Big Apple gets Nissan Taxis

[dasoupdude]

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/aut ... index.html

The iconic New York City taxi cab will soon look like a Nissan van, following a competition that pitted the Japanese automaker against two other finalists. Under a 10-year contract, Nissan won a deal to supply New York City's taxis, starting in 2013.

The new cabs will be based on Nissan's NV200 commercial van. Among its special features will be a "low-annoyance" horn that works in tandem with blinking lights to gently urge pedestrians and drivers to get out of the way.

It will also have a mobile charging station and USB outlets that can be used by passengers.

Click through for more on the Nissan cab and the other two finalists for Taxi of Tomorrow.
By Peter Valdes-Dapena

[Jesda]

First mod: New horn

[dasoupdude]

You are now imagining a montage of your life once that 10 year contract expires.



Jesda.com billboards?


Jesda.com billboards.

[dickie]

Give it a month. They will all smell like piss, vomit and BO.

[AZhitman]

...and Indian food.

Homepage article: http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/nissan ... h-nyc.html

[MinisterofDOOM]

Well, I guess if there are no more roomy, durable, cheap to operate body-on-frame sedans left to use, the logical alternative is a roomy, durable, cheap to operate body-on-frame van. Siennas and Caravans offer lots of room and options for taxi-purposed seating arrangements, but aren't exactly durable in the same way a Crown Vic is.

I still find Ford's efforts to market the Taurus and Taurusplorer to fleet buyers like police agencies and taxi services as an UPGRADE over the old CV and Explorer floor-rollingly hilarious. I think Ford's going to suffer for it, at least for the first little while. I'd estimate that 80% of police vehicles in Utah are either Crown Vics or Explorers, and they're those for a reason. Now they'll just buy a bunch of Chargers and...well..@#$%. I guess they'll have to buy Taurusplorers since NOT ONE AMERICAN AUTOMAKER BUILDS A MIDSIZE TRUCK ANYMORE ARGHGHGHGHGHGHGGHGHGHGHGHGH. Maybe they could buy Pathfinders? Or Durangos. Durango might be unibody but at least it's built for utility and not FUELEF#%KINGCONOMY.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

Kinda funny that the last mid-sized pickup was badged an Isuzu.