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In GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, GTA Vice City Stories, the car resembles a 1980s Mercedes-Benz E-Class W123, with a front facia similar to the Volvo 240.[1][2] In GTA San Andreas, it appears to feature a minor 1990s facelift, although in reality, at this point of time, the W123 was replaced by the Mercedes-Benz W124. The design remains unchanged throughout 3D Universe.
In GTA IV, the Dundreary Admiral sports a completely different design with no reminiscence to the previous renditions. No longer with the Mercedes appearance, it is now a mid-size executive rather than a compact car, based on the 11th generation Toyota Crown with headlights from the 2003-2011 Mercury Grand Marquis, having some minor influences from the 2001 Audi A8. Interestingly, the Admiral appears to be a long wheelbase model, despite the fact that the long wheelbase Grand Marquis was only available in the Middle East.
In GTA Chinatown Wars, the Admiral still retains the Crown and Grand Marquis design, but a different year, particularly the mid-1990s model.
In the GTA III era, performance wise, the car is generally acceptable with light weight, stable handling, and good acceleration and top speed, to the point it is offered as a starter car which the player may first control in GTA Vice City. Surprisingly, it is front-wheel drive, in contrast to the E-Class or Volvo 200 which are both rear-wheel drive, making it quite suspectible to understeer. The GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas renditions has the same engine sound as the Sentinel, implying it is turbocharged, but the GTA Vice City Stories rendition is different, emitting the same sound as the Taxi and is not turbocharged, reflecting the game's setting in 1984. All renditions are equipped with a four-cylinder engine.
HD Universe
In GTA IV, it is powered by a large V8 engine with a RWD configuration coupled to a 5-speed transmission. Acceleration is good but not great (0-60 mph in 7.8 seconds), and handling is as to be expected; the sheer weight and the comfort-oriented suspension does have its disadvantages. The top speed is a rather impressive 198 mph (320 km/h). Despite ABS as standard, it takes a long time to stop the heavy saloon completely. The Admiral, however, is very resilient to crashes thanks to its bulky construction. The weight is also useful for ramming other vehicles off the road. The Admiral is rather rare, it is more common to find it in limo form, the Stretch.
In GTA Chinatown Wars, the Admiral retains the performance from GTA IV. There is a purple and white Triad variant on which sports upgraded acceleration and top speed as well as a smoother engine sound.
Modifications
GTA San Andreas
The Admiral can only be modified in a TransFender garage.
Stowaway (Alternate Cutscene; CJ will land on its back and subsequently die causing the mission to fail in the process if the player jumps off the plane without a parachute)
Los Sepulcros, as the car you're meant to drive after killing Kane. It's everything-proof, though, so you may want to store a Tow Truck in your garage to keep the Admiral.
Wade Heston owns a matte-black Admiral which was given to him by his wife before they were divorced as seen during the mission Evidence Dash.
In GTA San Andreas, Kane owns a grey Admiral as seen in the mission Los Sepulcros.
Unique colors
In GTA Vice City, black Admirals are available on the mission Check Out At The Check In and Loose Ends, but otherwise is more easy to obtain this unique Admiral with cheats or mods.
Variants
The Triads are depicted to use the Admiral as one of their cars in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, but they are never used (except in Yu Jian ), but are instead spawned around Cerveza Heights and other nearby places from the start. The violet-white car sports upgraded acceleration and top speed as well as a smoother engine sound.
Parked at a mansion on northwest Starfish Island. Use a helicopter to get into the garden, then use the ramp to get out.
Parked on the left side of the stairs on the Vercetti Mansion after the events of Rub Out, usually replacing the Stretch though both the Stretch and the Admiral may also spawn at the same time.
It is one of the gang cars of the Vance Crime Family, with them driving it mainly around Little Havana and Escobar International Airport. Even though you are their leader, if you attempt to steal the car from them, they will shoot at you, as would other gang members whose cars you try to steal in GTA:VCS.
It's named Admiral due to the car's luxury design (driven by admirals).
In 3D Universe, it's revealed that Admiral competes with Sentinel. Like the real-life rivalry of Mercedes-Benz E Class with BMW 3 Series, however this is incorrect, as Admiral being a compact car and Sentinel being a mid-sized car.
In GTA Vice City Stories, one may consider Admiral as the civilian version of the Taxi, as they utilize the same engine sound.
In 3D Universe, it can be assumed that the Admiral is manufactured by Benefactor, as the car is based on a Mercedes, and Benefactor is GTA's parody of Mercedes.
Both the Admiral and the Sultan are named after ranks.
