The Nissan New York ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ has been revealed at the New York motor show.
The vehicle, which is based on the Nissan NV200 van, will go in to active service in 2013, and is expected to replace all of New York’s current taxi fleet by 2018. In total almost 16,000 cabs are on New York’s streets, and all must be replaced at least every five years by law.
See official interior and exterior pictures of the Nissan New York taxi
Changes from the standard NV200 van include a transparent roof and flat floors. The vehicle also has five centimetres more legroom than a Ford Crown Victoria, New York’s most popular taxi at present, and more luggage space.
“This taxi was designed from the inside out and the result is the safest, most comfortable, most passenger-friendly cab to ever ride our streets,” said New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. “For the first time our city will have a cab designed for those who matter most, the passengers and drivers.”
Nissan headed off competition from rivals including Ford to win the 10-year New York taxi contract.
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Re: Nissan New York taxi revealed
That's true but it's only across the river
Re: Nissan New York taxi revealed
I see in Wikipedia today there is an article about another US taxi the MV-1 which is based on Ford van platform together with a Ford V8 engine. It fully meets New York's requirements and has been certified by the relevent authorities for use in that city. So hopefully there'll be a proper American taxi built in an American factory(ex AMC) with a V8 prowling the streets of NYC and other locations
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sorry to be a pedant but the Crown Vic was made in Windsor Ontario (Canada) so not American made! (But very, very close!)