.
